As I have said before, a benign dictatorship is probably the optimal form of government, save for the two fatal drawbacks that as time passes most such tend to become less and less benign, and when t… (View Post)
It's more fundamental than that. The free market economic liberalism we have been 'enjoying' since the tail end of the Cold War has led to growing inequality, but appears impossible for the political… (View Post)
Not really. With a broad brush, Labour has done pretty much what the Tories would have done, had they been re-elected, with the difference being a little more focus and a somewhat more realistic appr… (View Post)
The effect is mainly local - but of course Reform will be getting lots of councillors in those areas where it is most likely to win MPs. So having a council group that falls apart with incompetence, … (View Post)
Since the US became global unipolar superpower, we've experienced unfettered liberal capitalism that has led to growing inequality across the western world; an inequality that has benefited those wit… (View Post)