You can. May did it on the night of... was it 17th January 2019? She said that the confidence of the government needed to be tested and if Labour didn't oblige, she would let the LD or SNP propose it… (View Post)

If the TV documentaries are to be believed (I think the Crown mooted it, and the one with Lindsay Duncan yonks ago now briefly skirted around it), Thatcher considered it as a way to 'stop' Heseltine.… (View Post)

I thought Leon was simply SeanT (and a few others). I know he brought both in on the day of the Queen's funeral. Didn't he get into a fight with himself on that day? (View Post)

Ahh shit. I'm not very good with numbers. I'm only an accountant after all. (View Post)

Truss might interestingly be the shortest PM ever, but she does have a fairly unusual distinction of also being one of the few PMs (certainly post war) to serve two monarchs. That'll be an interestin… (View Post)