"It is not a coincidence that only one secretary of state for education has ever been Prime Minister. I don’t see that run changing." Too bad as she was by far and away the best peacetime P… (View Post)

Excellent thread header - detailed psephological analysis like this is the best reason to read this site. (View Post)

I didn't see the press conference but saw the earlier debate here in America. Excruciating hardly begins to cover it. On dementia, most who suffer from it have good days and bad days. My grandmo… (View Post)

To think there are some idiots who wanted us in the euro and some of them still do. If we tried to rejoin the EU we'd have to commit to joining the single currency, which is why I suspect it wil… (View Post)

There were lots of "real stories" last night in a very complicated election. By my count: - the collapse of the Tories in vote share and even more in seats - the collapse of the SNP likewis… (View Post)