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David Futyan
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Former particle physicist. Mountain and weather enthusiast. Value tolerance, compassion, reason and truth.
"There are two ways to invoke the Parliament Act: by a supporter adopting it at the next private member’s bill ballot or for the government to give time to the bill for it to return to the Commons." The rest of the article discusses the difficulty of the latter. Is there any problem with the former?
January 30, 2026 at 4:05 PM
For this reason I pity anyone who lives in what has been a safe Tory seat. FPTP is a terrible system.
January 27, 2026 at 7:14 PM
I would say the answer is straightforward for everyone who recognises just how dangerous Reform is: Vote for whichever party is best placed to defeat Reform. If that's Tory then vote Tory, regardless of what you think of them.
January 27, 2026 at 6:57 PM
And Malcolm Rifkind
January 26, 2026 at 3:13 PM
I count 17 peers there, which is something.
January 26, 2026 at 3:12 PM
There are 17 peers there, which is something, though indeed no sitting MPs.
January 26, 2026 at 3:10 PM
10 or the 21 are there. Most notably, the only one of the 21 who is currently an MP, Caroline Nokes, is not there. Four of the ten who are there are peers (Clarke, Hammond, Soames and Vaizey)
January 26, 2026 at 2:37 PM
And a lot of people who are doomed to suffer horribly and who could have been spared that will be forced to endure that suffering needlessly and against their will. Palliative care can only do so much.
January 23, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Completely agree on wind gusts. Really needs to be there. Surely more important than the feels like temperature.
January 22, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Apparently this will come, but pretty shocking the release went out without this.
January 22, 2026 at 10:17 PM