At PMQs today:
“Those people, in my view, should be deported irrespective of any claim that they have that the country to which they are going back may not be safe.
Er, no. No, not at all.
Firstly, I don’t see why someone being foreign changes things. Why should foreign criminals be treated differently to domestic criminals?
Secondly, are […]

One of the points of free speech, I think, is that it allows people to identify problems and so cause them to be rectified. One of the reasons, I think, for protecting free speech is that this rectification may cause problems for people at the top, who are able to act against speech they dislike.
Enter […]

Eagle-eyed viewers will have been able to see yours truly on the television news recently. ITV wanted some pictures of campaigners knocking on doors, and we were nearby, and various cameras were at the polling station on Palace Street to see me greet the PM and Cherie as they came to vote. This was used […]

Should I ever come to any significant power, I have decided that there is something that has to go.
Furry letter boxes.
Some letter boxes have stiff fur in them, purportedly to stop drafts, but they make it impossible to put letters and fliers through. If people aren’t satisfied with the two-flap arrangement, they can put a […]

My apologies, dear reader, if you have been expecting updates. I have been detained lately with the elections and revision. Fear not: I shall return in a few days.
In the meantime, I shall leave you with a quote from The Big Issue (May 1-7 2006, p6):
“In 2004, journalists on the Daily Express files a complaint […]