You're very kind. Emotionally we do align, but I'm a compromiser and a split-the-difference man and he's not. Mostly the loyalty is just personal - I like austere politicians who live … (View Post)

That's an OTT reaction to an interesting illustrative anecdote. I went with as friend to see Jerusalem yesterday (https://www.timeout.com/london/theatre/jerusalem-review) which is a more extreme… (View Post)

You feel it's going well, and (a) we now have effective control and are changing various things to our advantage (what?) and (b) the cost has turned out to be negligible? On (a), I think Brexite… (View Post)

Not exactly. This is the Govertnment's position: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/782176/command-paper-scrutiny-transparency-270120… (View Post)

Mmm. A focus group of 5 is pushing it a bit to get any meaningful conclusions, especially as it's not clear how they were selected. I could probably assemble a focus group of 5 UKIP voters or co… (View Post)