I wish there was a name for this type of historical measurement - I find it a very useful analytical tool. My favourite is that the Sexual Offences Act of 1967, which legalised homosexuality, was clo… (View Post)

On the subject of Constitutional Monarchy versus Republicanism, it's worth considering that the British have an hereditary democratic head of state, whereas the Americans have an elected Absolut… (View Post)

Thanks, Morris! I haven't really been away, it's just that I am usually lost for words these days. (View Post)

(Please could someone remind me, which Prime Minister was it who appointed Anderson as Deputy Chairman?) (View Post)

My first General Election was February 1974. I had worked as a metal polisher for a while, but had just got a job as a junior clerk/office boy in a solicitor's office, where I was taken under th… (View Post)