It's not as simple as Ben Judah suggests. The similarity between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats is both now inhabit small areas of strength surrounded by vast oceans of weakness. Occasi… (View Post)

Nobody wants to go back to status quo ante referendum because the last decade would look a complete waste of time and effort. Until and unless opinion changes on Freedom of Movement and the Single Cu… (View Post)

Morning again all :) First off, we won't be rejoining the EU any time soon but it would be unwise to rule it out in perpetuity. As for the more substantive, the question Badenoch, Davey and to a… (View Post)

Morning all :) Back after a few days in rural Derbyshire exploring one of the other Englands - there are plenty of them. South Derbyshire is a curious mix of wealth - Belper, Matlock and Ashbourne ar… (View Post)

Your experience is or was very different to mine. I will however start by saying most of the Councils I worked for were analogous to pre-Roman Britain - a loose confederation of warring tribes who un… (View Post)