It was pure stupidity coupled with gross arrogance for Truss and Kwarteng to rush at this in the way they did. And their principal problem is markets, not MPs - MPs are naturally spooked by the marke… (View Post)

They died primarily of starvation and close range shelling, and it lasted nearly three years. The comparison just isn't valid. You can take an issue seriously without resorting to the overwrough… (View Post)

Hmmm. Incidentally, I wonder how the repairs on the Moskva are going? I recall at the time that the Kremlin line was it simply needed to be towed into Sevastopol for a couple of chaps with spanners t… (View Post)

But it doesn't need to be 50-25 for a Labour majority, or even all that close to it. They need a reasonable lead, but say 42-33 (an 8% swing back from 50-25) would probably suffice. I don't… (View Post)

That isn't correct on Pincher, as he did have the whip withdrawn in fact. Initially, they weren't going to do it (and said the resignation as Deputy Chief Whip was sufficient) but backtrack… (View Post)