One hypothesis is that it's down to the fall of communism, prior to which the 'threat' of an alternative economic model forced capitalist societies to keep their people onside by ensur… (View Post)

Left-wing revolutionaries have got away for centuries with being themselves often well-off, middle class intellectuals and self-appointed champions of the proletariat, whose views and lifestyle they … (View Post)

Oops! TSE has posted NEW THREAD in the new thread, not hereNEW THREAD! (View Post)

A good header - but missing that prior to 2010 the LibDems could indeed position themselves as an outsider party. There are two dimensions to being an outsider party - the lead identifies one, the ex… (View Post)

The upside is that it will take them a few years to become as venal and corrupt as the last lot. The downside is that it will take the same amount of time for them to work out what on earth they are … (View Post)