Older people have had all the benefits of the post war consensus, and that ladder has slowly been hauled up behind them. I love my grandparents dearly, but after the war their economic prospects (as … (View Post)

I do wonder if people underestimate the desire for strongman politics - that indeed the idea that Trump will come in and ignore Congress or the Courts may be a selling point, not a negative. Democrat… (View Post)

Most papers are running with this as the story now: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2023/11/09/suella-braverman-no-10-sign-off-protest-article-met-police/ https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/uk-po… (View Post)

I feel that the nature of whipping as it is done in Parliament is, in part, why sexual assault and bullying flourishes. It is known that whips actively try to find this information and use it to corr… (View Post)

I think the thing that makes her "stupid", although I don't think I would use that word, is her unsubtlety and use of US examples. I don't know if she is just too online, or her staffers ar… (View Post)