A democratic "mandate" achieved by virtue of there being no way to vote against this stuff (because it's all done by cosy concensus between all the parties) sounds like the sort of thi… (View Post)

The difference is that no one attempts to drive any distance in North London. In North Wales, when I was growing up, the "local" hospital was an hours drive away, the nearest supermarket 4 … (View Post)

When you say "overwhelming democratic mandate", what you actually mean is "all shades of local councillors are fully signed up for this stuff, so there is no possibility to vote it dow… (View Post)

This all presumes he isn't doing anything to build out grassroots support. He probably isn't, but I'm not sure we'd know much to the contrary if he was. He's obviously not go… (View Post)

They must be insane. They are already discovering that paying Danegeld doesn't get rid of Danes for very long, so why on earth would they make it easier for them to be held to ransom? (View Post)