I suppose I'm seeing it as a (semi-former) professional politician - again and again I found them factually misleading with obvious selection of data to suit whatever line they were pushing. Com… (View Post)

My favourite example of direct democracy was one I've told here before. An elderly colleague at work would struggle up the stairs to his office every day. I asked him why he didn't take the… (View Post)

37800, of which 8000 are freebies.https://www.abc.org.uk/product/549 . Lower than the Spectator but not out of sight. An important difference is that whereas I think many right-wingers with intellect… (View Post)

I lived for many years in Switzerland, which does largely facilitate putting any controversial question to the public. There are exceptions, the main one being financial (you can't have a refere… (View Post)

Although we all say "You're only as old as you feel" I'm not sure we think that through. At 71 I feel, behave and work in much the same way as when I was 61, and if Biden keeps up… (View Post)