I don't think the affection for Milliband is a left/right issue. He has a couple of more simply emotional things going for him. Firstly he's a link to the before times. He was leader of Lab… (View Post)

Parliament is sovereign, but it should use that power carefully. It would damage the trustworthiness of the state if it were to casually use that power to cancel the liabilities it had accrued. (View Post)

I've read Perdido Street Station, its two sequels (The Scar and Iron Council), King Rat, Kraken, Un Lun Dun and his (harrowing) collection of short stories, Looking for Jake. All have been excel… (View Post)

From what little I've seen the deal is reasonably good for Ukraine. My working assumption is that if Trump ever understands what is in the deal he's going to fire all his underlings who wer… (View Post)

There is no prospect of the UK rejoining the EU in the foreseeable future anyway, but, no, it wouldn't. If a future government decided to take Britain back into the EU then the trade deal with I… (View Post)