People can only make choices within the system that exists, rather than the system that they wish existed. I still drive a diesel because it wouldn't be safe to cycle on the local roads, and we canno… (View Post)

Looking at the opinion poll graph on wikipedia, it is remarkable how static the polling for Reform/Tories/Lib Dems has been since about June - I guess when the fallout from the local elections had se… (View Post)

Reality is always more complex, and yet. The simple story is also mostly true. Often when people bring up the black people in Africa who profited from the slave trade they seem to do so to excuse the… (View Post)

I reject a choice between chopping off an arm and chopping off a leg. It can be hard to escape a forced choice with FPTP, but the only way to get something different is to reject the forced choice. O… (View Post)

I think it is likely that this individual received an exemplary sentence because of the wider context. In a similar way that people who called for violence online during the 2024 riots also received … (View Post)