To be fair to Charles, if he went vegan, it would largely be because of personal conviction that it was good against climate change - he's a man of strong views (which is a reason to be cautious… (View Post)

Anecdata update: I posted only moderately upbeat impressions from local election canvassing a couple of weeks ago - Labour doing a bit better than in 2019, Tories a bit worse, but nothing too dramati… (View Post)

I think that's right. I've been visiting a friend in a village in rural Oxfordshire and I'm struck by the number of euphemisms used by all candidates to appeal to NIMBYs without saying… (View Post)

That's right - the "it seemed fine N years ago" defence is fine if we're talking about people N years ago, but it's not relevant to people doing it now. (View Post)

No, to be fair she's having a go at people uninvolved turning up at picket lines. It's a debate that goes back to the old flying picket days. She's not attacking strikes per se. (View Post)