It's more important what his reaction is to reality and opposition confronting his policies, rather than where his policies lie on a left-right scale. The extent and method by which a politician bend… (View Post)

PB.com has always had a mix of posters, those who are capable of dispassionate analysis and those guilty of motivated reasoning. I don't find it that hard to distinguish between the two when it comes… (View Post)

I think it's either because it has been set up to be an indirect subsidy of the car market, or because something that was intended to be simple and generous for x% of the population has expanded to w… (View Post)

Is this a culture clash between people who are used to commuting by public transport and those used to driving? If you're used to using public transport then having to buy a car because you can't use… (View Post)

I think there are choices that have been made, or not made, in the past in Britain that have encouraged rentier capitalists at the expense of innovative capitalists. It's difficult for Britain to cha… (View Post)