Frisking an MP’s voting record

I decided to frisk my MP’s voting record after disagreeing with a fellow constituent on Facebook, who argued that politicians look after their constituents’ interests before party loyalties are considered. Let’s see who was right (as if we need to, but anyway…).
Russell Brown is the (Labour) MP in question.
“Voted moderately for the hunting ban” – [...]

Has Daniel Hannan just been stringing us along?

Dan Hannan confidently predicts that there will be an EU referendum.
The question of whether there will be, or should be, a referendum on our continued membership and the terms of that membership is the hottest topic in politics. Too late. We’ve already made that decision. There will be one. It’s just that only now are [...]

A good time for flags (unless you are Eric Pickles)

Hello everybody. It has been such a good time for selling flags that there has been little time left for blogging or much else. I have been working fourteen hours a day, maybe more. If I was an employee I would probably be taking myself to a tribunal for being overworked and underpaid. It was [...]