Would have prevented some of Andrew M-W's problems, but it's much too late now. (View Post)

On the other hand, does the whole Sword of Damocles thing make it too hard for Prime Ministers to succeed? Perhaps putting a discreet cost on changing PM would help Parliamentarians to love the one t… (View Post)

Wouldn't that require him to be massively stupid and entitled and driven by the urgings of his willy... ... oh, I see what you mean. (View Post)

See Dave, TMexPM, even Boris on the long march to the Brexit arrangements we ended up with. (View Post)

And even if you disapprove of "people having more children than they can afford", even if you ignore the possibility that families' circumstances can change over fifteen years... is it real… (View Post)