I agree with others; bring back Ishmael. Terrible taste in music, but he was one of the best things about PB. (View Post)

My experience was not as bad as yours. Nevertheless, one of my driving convictions is that life should be better for working class or lower middle class people who want or are able to get ahead. I fe… (View Post)

I went to a state school, in NZ. It was pretty middling, and to be fair it was designed to be a factory for exiting kids into blue collar jobs in a blue collar suburb. They did an OK job of that, I g… (View Post)

I’m remote, and his non-entity status is noticeable all the way from here. (View Post)

No, I deplore “loud voice alpha boy” types. However, I do like a politician with a sense of inner conviction and hinterland, and someone who can articulate a vision, including if necessary, difficult… (View Post)