The interesting thing, though, is that in the SAME poll with the same people, the Tories have dropped 2 points, to RefUK. Now it's possible that it's random movement, but also possible that… (View Post)

That's rather a wonderful sendoff - sympathies, but it sounds as though he's ending with real affection around him - I'm sure he appreciates you. (View Post)

I think that's really well-put, Southam. I feel the same when people compare all kinds of people they don't like to Hitler. Ultimately it trivialises what the Nazis did if every authoritari… (View Post)

Yes, there's a linguistic point here which keeps causing political misunderstandings. Genocide traditionally means trying to kill everyone in a targeted group - Nazis vs Jews and Hutus vs Tutsis… (View Post)

I recall reading that in the postwar period MI5 did succeed in breaking the system to discover who had voted Communist, though I'm not sure how extensive the investigation was - maybe just in th… (View Post)