In my experience military officers, though not exactly pacifists, are almost invariably anti-war. If pacifist students want to make freshers' fair a safe space it's the politicians they nee… (View Post)

Interesting counterfactual, but such a narrow margin wouldn't have settled it. The options are asymmetric: leave means leave but remain means try again. (View Post)

This is what happens when grown-ups follow the advice to "eff off and join the Tories", taking their supporters with them. (View Post)

Mrs Soup and I were invited to a mourning party but decided to stay away in case it turned into a Jonesville-style massacre as the assembled glitterati whipped themselves into a fury and concluded th… (View Post)

If the LibDems aren't prepared to participate in government why are they bothering to stand? "Vote for us and we'll take potshots from the back benches" isn't much of a rally… (View Post)