possibly, but it doesn’t make sense to over control backbenchers. They can and should contribute to improving legislation. It’s frustrating for MPs to not be able to put forward ideas to then see the same issues accepted in the House of Lords as gvt doesn’t have a majority.

I really liked A View from the Bridge and All my sons. I think I must have had great teachers because I also got on well with Othello (helped by having seen Timothy West play Iago) and Waiting for Godot.

Or that while PM is not doing well, it’s not clear that anyone else would do better.

As we used to say, everything has been said but everybody hasn’t said it yet

I understand that. I was referring to the proposal to get rid of PCCs.

So removing police oversight responsibilities would help, but there’s still the by election issue

It’s really weird - I knew quite a few of the cabinet ministers as new MPs in the 2010 - 2015 parliament. They were better than this. But then I hear even backbenchers have to check with no. 10 before talking to the media which is bonkers.

or sadly the only trace is their death.

I haven’t seen Star Wars

never watched it

My favourite memory of first class with a second class young person’s ticket was travelling home one snowy Christmas Eve in 1981. Two trains were combined and we people from the cancelled one had to get off and get on the other one. First class was only option. No declassification, no ticket checks

3 out of 4

Thanks - I missed this - we care a lot about sinkholes in Ripon.

can’t get that in our Co-op, but we are up north

completely agree - someone told me back in 2014 that Keir Starmer wanted to be Prime Minister. What need was that fulfilling??

Years ago tube strikes led me to find routes to walk / cycle between Kings Cross and Westminster. After that most Mondays I cycled to parliament.

I guess my point is that when dealing with an ethics issue it’s unlikely that someone who resigned over an ethics issue would be appointed.

If she had told the party she wouldn’t have been allowed to stand in 2015.

but she received a conviction while a parliamentary candidate and didn’t tell anyone.