If the UK loses its special relationship with the US the things Britain will lose (nuclear weapons cooperation, intelligence sharing, etc) are not things that the EU can help with, so Brexit is neith… (View Post)

The reason the Tories lost in 2024, and so heavily, was not that they got rid of Johnson, but that they replaced him with Truss. If they'd gone straight to Sunak they would have had a chance of … (View Post)

I didn't have a TV license for about 14 years in Britain, but bought one again after I started watching the County Championship live streams on youtube during the pandemic. A bit unfair that non… (View Post)

I don't exclude Labour MPs from being unwise enough to leave him in post for a while longer yet. And it's possible that I'm overreacting and this blunder is more Owen Paterson than Chr… (View Post)

Basically, in Britain university is tied up with the class system. University is seen as a way to escape being working class and to get a job that doesn't involve getting your hands dirty. The e… (View Post)