I don't think it's quite that simple. Mamdani in NYC and Polanski seem to be offering some new ideas of how to implement left-wing principles in our current times. Corbyn always seemed to be sticking… (View Post)

They're still on the First Republic. I think the French are on their Fifth, and they gave the Americans a 17-year head start. (View Post)

I'm surprised the story about Johnson not swearing-in the Democrat elected to the House on September 23rd hasn't been mentioned on here more often - apparently to prevent a vote on the release of the… (View Post)

A quarter of one percent isn't going to cut it. (View Post)

I would suggest fixing the percentage of GDP that we want to spend on the state pension. Then we can argue over the tradeoffs between universality, generosity and retirement age, but within an envelo… (View Post)