On to more interesting matters - I saw a pice this morning which claimed that in Lee Anderson's constituency and in particular the town of Ashfield, one third of the available work force is econ… (View Post)

You have to remember the background - the Coalition lifted a lot of restrictions on what Councils do in 2010 in an attempt to offer alternative forms of income generation to either Council Tax, parki… (View Post)

It bears repeating but the key is less what is happening nationally but what is happening in Ontario, Quebec and to an extent British Columbia. 200 of the 338 ridings are in Ontario and Quebec and if… (View Post)

Although British control over Hong Kong Island was established via treaty in 1842, the control of the New Territories was via a lease signed in 1898 so said lease was always going to expire in 1997. … (View Post)

That's more about doing the hard political yards - it used to be called campaigning. Farage made an issue of peripheral import to most (as OGH repeatedly showed us) the paramount issue of the da… (View Post)