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His HoC declarations of interest have been pretty woeful - and also not mentioned very much. Some would argue that he should have suffered much tougher sanctions for the repeated offences.

Anyone know how these sums should have been accounted for and assessed tax-wise? Anyone know if they were accounted for tax-wise and any taxes due paid?

brexit appears to be a form of mass hysteria. Hence, logic cannot work, I fear.

No surprise. But there are several ways of taking that. Nigel Farage’s funding secrets revealed Channel 4 News investigation reveals how millionaire Arron Banks spent...

When did Grayling start failing? When he was born? It must have been quite difficult to swallow this reversal - for those who had to decide: Probation will be renationalised after disastrous Grayling reforms Supervision of offenders in the community to be undertaken by the state, reversing...

Glad you said that - saved me checking. I certainly remember discussing oil shale in about 1970 in geology lessons. And specifically the massive amounts in the USA.

In the recent past, Iran has been publishing quite a number of papers on various forms of medical research. Sometimes interesting to see a slightly different perspective. Perhaps a bit of a surprise to see them indexed in PubMed - the major USA site.

Another event for 23rd May: Boris Johnson could be challenged in court on Brexit vote claim Judge to decide whether to summon MP who said UK sends £350m each week to EU https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/may/14/boris-johnson-could-be-challenged-in-court-on-brexit-vote-claim

Be fun if UK regulations are not sufficiently similar to EU regulations...

My partner learned to drive not so much because her work required it, but she had to get to work! The other one who dislikes driving had to for her job. As someone who only recently returned to cycling (having not cycled significantly since late teens), I agree that car driving has been...

Of the three near-permanent of us where I work, two partners learned late and never drive if they can avoid it. The third is far more comfortable but still is more the second driver on long journeys. Tiny sample but I have often seen that.

I know many who only drive because they have to - and only started driving because of something like a job.

Just saw someone ask if you could buy injectable vitamin B12 in the Isle of Wight (it is prescription-only in the UK but widely available over-the-counter in much of Europe). Perhaps we should expect a campaign for the IOW to leave the UK? Vectis exit. I imagine they would be angry, so Vexit. :)

You might be right. But many of us have many years and many hundreds of thousands of miles under our belts. We had little choice about learning to drive with pressure from many directions including, very often work. Imagine having the option of avoiding the need to take a test? And being able...

Though never having him darken (or is it lighten? depends on the studio) my TV ever again would be something to appreciate.

But we'd like to see the numbers across the parties/countries and not just be ignored.

What about the rest of the UK?

Even if we could agree that an insurance-based system was sensible, and I find that difficult to swallow, there is a huge difficulty in moving from what we now have to that.

Just why English speaking nations? A jolly good way to limit your exports. Imagine if China (PRC) only exported to Chinese-speaking nations? Or Japan to Japanese-speaking nations? Even if not literally "only", just targetting them as principle or main potential export-buyers seems daft. We need...

But don't imagine that lets the tories off the hook for the multiple failures of this government (right back to coalition).