In this particular case I think that Raab is just likely to have been a victim of being an extremely poor communicator. He was simply trying to exploit something said (whether you agree with it or no… (View Post)

That may be what it allows - but it is probably more subtle than that. The process has been followed before - make the legislation so objectional that it creates an opportunity for Parliament (includ… (View Post)

Quite - there is a big difference between, in effect, declaring a judge’s ruling to be wrong, and changing the law so that a judges ruling would, as a result of the revised law, be different. If you … (View Post)

Re: the Downing Street Party/ies. It would be interesting to know if (and if so how) they were reported last December/January. I find it very difficult to believe that they were only known about by j… (View Post)

And they can do this because they have almost zero national profile. Nobody knows what they stand for, so local candidates can fill in the blanks according to the local electorates. Which also explai… (View Post)