To be fair, she's just a private citizen enjoying a day at the races as I do occasionally. Matt Chapman doesn't talk to me either. (View Post)

Mrs Stodge and I were in Las Vegas in October 2008, staying in the Palazzo as it happens and I have a distinct memory of the DJIA hitting 8500. I remember saying to Mrs Stodge "if I could open a… (View Post)

Boris Johnson moved explicitly to take powers from Westminster and hand them to Ministers and Whitehall - key powers of scrutiny and accountability were signed away in the name of "good governan… (View Post)

The point remains under whatever fund raising system you have different parts of the country will raise different amounts of revenue (and that includes business rates as well). Even the amounts raise… (View Post)

There seems to be a huge amount of polling going on in the US and given our recent polling performance perhaps a little bit of caution would be no bad thing. Those who know more about US politics tha… (View Post)