It may be the first award against an MP for the particular type of conduct, but there have been lots of successful Employment Tribunal cases against MPs (and also lots of claims against employers gen… (View Post)

The civil courts have always been about restitution, whereas the criminal courts have always been about punishment. That isn't a "broken system"... it IS the system. If you want your b… (View Post)

I suspect his ratings will go down because people will feel he's got away with something he shouldn't have got away with. I'm not saying whether that's right or wrong. Just that i… (View Post)

It doesn't cost them £9k a year. History students subsidise Engineering students (for example). Regardless of one's view on tuition fees, this has always been the case to a large extent. So… (View Post)

62% of Liverpool voted Liberal (33%) or Tory (29%) in 1980. Indeed the two parties regularly polled above 50% combined in the 1980s. Liverpool voted 60% Tory in 1969. Lib Dems drew level with Labour … (View Post)