Can I add my congratulations to the PB team and all posters. Like many it has become an regular part of my day even when not posting. On the current crisis I know of no-one who has the virus - at lea… (View Post)

Back from my travels. Only one bye-election - in Middlesbrough. The former Tory councillor has been charged with sex offences so should be a Labour gain. But Labour are on the floor in Teesside Could… (View Post)

Another post from faraway places - this time Santarem in the Amazonia region of Brasil. They have an intersting housing policy. The government builds houses, rents them out for 4 years, and then the … (View Post)

Merry Christmas everyone. There are no local by-elections tomorrow. (View Post)

He is now Sir Ivor Crewe (knighted in 2006) and has been master of University College, Oxford for a number of years. (View Post)