Glorious. Not really a Clerihew, but very fine nonetheless. I really admire comic verse, because I can't really do it. It strikes me as a much underrated skill, the view being if something'… (View Post)

Well yes, I recognise the absurdity of that. That’s the analog of the ‘put a sharp spike in the steering wheel and people will drive REALLY carefully’ argument. (View Post)

Well perhaps, but I was thinking more of more traditional right wing concerns. I mean, if you were right-inclined, you might value any one or several of: Low tax/low spend Low immigration Spending on… (View Post)

The Tories are living a weird double-existence of sounding populist and right wing - thereby infuriating the media and the commentariat - while not actually doing anything right-wing - thereby aliena… (View Post)

Well yes, but it's still pretty remarkable that he lost it. Brexit was never really a majority position at any time between 1974 up until about two weeks before the date of the referendum. It wo… (View Post)