Those figures really aren't disastrously bad in themselves, at least not in net terms. They aren't out of line with Kinnock, Howard, Miliband and other losing party leaders, none of whom led their pa… (View Post)

An intelligent left-wing argument (I.e. one which doesn't reflexively react to whatever Reform/Farage are saying) on this matter is that migrants should stay in France because France is a more civili… (View Post)

The problem with the 2012 opening ceremony (and I suppose it's not one that Truss can point out given her present political views) is that it 'celebrated' the NHS even though the vast amounts of mone… (View Post)

I have to assume that this is irony. Trump has been the dominant figure in American politics for almost a decade, longer than perhaps anyone in American history other than FDR, Jackson and TR. The 'd… (View Post)

Polls on any given issue only really mean much if the said issue is particularly salient. The electoral system clearly isn't, and indeed it wasn't much when there was a referendum on the issue in 201… (View Post)