Yes allowing positive discrimination is an amazingly effective way of setting groups in a society against one another. We're heading the same way, of course. (View Post)

Another chilling comment, if you work for the Government, is having the PM express "full and unshakeable confidence" in you ... (View Post)

But I see the bind she's in. If they admit they've screwed up monumentally, how can they claim that "more Europe" is the solution to the next problem, whatever it is? (View Post)

In fairness, the Mayor of London represents nine million people and has considerable executive power, while the MP for Hartlepool represents about 1% as many and can do the square root of fuck all. T… (View Post)

I don't think it's a must win for the Conservatives at all: a) it's very unusual for governments to pick up seats in mid-term by-elections b) it wasn't even Labour's most vul… (View Post)