To assemble a winning majority, or even a sizeable minority, in a diverse democracy you often have to build incompatible coalitions though. Boris Johnson brought together free market Thatcherites and… (View Post)

I expect Corbyn to be at least as successful as Change UK, the Renew Party and the True and Fair Party, and all the other ego trips masquerading as political organisations we've had over the last tur… (View Post)

That is of course true but, on the other hand, the only reason many (including me) bother to be guests is that this site tolerates a fairly wide spectrum of views, and the less it does so, the less a… (View Post)

So countries can now sue each other over climate change? No doubt Lord Hermer and Phillipe Sands are already persuading Mauritius to demand £300 billion and the Falkland Islands from us. (View Post)

Arbitrary bureaucratic boundaries. The metro area of New York is still much larger in population (20m vs 15m 2024 est). Of course London would be much larger were it not for the Green Noose around it… (View Post)