Yes, Rochdale is fascinating. My prediction is: Lab: 26% Galloway: 22% LD: 17% Con: 15% RefUK: 10% Green: 5% Others: 5% What odds should that imply? I dunno. But I've done a little spreadsheet: … (View Post)

History has been very kind to the suffragettes. Arguably they set back the cause of women's suffrage by years. There was a less radical and more effective movement for the cause who have been co… (View Post)

I have just been in a card shop, in which there was - among other exercabilia - a card saying 'Happy Valentine's Day to my cat'. In a world riven by division - Gaza, Brexit, Trans, wok… (View Post)

That's entirely fair. I should have put the word 'appear' in a different place. It is, of course, only the oddities which hit the news. But the last few days have given us: 1) Azhar Al… (View Post)

Someone yesterday ( @theProle ?) likened the current situation to a scene from "the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe" in which the White Queen – looking superficially presentable – is seen t… (View Post)