The 'gradual accrual of privileges' has been the case in Northern Ireland for a long time. Newly-qualified drivers have to display 'R' plates and were, until recently, limited to a max speed of 45mph… (View Post)

And AI lends itself to automating knowledge work... So, playing on Britain's strengths: * Pioneer the use of AI in our legal system - become the global venue of choice for cheaper, faster legal actio… (View Post)

The cul de sac is being built from the attempt to turn those marginal issues into wedge issues. That may be a sensible way for a more-ideological leadership candidate to separate themselves from a le… (View Post)

Good point. Once it became a policy, it became the subject of political debate - so every aspect became bitterly fought over. Perhaps it might have been best if Osborne had made more of a show of ste… (View Post)

Though back then the alternative was face-to-face, which you'd expect to have been even more vulnerable to the spiral of silence. I'm astonished that anyone's still doing phone polling, tbh. Do they … (View Post)