Hm. Sounds attractive. I've often fantasised about a politics which had a big party of the centre to do stuff and small parties of the left and right to keep them honest. But it almost certainly… (View Post)

Yes, fair point - but 9,000 is still quite a surprisingly large proportion of all Albanians. That's 1 out of every 300 Albanians in the world electing to make a hazardous sea crossing in order t… (View Post)

I’m no fan of the Rwanda plan. But what I do like about it – and what many of its critics seem not to recognise – is its recognition that huge numbers of immigrants arriving daily is a problem which … (View Post)

10% of the population of Iran are gay? (View Post)

I think us backing such a body would be utterly daft. Western mores are not a majority view in the world. What would be to stop such a supranational organisation imposing the mores of the third world… (View Post)