But only bad people, obviously. And any rounding up will definitely only be used on bad people, with no mistakes or governments turning sour. Unlike all the precedents in history. (View Post)

In the end, the person who stopped the scheme was Rishi Sunak. He had a window of legal opportunity, which he chose not to use. He could have got a flight off before the election. Or, at the very lea… (View Post)

Another of those curious incidents of what didn't happen. Sunak went to huge political lengths to make Rwanda happen. The Rwanda (up is down) act got Royal assent on April 25. A government that was s… (View Post)

Suspect (but can't prove) that it comes from an aversion to multiple power centres. So the same reason that Britain is still hesitant about devolution, and European subsidiarity. As to why... Maybe o… (View Post)

One of the interesting things about watching the series at repeat channel pace is seeing those changes at roughly one series a week, instead of one series a year. At that rate, you sort of see the ch… (View Post)