I've heard rumours of a giveaway budget next year as the Conservatives' only hope as things stand. That also implies going late - probably over the summer if it works, in the winter of next… (View Post)

On topic, as I've pointed out before, the difference between first preferences shares between the Tory and Labour candidate (excluding the other candidates) and the second round shares between t… (View Post)

There's also torture done well and torture done badly. But the world would be a better place without any torture. Brutalism, whatever the origin of the word, is torture on the eyes. The world wo… (View Post)

If there's one subject where it's OK to rant, it's ghastly modern architecture and the horrors it has wrought on our society. It's usually irresistible for politicians and civil s… (View Post)

I'd say Fascism has three main characteristics - lack of class warfare, internal repression and external aggression. Franco's Spain (and Salazar's Portugal) had the first two, but not … (View Post)