There is good chocolate and bad chocolate. Good chocolate comes in many forms - dark, milk and white. Confusingly, so also does bad chocolate. Distinguishing the two is only achievable by direct pers… (View Post)

That said, asylum seekers never used to be put up in hotels. They'd be sent to low-quality HMO housing. I remember stories about locks being changed on their accommodation when their initial cla… (View Post)

That was an early Blair-era decision. I'm happy to blame May for a lot, but she escapes on that one. (View Post)

Europe should certainly not align with China. We'd leave ourselves horribly exposed when they decide to forcibly reunify Taiwan with the mainland. Europe's big enough to stand on its own, a… (View Post)

A lot of people, not unreasonably, didn't feel like the status quo was doing them any good, and mainstream politicians have fuck all to offer in terms of alternatives or leadership. (View Post)