Obviously, one has to feel some human sympathy for people in these sorts of circumstances - the nature of elections is that some people win and some lose, but it obviously affects people in different… (View Post)

How we end up with over-regulation in the UK is actually that we've got a terrible tendency to turn an idea to ban leaf blowers into a ban on petrol-driven leaf blowers above 28cc operated betwe… (View Post)

You sound like a bored Restoration era noblewoman. (View Post)

The "30 years of hurt" line was slightly premature in 1996, of course, as it implied that the years of hurt began immediately after the final whistle blew in the 1966 World Cup Final. I… (View Post)

There is not directly, but the precedent in appointing PMs (and a very strong precedent) is that they have to be MPs on appointment. To become an MP, you have to be a British, Irish or qualifying Com… (View Post)