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I might not be afraid of dying, but I would not walk in front of a man with a gun who wanted to shoot me if I didn't want to die. Fear of something and not wanting something are different things.

Absolutely true.

If they would stand in my constituency, then I would have to check their manifestos carefully. But at present they are BOTH installed in their roles - not sure I'd want them having to fight against each other.

We seem to live in an era where ignorance has gone from being something we try to address by reading, discussing, whatever, to being a badge of honour that makes the wearers demand we take their (non-)arguments as gospel. Immediately. It is, dare I say, fashionable to be ignorant. Worse, to brag...

Indeed. The twittersphere, with its "we'll get you next" messages, doesn't half recall: First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a trade unionist. Then...

A series of book advertisements agues far better than most of the politicians: Paths from the past: historians make sense of Brexit and our current political turmoil https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/mar/30/paths-past-historians-make-sense-brexit-world-today

Well, what a surprise... Making the cost of brexit even higher by negligence of other activities. More than two-thirds of Defra staff moved to Brexit-related roles Staff redeployed from other agencies as ex-government adviser says Brexit is bad for environment...

I will be fascinated to see who stands, on what policies, if EU elections do go ahead. Would be interesting if the results were very clearly brexit OR remain. (Though I doubt they would be clear enough to be unarguable.) Ironically, in that way, such elections just might prove a way of making...

I'd much rather have Grieve than his neighbouring MP, Baker: Dominic Grieve loses confidence vote held by Beaconsfield Tories Remain-supporting MP, who has said he felt ashamed of his party, rejected by members...

Not the finest piece of prose... And could one year ever be long enough? The UK needs a year-long extension on Brexit – to really take back control Gordon Brown We could gain an opt-out from the European elections and take the time to debate our future...

The old, old private railways in the UK were in many ways disastrous. Hence, as Wiki says: The Railways Act 1921 (c. 55),[1] also known as the Grouping Act, was an Act of Parliament enacted by the British government and intended to stem the losses being made by many of the country's 120 railway...

Lest we forget: But in a world where expertise is devalued and fact assaulted, there are those of us who remember and can research. “Taking back control is a careful change, not a sudden step – we will negotiate the terms of a new deal before we start any legal process to leave”, is what the...

My candidate for replacing TM is Steve Baker. Nothing to do with him - just so we can say: They hunted till darkness came on, but they found Not a button, or feather, or mark, By which they could tell that they stood on the ground Where the Baker had met with the Snark. In the midst of the...

Aha! A good description of much of the tory party: a pantomime producer!

Wonder when the SNP will start fielding candidates outside Scotland.... ;)

Classic tactic - abandon but claim you would have won.

They say they cannot afford to continue... Vote Leave drops appeal against fine for electoral offences Group was fined £61,000 after Electoral Commission ruled it overspent on 2016 Brexit push...

Immediately after a GE, the queen has the role of selecting a person to form a government. This is done on the basis, so we are told, that they appear able to do so. What we have right now is a PM demonstrating inability to keep a government together. Surely that ends up very close to where...

The number of people saying, in varying forms of words, just get on with it/I'm sick of it, is concerning in many ways. Perhaps they don't realise that if they want to get to the end, they need to revoke A50. Anything that goes forward into a brexit will entail years of leaving processes - even...

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