@TOPPING - The Guardian have not covered themselves in glory with their reporting of the Rayner statement. (View Post)

To be honest, an all woman shortlist might be the only way Labour elects a female leader. And even then I'm not convinced that they wouldn't mess it up! (View Post)

Fair play to Rayner for that statement. But I personally think a bigger issue remains. Labour consider themselves morally superior and they allow a culture of hatred towards the Tories to exist. The … (View Post)

With HS1 and HS2, I reckon Manchester to Paris would be more like 3.5 hours without having to stop in London. I think there'd be a decent market for that. It probably wouldn't wipe out the … (View Post)

I've mentioned this before, but I think the bigger issue was that they didn't want to build customs/passport control at Birmingham, Manchester, etc. (View Post)