Mr Chipping

The City has professionalised significantly, and wine or beers at lunch have declined markedly. Everyone's more serious, more stressed. But I'm not sure anyone believes that client outcomes actually improved as a consequence. Would political outcomes improve?

The President almost just got assassinated and members of the media are using the opportunity to steal bottles of wine. You don’t hate them enough!

If a train driver drinks on the job they go to prison. MPs can kill a lot more people

Well yes. We need to be precise about what behaviour we are criticising. Getting visibly drunk should, and I believe is, criticised in Parliament. But saying having a pint at 9pm on a Wednesday evening with a colleague while you both wait to vote (which just requires you to walk through the right lobby, and nobody decides how to vote on the spot) is just so ridiculously innocent. I am assuming people outraged at this also do not understand what the voting process looks like late at night. MPs are not in the chamber for most debates (that would be literally impossible and undesirable). Not all votes are particularly controversial or important either, many are just procedural. We should explain these things those who know better than jump on the opportunity to make people think of all MPs as subhuman.

On this day 111 years ago, thousands of young Australian and New Zealand men many thousands of miles away from their home attempted to land on a series of beaches in Turkey. They had crossed the known world to fight for their countries. For many of them, this was their last day on Earth. At least 2,000 of them passed on the shores on foreign lands they had never visited before, leaving mothers, fathers, wives, brothers, sisters, friends to mourn for them when the news arrived. They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:  Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.

The Republic of Somaliland reaffirms its support for Argentina’s sovereignty, territorial integrity, political independence, and unity over the Islas Malvinas (Falkland Islands).

The Republic of Somaliland reaffirms its support for Argentina’s sovereignty, territorial integrity, political independence, and unity over the Islas Malvinas (Falkland Islands).

It should be a huge scandal if the Labour members actually make Ed Miliband PM. It’s extraordinary it’s even spoken of as a serious prospect. Someone who has been explicitly rejected by the people, snuck into Number Ten all the same. Makes a mockery of democracy.

Ridiculous. Risible. Nonsense. 🚭 I mean “two-tier adulthood” about stopping smoking… are they for real? Age-based rules aren’t some new illiberal experiment. They’re how policy can save lives. But sure. Countries around the world already accept them for driving, alcohol, and plenty else. But of course the ASI miss that little fact out. You see, what’s different here is the harm smoking causes and how the law is implemented. Because it is LITERALLY about not exposing future generations to smoking. The WHO is clear. There’s no safe level of tobacco use, and it kills over 8 million people a year. The ONS also puts smoking deaths at around 75,000 annually in the UK. A “smoke-free generation” isn’t about taking rights away, it’s to stop people starting in the first place. Got it? Research from ASH has found most smokers actually start before they are 18. Also, literally anyone in touch with the real world knows that’s true. Another simple fact? You can’t get addicted to something you’ve never started. Something many smokers themselves say they wish had been the case. And it works. Countries pushing harder like Sweden, New Zealand now have much lower smoking rates than the UK, with clear health benefits to match. TLDR: it’s not “two-tier adulthood”. It’s basic, evidence-led policy aimed at the biggest preventable killer we’ve got. Ta👍

Oh come on! No one can honestly, hand on heart, truly claim the work of the HoC was considered. The committee was majority supporters. They refused to hear evidence from bodies opposed...even when they had legitimate expertise! Lament, but be honest...

🚨NEW: The assisted dying bill in England and Wales will not pass after it ran out of time in the House of Lords

The House of Lords has disgraced parliament. Their existence is based on trust, now roundly abused by a small group of unelected zealots. Time for a serious look at who these people are, and how they are allowed to govern us. The X trolls will be jubilant, but we will be back.

The House of Lords has disgraced parliament. Their existence is based on trust, now roundly abused by a small group of unelected zealots. Time for a serious look at who these people are, and how they are allowed to govern us. The X trolls will be jubilant, but we will be back.