I'd suggest a lot of this is to with the US having elections for relatively minor positions at the same time as major elections. So, if someone comes in to vote Trump or Biden, quite a few peopl… (View Post)

I just thank goodness that my mother had the good sense to put my surname down on the birth certificate as 111AAANorfolk-Passmore. Led to a lot of bullying at school, and the Passport Office tend to … (View Post)

Let's spare a thought today for Eddie Hughes MP, who will need to give an Oscar-worthy acting performance pretending to be disappointed if the Tories lose in Tamworth, or pretending to be please… (View Post)

There has been a faintly "prominent Victorian PMs" theme to several by-elections in this Parliament. Tamworth was Peel's constituency, Tiverton was Palmerston's, Chesham & Ame… (View Post)

It's had some poorly worded markets, with some controversy over that. But, to be fair, it has to settle markets one way or another (it can't pay out both sides) and, ultimately, the risk of… (View Post)