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I once spoiled my ballot paper - in a Crime Commissioner election. Two reasons: no candidate appealed and I disagreed with the whole process. Certainly spoiling (rather than not turning out) sends a message but probably only if at a higher than usual level.

Very little has been said recently, here or in many other places, about NI. Just had quite a lot of discussion on BBC - sounds as if they are anything but happy with Johnson and some suggestions his Irish Sea border might be having profound effects on politics there. In my view, it isn't JC who...

A very common retort when someone attempts to do something outside their usual range is to suggest they don't give up their day job. In this case, yes, he should not try this again. But I'd be delighted if he DID give up his day job (such as it is). 'I set trends dem man copy': Michael Gove...

The ECHR didn't exist in 1843...

The tories have a long, long tradition of anti-semitism. It doesn't require an investigation to find evidence. Hansard will do. From Peel to... Jacob Rees-Mogg’s alarming cry of “Illuminati” 5 September 2019 Michael Berkowitz, Historian at UCL, argues that...

More child poverty with the tories: The shifting shape of social security Charting the changing size and shape of the British welfare system https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications/the-shifting-shape-of-social-security/

The final paragraph is: The UK must set out a coherent and pro-active strategy on Russia, led by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and co-ordinated across the whole of Government, that clearly links together the diplomatic, military and financial tools that the UK can use to...

Another tory candidate, another set of questions... A Conservative candidate who is pictured in the party’s manifesto as an NHS nurse standing for parliament is currently suspended from practising as a midwife, the Guardian can reveal. Natalie Neale, who is taking on the shadow health...

Both lasted fewer years than I expect brexit and its aftermath to last.

Are disabled blue badges going to be valid in the EU? I mean right now as well as post any brexit. It appears that the DfT has removed the stars and some wording. No-one seems to know whether it affects their validity with the EU27. And the DfT refuse to say who ordered the change. Similarly...

Well aware he is deeply unpopular, but he is right: General election: Tony Blair says Tories and Labour both 'peddling fantasies' – live news

We actually seem rather better at picking people up from holidays arranged by failed operators than keeping holiday companies going. And it wasn't Whitehall that arranged the operation but the CAA and many others. Can't even imagine the mess if FCO had been in charge.

The tories are claiming no tax rises yet they too are promising much spending, more money in our pockets, and the consequences of brexit - quite possibly of the no-deal variety. Just who is causing the Armageddon? (“put more money back in people’s pockets” doesn't take into consideration that...

Tory propaganda manifesto. Other key pledges include a promise not to raise income tax, National Insurance contributions or VAT and an extra £250m a year for childcare support. All too many governments have made promises like this and then used tricks to get round their “promises”. Like not...

A rebranding exercise does not create a new party. There again, that's the Express for you.

As has been said many times here, what car industry? Britain’s carmakers fear the wheels are coming off Not even the UK’s F1 expertise can persuade Tesla to invest, or boost poor sales figures as Brexit looms...

The irony - LBD asking us to believe something Trump said. :) 'Tis good. Simple. Clear quotes. Short.

There is always the problem of complacency - are they just lying to try to avoid the impact of tory voters assuming they are in the majority?

I noticed that reported somewhere else. It encourages but, right now, who knows why they have registered?

I'd love to see one where he really, really struggles and finally puts off even those who (inexplicably) have so far supported him.