There's a little-understood discrepancy between the Labour national strategy and what local parties are doing. The national strategy is to relentlessly focus on getting a comfortable majority, s… (View Post)

Isn't it? My understanding is that an over-60s travel card is acceptable ID, while a young person's travel card (which is virtually identical) is not. See https://www.theguardian.com/commen… (View Post)

We're all entitled to bus passes (though districts without mass transit - tubes, trams, metros - get less benefit from them. I'd think that most mobile oldies have one. The main issue is th… (View Post)

I do - never occurred to me not to, as it's easier to glance at than fishing out my phone. I do notice that friends who don't wear one quite often ask me what the time is. That said, it… (View Post)

I'm afraid that Netanyahu is partly to blame for this, and a year ago the results would have been less striking. Now, only 57% of Brits in general support Israel's right to exist a a Jewish… (View Post)