That whole scene is wonderful.
"What hermits do you have?"
"I have no hermits, my lady."
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That whole scene is wonderful.
"What hermits do you have?"
"I have no hermits, my lady."
This looks fabulous. Congratulations!
If you want to understand British politics, please can I urge you to read this paper. It is essential to understanding Labour's troubles, Reform's success, Conservative woes.
Briefly, the Brexit realignment accentuated two blocs. When the two-party share fell, voters switched *within* the blocs.
I have another pair: Carlow and Harlow.
Drat! But I do have a spare: Hanley and Henley.
Eye and Rye.
With a Nectar card, Sainsbury's Pedro Ximenez sherry is currently £7.50 - an absolute steal.
Tomorrow Kim Leadbeater will introduce into the House of Commons her private member's bill on assisted dying.
PMBs face a precarious route onto the statute book, often vulnerable to objections from small numbers of MPs.
So what might we expect on this bill?
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I think the figures are right. £50m is the minimum income of this group. The average is a lot higher - presumably just over £100m to make the sums add up.
I think my reaction would be the same if someone did this to me.
Latest piece for the House Magazine.
On the ranking of Prime Ministers - and the difficulties of getting MPs to answer surveys.
www.politicshome.com/thehouse/art...
Reposted - was a gremlin in the data in previous post.
Turnout fell least in seats the Conservatives held and most in those already held by Labour. Perhaps in a 'change' election there's lower motivation to vote for an MP that is already on the 'change' side?
And here's Peggy: equally wonderful.
Still gorgeous in spite of the shaved tummy.
Frank - just back from hospital. His sister Peggy is the only person not delighted by his return.
Does anyone know the source for the stat that 75 Conservative MPs stood down in 1997? The Butler & Kavanagh book says 72. (p.186)