I'm a politician, and see it more in practical terms without attributing any special moral qualities to either group, but just considering the electoral effect. On the whole, people with more ed… (View Post)

Yes, also anecdotally, a sensible colleague who is careful in her habits and has been jabbed has just gone down with Covid and is very ill. People who say "Oh, virtually nobody dies from it now … (View Post)

What happened here?? Honiton St Michael's (East Devon), council by-election result: LAB: 58.0% (+58.0) CON: 37.5% (-15.5) LDEM: 4.5% (-42.5) Labour GAIN from Liberal Democrat. More seriously, th… (View Post)

Many Americans seem fond of us - the culture is sufficiently different to be interesting, sufficiently similar to be comfortable, and supposedly the British accent is sexy (thank you Hugh Grant). Man… (View Post)

The issue is not the parents -some are responsible and far-sighted (though we can all have bad luck), others not so much. If it was about helping the parents, then your argument could apply. But the … (View Post)