If we've just whacked up the cost of hiring people as well as increasing regulations and boosting the minimum wage, it would be amazing if we didn't see significantly higher unemployment. L… (View Post)

FPT In the US, city police and county sheriffs have jurisdiction over different areas: the police look after incorporated cities, while the county sheriffs enforce the law in unincorporated areas of … (View Post)

"Oops, there's a bandwagon, mustn't be the last man on ..." (View Post)

I agree with all that, though I would add that, when it came to persuading voters, Blair was such an off-the-scale genius that putting him in the same league as Boris or David Cameron is probably unf… (View Post)

Rawnsley is good when it comes to internal Labour Party machinations and gossip. He obviously has good contacts there. But when it comes to writing about other parties, especially the Conservatives, … (View Post)