And that was the BBC under a Labour government? What is it in the air about making up history to motivate right-wing paranoia? Last night we had the assertion that Daniel Patrick Moynihan was victimi… (View Post)

You mean when the BBC forced him and the controller of Radio 2 to resign? (View Post)

I think it's likely that homebuyers have a very strong preference for car parking spaces, because they tend to be parents, and they have lots of options in the existing stock with which new hous… (View Post)

I don't think it is conclusive that Thatcher would have been ousted, let alone lost in 1984, in the absence of a war. 1. Before the war, the Alliance had already won three by-elections, suggesti… (View Post)

I've now read the statistical model above, thanks for that. In general, since N=2 for changes of governing party since the 1980, I think it's very difficult to characterise changes of gover… (View Post)