I don't think this is unique to Twix. People are rightly very resistant to changing the name of a thing at the whim of a company. On which subject, driving through Horwich last week I noticed th… (View Post)

I'm slightly surprised you don't see the problem. "I don't like you saying x" should not equate to "saying x should be illegal". Otherwise we're on the route s… (View Post)

There are plenty of people in the BBC who wouldn't have seen it as an edgy joke but good old fashioned common sense: Nigel Farage was responsible for the UK leaving the EU and therefore ought to… (View Post)

Hm. I reckon there is quite a market in this country for Scandi-style socialism. Most people would perveive themselves as net gainers (taxes would rise on me but mostly on someone else). But it'… (View Post)

Socialism itself isn't the problem. I don't think the majority of people have a principled objection to tax and spend. What tends to rile people is tax-and-piss-up-the-wall. (View Post)