The idea that abolishing safe seats makes a Parliamentary career less attractive (and presumably lowers standards) is total guff. There aren't a lot of job-for-life careers nowadays, and a job w… (View Post)

Fair enough, but please stop calling me Gary. (View Post)

I think, to summarise, we concluded he was basically a bit of a sh1t, but nevertheless it'd have been rude to turn down an invitation to one of his cheese & wine soirées so we'd all hav… (View Post)

That's a reference to "bankruptcy restriction orders" which is relevant to a tiny proportion of bankruptcies where there is a very significant degree of culpability. It isn't tech… (View Post)

Again, this is not true and hasn't been for two decades. In the more distant past, there was a very widespread view that bankruptcy was essentially akin to criminality, hence workhouses and debt… (View Post)