The two, I think, are related. A more respected, liked, and articulate leader would have had much more flexibility to plot his own course on Brexit. You could have pitched a soft version of it and ma… (View Post)

As we are seeing with the laughable conspiracies around the 'Labour Report' one of the key problems with Corbynism is that it has no safety valve of self-doubt or ability to admit its own failings, a… (View Post)

No. Because you can judge racism by the standards of the day. No one would deny that Hitler was a total racist. Science moves on. We can judge prejudice in its relationship to the past it was enacted… (View Post)

This is one reason the BLM protests are far more likely to bring transformative change themselves in the US than here. There are all sorts of pretty simple concrete actions that can be taken to halt … (View Post)

I'm not sure anyone would be stupid enough to believe a word he says. You might as well believe a vampire who's telling you he's off to donate at the blood bank. (View Post)