I think we too easily attribute it mostly to worries about gas. The closer one is to the issue the more the historical complexities become apparent. Nationalist Ukranians see history as a long strugg… (View Post)

I'm not a fan of cycling and have the usual experiences with aggressive cyclists but of course it's valuable both for health and pollution reduction, and the reasons why cyclists have to wo… (View Post)

Sure, it's all ancient history now anyway. The 90K was my salary when I left Ciba-Geigy (by then Novartis). When I applied for selection as a candidate, the MP salary was quite low - £37K or som… (View Post)

I've duelled with Leon's many incarnations for a decade or more, and have come to feel OK with him as a literate, sometimes witty provocateur. In the early days I took him seriously, and fe… (View Post)

Yes, I agree, but there are dangers in being too far down. Labour now leads LibDems in the south (outside Lodon) by a large margin, and while there are places where that absolutely makes sense in tac… (View Post)