@Peston It's really not a very difficult or ruthless decision if the candidate is actually betting on himself to lose. It's almost a gift to Starmer in the circumstances. An opportunity to look tough and embarrass Sunak and the Tories without any risk of failing to win a seat
@AdamWagner1@ProfMarkElliott How quickly could a claim get in front of the full court for a ruling? What steps would a claimant need to go through domestically before getting to that stage?
@DavidGauke "Our deal was no mere promise over dinner." Please tell me the poor man wasn't made to have dinner with her. It's worse than any of us thought.
@SeanJonesKC@strachan_j It was a really positive weekend. Excellent to see you and totally agreed about not appreciating at the time what great people we had the privilege of living and studying with. Let's make some small amends by having dinner soon!
@lewis_goodall There are nations e.g. Germany where taking British nationality would involve surrendering original nationality. For those with settled status who do want it, naturalisation should definitely be easier and far less costly than it is now
@simonmontefiore@harrowschool I have a black and white photograph I took of him in full Shakespeare costume with beard in 1981, Claudius I think in the OH Players. He seemed so old then to a 14-year-old. Now of course he looks so young in it
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@SeanJonesKC The following term Earthโs least likely librarian ran for President and won. It was personality politics then and nothing has changed since