Actually the SNP won 3.9% of the total electorate, compared to the Conservatives' 43.6%. So the Conservative mandate is actually 11 times as large :smile: (View Post)

The UK Government. Otherwise known as the English, Welsh, Scottish, and Northern Ireland Governments :wink: (View Post)

Worse, he might end up being Labour's Theresa May: a superficially prime-ministerial candidate chosen to provide reassurance in a time of crisis, but who turns out to be a charisma vacuum who�… (View Post)

I agree with you that Sanders has a good chance of beating Trump. But all that would confirm is the ongoing triumph of _populism_, with a rare left variant to break up the tidal wave of rightwing pop… (View Post)

Traditional British educational elite meets new Far Eastern educational elite... Peterhouse's only PM (Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton) was himself educated at Westminster, so it's ni… (View Post)