The past 6 months haven't exactly shown the procedure for appointing members of the European Commission in a particularly favourable light. (View Post)

Anyone else vaguely concerned by this recent trend for nominating family relatives of recent MPs for vacant seats? Very American, but i would have thought pretty rare in the UK until relatively recen… (View Post)

Oops, meant Dover, not the Isle of Wight. Apologies to the Isle of Wight Conservative association... (View Post)

I think there was an element in which Clegg saw the tuition fees policy as an opportunity to demonstrate that the LibDems were now a serious party of Government, prepared to take the hard but unpopul… (View Post)

Indeed - but remember international travel to and from the UK is not just Brits. If shutting down inbound international flights traps millions of Brits abroad, shutting down outgoing ones also traps … (View Post)