Lots of action on the animal welfare front today. The Government has dropped its own Kept Animals Bill, which would have banned live exports and had already passed two readings in the Commons, and in… (View Post)

Yes, exactly. That's the philosophical underpinning of the left-wing attitudes that we were discussing earlier. If life is significantly determined by luck, it makes sense for the lucky ones to … (View Post)

OK, let me speak as a representative (apparently the only one here) of the problem. I don't like walking except with a view to getting somewhere. I don't like spending time cooking food. An… (View Post)

I agree with the thrust of Cyclefree's header, though I have doubts about creating new posts/bodies (Minister for Children, Child Protection Authority) - as DecrepitJohnL notes, at least the for… (View Post)

What makes you think that? I'm sure I didn't, and remember being amused by his famous debate rejoinder about "not mocking my opponent for his youth and inexperience". In general I… (View Post)