It's an important principle of democratic politics that both sides respect the process and accept the result. Things start to break down in various ways when that stops happening. Even if it doe… (View Post)

Yes, but I believe with two caveats. Firstly, the politicians have meddled with this, and overridden the system, with regard to certain cancer drugs in particular, as it happens. Often in response to… (View Post)

I don't buy the argument that Starmer is a master electoral strategist, marshalling voters only where he needed them, to win a huge majority with an economy of effort. He won a landslide majorit… (View Post)

May - 3 years 11 days Johnson - 3 years 44 days (includes leap year) Truss - 49 days Sunak - 1 year 254 days (includes leap year) Starmer - 53 days not out So, calculated on a cricketing basis, the c… (View Post)

Feudal Britain alive and well. https://www.theguardian.com/money/article/2024/aug/26/my-brother-has-fallen-victim-to-the-retirement-home-transfer-fee-money-grab Why would anyone do the hard work of i… (View Post)