Leon's burning heretics metaphor also forgets that the death penalty was LITERALLY DONE to a pro-Remain MP to deliver "death to traitors, freedom for Britain" and it did not discourage… (View Post)

If you mean there was some even more self-harming version, I agree. But on a 52% mandate, they went to the most extreme they could devise for GB, in part by carving out NI. And that embittered people… (View Post)

We tried "grown up Brexit" under TMay. Guys like Farage screamed it was a backstab betrayal and we needed hardline cheating full fortress Rwanda Brexit under the clown. And the actual, real… (View Post)

Relative to North Shropshire, the average age is because there are lots of retired incomers moving to Devon, not because there is a demographic decline driving out younger workers (as in, say, Wales)… (View Post)

Seriously, what empowered the RMT is what empowered the NUM until the 80s. A fear that the most productive sectors of the economy would be crippled by a strike, whether that be advanced manufacturing… (View Post)