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I'm not for a moment saying you're wrong, but I'd always much prefer instant coffee to any of the posh stuff. And unless I'm dozing off, I'd always prefer a big mug of tea to either. Despite all pretence to the contrary, I am a clearly a deeply uncivilised man, I apologise. 😁

I'm not for a moment saying that there isn't a large element of playing to the gallery for the politicians involved, especially Johnson. However, isn't it also fairly obvious that without western support, Russia takes a sovereign, democratic, European state, by force. Is that acceptable to you?

In the sense of providing weapons and ammunition to enable Ukraine to defend itself. I'm trying to understand your point of view, but it's hard to gauge your argument from the odd pithy remark. Why not explain where you're coming from?

That's not really what I'm asking mate. In your opinion should we support Ukraine against the Russians or not?

Liz Truss is a complete twat, FP, I think we can all agree on that. What I'm confused about though is where you're coming from on Ukraine. There are two choices here, support them, or let Russia take over the entire country. What would you do?

I wouldn't expect too many surprises, just more threats and bluster. Maybe further conscriptions to "defend the motherland". At home he's obviously pitching it as a war against NATO, in reality of course he knows that his only real hope is to try to keep the west divided and indecisive.

Changing a policy platform? Really? They were cast iron commitments that he made to the membership as a condition of his leadership campaign. Then, as soon as he got power he rolled back on them immediately and started the purge. I get that integrity means fuck all to some people, which is...

Fundamentally it seems that the Labour party will always get the leader that the right wing press find the most acceptable. As a Labour party member, I voted for Corbyn, because I could never in good conscience vote for anyone who sat on their hands whilst the Tories pushed through their...

Probably a bit more ethical, or at the very least regulated by the FCA who are (finally) all over responsible lending and the fair treatment of vulnerable customers. The real sharks here were the payday lenders whose model seemed to depend on customers going into default and accumulating...

Given you're pretty close to it all, do you have any thoughts on how it all ends? My uneducated guess is a year or so of relative, grinding, hideous, horrific, stalemate, and then Putin slips whilst cleaning his penthouse windows. That might be a bit optimistic though...

I'm not sure the members at Stourbridge will be entirely keen on this rebrand mate. They're not exactly a big club, but there is a lot of history there. We (Cov) played them in 1880! This might not be plain sailing for the (wankers) at Atlas, I think they may have jumped the gun a bit with...

The west edge of town, manning the barricades against the invading Brummie hordes. 😄

Some fair points mate, all wars eventually end with some sort of negotiation, but I think it's up to Ukraine to decide when that point is reached. As a nation we can't do it on our own, but NATO and Europe can obviously do a lot more should they choose to. Even the military superpowers...

The Ukrainians aren't asking us to fight their battles for them, or for us to send our children to die in their fields, they're just asking for the tools to defend themselves. At heart, I'm a pacifist, but it seems to me that history has taught us that there's a point at which inaction becomes...

Struggling to see us getting much out of this. That said we've had a couple of decent chances, but for the most part it feels like we're chasing shadows. Albrighton looks a properly good signing, we could do with keeping him a bit quieter. Might be a long second half...

This has been the Tories' plan forever. Underfund the NHS until it's at breaking point and then present privatisation as the only alternative. Who benefits? Themselves, their rich mates, and their corporate lobbyists and donors. Who loses? Everyone else, but especially the poorest and most...

I hear what you're saying, but given that potentially only one in a thousand rape cases end in conviction, I think I'd be focussing on that area ahead of the false accusations. Both are horrible crimes of course, but the sheer number of victims of one must be an order of magnitude or two greater...

So in broad brush strokes the numbers seem to be along the lines of 1% of rapes reported, and of those reported, 1% end up in convictions. That doesn't suggest to me that the burden of proof for a conviction is too low. This has been an issue for a very long time...

Doddle mate, just get one of your old school friends or alumni to get you a job where you can directly influence the award of Government contracts and have a say over planning law or regulatory requirements. Easy if you went to the right school (and have the required moral flexibility)...

How can it not impact your job, seriously? Being an MP is arguably the most important role in the country. You're representing tens of thousands of constituents and providing leadership and governance for the entire country. If you've got time for a second job then you're not taking it...