It's also generally ahead of government and politicians - I've sometimes seen policy or political ideas on here that are picked up by MPs a few days or weeks later. (View Post)

Four things save Reeves: - there's no obvious alternative who would do any better - because of Labour's sexism, it's much harder to sack a woman than a man, especially after Rayner self-destructed - … (View Post)

Reform are a symptom not a cause. They articulate the opinions of a large chunk of the electorate, and if Reform disappeared tomorrow a substitute would appear before too long. Whether that would be … (View Post)

That's not true as regards Kenya, where al-Shabab and ISIL are active and violence frequently spills over from Somalia, or Mozambique which has had a deadly insurrection in Cabo Delgado for about a d… (View Post)

Very good thread as all the other ones have been, even though one can quibble with some of this detailed arguments (bumping us up in the PISA education rankings by getting teachers to produce literat… (View Post)