Asians walking in the countryside is definitely A Thing in the West Pennines. The ethnic mix on Rivington Pike tends in my experience to be significantly more Asian than the adjacent town of Horwich … (View Post)

I try to be open minded - I said before the election that the range of outcomes for Trump ranged from good to apocalyptic, whereas Harris had a much narrower range from quite bad to bad. Trump would … (View Post)

A large part of the reason the Conservatives have such high levels of unfavourability is that they have been in government for so long. The longer you are in government, the more people you piss off.… (View Post)

I'm struggling to think what in my 19 years of posting here might have led you to classify me as 'left liberal'. Unless this is your rather dry humour poking through! (View Post)

Essentially, a degree is a very expensive ticket to the middle classes. Almost everyone who applies to university ends up graduating. We could save a lot of people a lot of money by granting people a… (View Post)