david_herdson

Lots of people can agree on what should replace it. Most constitutional reform happens without consensus; it's not needed. However, PMs quite like the ability to make appointments, and promises of ap… (View Post)

Labour's reform means we'll get *more* of this nonsense. Kicking out the hereditaries means more life peers will need to be appointed to make up numbers. That's have been increased considerably furth… (View Post)

Political appointments come from the relevant party leader and are (rightly) traditionally not for the PM to veto. (View Post)

There is no-one other than Johnson and Nadine Dorries who believes that Boris wasn't completely in the wrong on Partygate. It didn't take Sue Grey to decide that: the country was perfectly capable of… (View Post)

Decimalisation was an excellent idea, and an all-party one. The move to it began well before Heath. Indeed, the first 'decimal' coins were introduced in 1968, IIRC. Likewise, Heath didn't persuade th… (View Post)