Yes, that sounds fine, though I wonder if merrging NI and income tax sounds too complicated and hard to predict - I'm sure there would be some losers from the change that the Tories would highli… (View Post)

Yes, that's fine, and it's what Tony did, which is why I supported him. We shouldn't spend too much time debating what we mean by "centrist", I suppose - what I'm saying… (View Post)

It's probably a category error to think that Labour especially needs a centrist - we think in terms of left-right spectrums but most people are far more steered by gut feeling that X sounds inte… (View Post)

Leon and Cyclefree are both talking about the male population at large, which as Cyclefree observes has a fair number of thuggish men whose faults do not include Leon's effete generalisation. PB… (View Post)

It's a charitable explanation. I think he just can't resist an arresting image that will amuse his audience and make them like him. (View Post)