The really stupid thing from Russia is the simultaneous view that Ukranians are not a real people but rather misguided Russians,and their genocidal campaign against what they see as their own. It mak… (View Post)

I think you could make the case for the rise of the smartphone and social media. This was pretty much at the same time as the GFC. A lot of downward trends in social isolation, obesity, mental health… (View Post)

To a large extent I agree, but that is not what Reform voters want. The Midlands and North has transformed over my life time with coal, steel, manufacturing all gone, in major decline or automated to… (View Post)

The events are interconnected, but I would also say the 2008 GFC, as it turned people against their incumbent governments, setting off a lot of unfortunate events. (View Post)

That's Reforms problem in a nutshell. What their voters want in Stoke and Skegness is not what their leaders want. (View Post)