Compare with this story about Hunt's kids leaving "sweet and thoughtful" notes for Starmer's children when moving in to No. 11: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2507npnxqeo (View Post)

I mostly agree with that, and think that the Tories ought to be chasing whatever right-wing positions resonate with younger. For example, plenty of under-40s think that the NHS is fucked beyond redem… (View Post)

Hm, good question! I'm cribbing from a factsheet from the UK Cabinet Office - it's not private, but I can't find a publicly-accessible source. The general gist of it is that "more people change … (View Post)

In the UK, combined surnames peaked at around 15% of newlywed couples in the early 2000s, but have fallen back to around half that rate. It's fine for a single generation, but beyond that you end up … (View Post)

Here's Eastwood doing it: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cn05yvqx6l4o His colleague, Claire Hanna prefaced her oath with "In friendship and in hope of a reconciled new Ireland, my allegiance … (View Post)