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Corruption can be hard to define. What is certain is that many ministers (the Prime Minister included), have flouted the Ministerial Code. It says: “There must be no bullying and no harassment …; no … (View Post)

I didn't agree with Sumption about how a pandemic should be managed. But he got it right when he pointed out that what we saw on Saturday (leading to some calls for Cressida Dick’s resignation) was t… (View Post)

Perhaps Cressida is strongly backed because she is seen by many as so much better than alternatives, having it in mind that the Home Secretary would determine who followed C.D. if she did (/was force… (View Post)

I wonder why, if it's men's nature to do such things, increasingly many men know that they should desist from shouting 'vile c***' at women, stalking them, abusing them. Cyclefree wrote about "t… (View Post)

For sure, strokes of luck helped Biden get through the primaries so as to be the Dem candidate. But it's misleading, I think, to say that he "barely won the Presidency" (as the book's title… (View Post)