Mm. Bit of a repeated trope, this one. Certainly true that economic and social liberalism doesn't satisfy all human needs - but I don't think there has ever been a political, economic or cu… (View Post)

Your argument seems to be that it's an either/or: that the current world of periodic atrocities across the western world perpetuated by Islamic terrorists, peppered by background grimness exempl… (View Post)

Mm. I have an essay of (actually only slightly political) thoughts on this to unpick with you here, Kinners, which I'd be fascinated to dig into your views on - but it must wait for another day … (View Post)

Talking of which - a day out in the Dales today. Started unpromisingly with both pubs and both cafes in Horton in Ribblesdale closed, forcing us five miles up the road for lunch to the Station Inn at… (View Post)

Agreed, but isn't this news all about ten years old? We've known about this - and all the other places where it's happened - and it was met with a weary "yebbut racism" by th… (View Post)