The net zero by 2030 policy (Johnson's I believe) is pure pie-in-the-sky. The number of people who would be affected by phasing out ice cars and gas boilers is huge. The mooted alternatives for … (View Post)

Not right: sinister is left (View Post)

Why this animus against the Commonwealth? It's a voluntary club. Don't be a member if you don't want to. But interesting that Francophone nations have chosen to join it. I wonder why? (View Post)

Brief comment on the OP. It's a nice and simple analysis, and very welcome. On the data, the number of seats in England went up from 516 in 1979 to 533 at the last election. Probably not enough … (View Post)

As a "stagiaire" student in 1964 I went on a study tour of the Midi by coach. My travelling companion, seated next to me on the coach, as it happens was Peter Lilley. The Gorges du Tarn was… (View Post)