Predictions of party splits are overdone. If anything was going to split a major party, it was Corbyn. The closest we got was defections to Change UK or whatever it ended up calling itself, and that … (View Post)

Reality trumps the law. If Parliament passed a statute saying that the Sun orbits the Earth, the Earth would continue to orbit the Sun. Likewise, a GRC does not make a male person female or vice vers… (View Post)

Rowling was responding to Annelise Dodds, no? In any case, Labour are in a royal mess over this. Like with Brexit, they're trying and failing to ride two horses on an issue where opinions are po… (View Post)

Agreed. With Brexit there are genuine shades of grey, and reasonable people can disagree. This is just reality vs. fantasy. If a vocal minority (or majority for that matter) started claiming the Sun … (View Post)

I'm assuming that's Przemsyl of WWI interminable siege fame? Probably the Eastern Front's closest parallel to Verdun. (View Post)