Indeed. And his government has been successful in increasing the numbers deported. So you'd think that those people with "reasonable concerns" over immigration would be cautiously optimisti… (View Post)

That's possible, but it could also be that North Korea sees an alliance with Russia as a way to become more independent of China, and so this may not be under China's direction. Western deterrence ha… (View Post)

You could be right, but I would be sceptical for a couple of reasons. Firstly, we've seen many massive events in British political history, and few of them have brought a government to a premature en… (View Post)

There's a lot to digest in all that. Public policy as a means to manage the psychological state of the PM. Imagine cancelling a decades-long infrastructure project in an attempt to gee up the Prime M… (View Post)

They were a negotiating position. Hardly unusual. The Conservative government refused to engage in any negotiations. The Tories either wanted the strikes, or were refusing to engage with reality. Lab… (View Post)