Nope, as a local MP he was happy to pander to NIMBYISM - prioritising poshos in London over the North of England. That's the character of the man right there. The Tories should go hard on it. (View Post)

Yeah, but the ones writing in disgust to SKS are the posh ones living in Primrose Hill. (View Post)

Actually, he didn’t confess. He was found out. Had he confessed to the select committee that he’d made such comments when he was younger, he’d look incredibly virtuous. But he didn’t. (View Post)

That’s interesting, because such stereotypes weren’t in our thinking at my secondary school. But I agree that Rafiq doesn’t deserve too much criticism (certainly no more than Ollie Robinson deserves)… (View Post)

On topic: I’m not sure more devolution is the answer to this question. (View Post)