Funnily enough, there's a large development near where I live with a similar system. A friend who lives there was complaining about it last week. The residents in the flats have no control over … (View Post)

Marx as usual got it largely wrong. It's much more complicated than that. Without going into too much microeconomic theory, it depends on the industry. Industries with high fixed costs, little s… (View Post)

Interestingly Tony Benn went on the opposite journey - technocratic right in the 60s, Commie in the 70s and 80s. (View Post)

I think you're both right. Wilson was moderate left in the 60's, then the centre of gravity of the Party shifted much further left in the harsher climate of the early 70's, so he was d… (View Post)

Even if they lose most of them it's basically noise compared to the huge number of English suburban and small-town marginals. (View Post)