Recent content by brad465

Part of me wonders if the only reason the turquoise bits feature is to avoid being sued or something.

The most expensive I'd say is the Palace of Westminster stuff: it has a huge maintenance/restoration bill ahead (upwards of several billion), which will only increase if they decide to restore it while keeping the building active as much as possible. A new building for Government can be modern...

Being unproductive and wasting money where it can be better spent elsewhere, something applicable to all my original points.

This is something I've thought of often recently, particularly in relation to politics/governance. Areas where I think tradition has put us a long way behind peer countries include: - Palace of Westminster and voting rituals: the Palace is very old and in dire need of repair, with several...

Looks like Ukraine is finally getting the much needed US aid: https://bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68848277

While the Medway Towns absolutely could do with them, the steep valley sides in Chatham (and to a lesser extent Strood) might limit the scope of where they operate. If it's possible though to have a system go south towards Walderslade and Lordswood to the south, plus St Marys Island to the...

Mark Menzies' scandal just keeps getting worse: https://twitter.com/billykenber/status/1781381491727192428

The Olympic's opening ceremony will be fun: in alphabetical order you have the following: Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel. Ireland are essentially a UN buffer zone, or a row of stewards separating different football fans in a stadium.

I can't link an article due to being on phone, but Sturgeon's husband has been charged with embezzlement. 1713467784 EDIT: Link now here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-68850088

Anywhere that's a safe seat(s) is higher risk I think, as MPs there take being elected for granted and can be complacent after a while. Swing seats, while not immune, the MP has to deliver much more to remain in office.

You could ask that of the selection process generally, given some of those still in job despite clearly not being fit for it irrespective of where in the country they sit.

Given that he had the whip suspended almost as soon as the story first broke, you're probably right there's more to this than is currently known, especially considering how slow the whip was removed for others like Wragg (who ended up giving it up himself).

Talk about a trivial dismissal case: https://www.bbc.co.uk/articles/cw07nep0ek4o

Whatever happens with the Rayner investigation, the Tories have lost any moral highground they may have had to attack Labour over it after this story came out.

Basically what Sir Humphrey said all those years ago: EDIT: Just realised I shared the same clip last year upthread.