FPT: I was considering the other day that - assuming a bit of shuffling about - we now have four parties in England each of which could comfortably represent one of the sectors in the traditional two… (View Post)

Even as I was writing my earlier, lengthier post, I thought "HYUFD's going to disagree with this - he's going to say it's down to religion". I've had this argument with … (View Post)

No, I mean birth rates are declining, not population. That's the phenomenon I find most interesting. I do agree with your point that at a point in time there is a correlation between birth rate … (View Post)

I'm particularly interested in "no one has a single good explanation". That's the aspect that fascinates me. When I learned demographics in GCSE georgraphy, the explanations of ea… (View Post)

I always got the feeling during the Mo Mowlam years that she favoured the hardliners (SF and DUP) over the moderates (SDLP, UUP and Alliance). There is an alternative history to be written of where N… (View Post)