Hard to develop suppliers who can provide fresh fruit and veg in the UK in Winter. Let them eat turnips? (View Post)

Yes and a referendum on Irish unity would not necessarily be decided by considerations of economic rationality - Brexiteers won a referendum on the basis of vague notions about sovereignty in defianc… (View Post)

And Thatcher stood out against sanctions, refusing to sign up to the Commonwealth agreement in 1986 https://thecommonwealth.org/news/archive-sanctions-agreed-against-apartheid-era-south-africa (View Post)

I think the desire to get the Tories out is stronger now than it was in 1997 - there is nothing to mitigate the chaos and failure of policy at every level. And this will drive tactical voting. (View Post)

I did jury service at a central London court (not the Old Bailey) earlier this year. Every morning all attendees - jurors, barristers, witnesses etc - had to queue outside, often for 20-30 minutes wh… (View Post)