Nah- it's bigger than that. We have had a run of decades where the demographics have been in our favour- we should have been running a surplus consistently since sometime in the 80s, when the British… (View Post)

Everyone needs a hobby. Some people collect stamps, others collect Conservative no-confidence letters. It's the start of November that her immunity wears off, isn't it? Besides, if Bobby J is really … (View Post)

Given whatever scuttlebutt caused Andy R to be absent himself from Parliament all that time, the whips presumably have a fair bit in their black book to keep him on the right track. (View Post)

Of course they shouldn't. But. If we all carry on protesting because we're justified in doing so, the cycle just keeps going and keeps getting louder, as we're seeing. Even if it's true that the othe… (View Post)

The odd thing is that, in advance, she had largely been ruled out... Presumably because of the "too close to retirement" thing. Actually, having someone with a finite term of office might b… (View Post)