1. "The situation" is broadly unresolvable to the satisfaction of the populist right. Rwanda was not a solution to that problem. It was part of the "do nothing real, just play politics… (View Post)

Hopefully, despite our structural deference, our tendency to mock those who wish to lead us (and weed out those who can't take it) should stand us in good stead. Loathe though I am to speak well… (View Post)

That's not allowed. I have a couple of quid on him. He needs to be told. (View Post)

And that has been confirmed by checking notes, I am assured. 😀 However, it is true that I am not a Conservative *now*. The Party has disappeared over the horizon and I've sadly concluded that t… (View Post)

And for the record (yet again) I was a Tory voter, then Tory member, and even stood for the Council, for *decades*. (View Post)