While it could be wishful thinking, I sense a sea change coming. The Nasty Party, blue in tooth and claw, is beginning to take a bit of punishment. Labour and the Lib Dems are increasingly stronger. … (View Post)

As far as the Constitutional conventions are concerned, MPs are elected as representatives of their constituencies, not as delegates of their party and they are expected to serve the national interes… (View Post)

FWIW, as a disinterested and non expert neutral, I thought the England team had a very good tournament, especially beating their hoodoo against Germany. Losing at the last by the narrowest of margins… (View Post)

"Fascist" does not just mean a person you think is bad. Making absurd claims that Churchill was a Fascist (Spoiler alert, he was an anti-Fascist), means you ignore the real injustices of th… (View Post)

Not sure about decades. The UK Public Sector net debt is now 99.5%, which is the highest since 1962 and over 2 trillion pounds. Private sector debt is close to 90% of GDP too, and has increased over … (View Post)