John Gray on the state of the country. "It is hard to exaggerate the depth of state failure in this country. When some of the criminals released early due to prison overcrowding are returned to … (View Post)

Labour are having a howler of a night with regard to local election results. (View Post)

Thanks to Big_G_NorthWales for the election reports. (View Post)

You can probably guess someone's politics from whether they think the level of crime is higher or lower than it used to be a few years or decades ago. (View Post)

No-one expected the Netherlands to elect a hard-right government. So it could happen anywhere. (View Post)