Interesting and persuasive piece - thanks Gareth. As a sometimes restless Labour member (indeed chair of the CLP) I've not even thought about defecting to the LibDems, who are locally dominant, since… (View Post)

What do you base this on, given the recent polls showing the Conservatives around 20% (e.g. the latest one putting them on 19%)? I think, based on recent canvassing, that most people have largely giv… (View Post)

On topic, many thanks to Cyclefree for the header. There is, I think, a default assumption that any situation will produce numerous people claiming money on more or less spurious grounds, magnified b… (View Post)

My parents lived with me until they died (when I was 49). I doubt if one can draw any general conclusions. (View Post)

They tend (according to one of the course organisers who I saw interviewed) to be frustrated by constant reshuffling of prisoners to other prisons to cope with shortage of space, so completing any co… (View Post)