Exciting, though on a poll of 580 likely voters the subsample analysis is wildly OTT. (View Post)

Ian's right, though - the striking deference to religious diversity in the US compared with here is quite strange, although atheist friends in the US say it's not always easy. I think that … (View Post)

Fine. Waited this lonmg, wait till January, or indeed March. Reinforces my intention to take no risks at Christmas. (View Post)

Just finished The Evening and the Morning (Follett) - 817 pages. It's mostly conversation with little descriptive writing so one flies through it in a blur of down-market idleness. Quite interes… (View Post)

I won't comment on the rights and wrongs of the Patel case as I've not studied the details, but I agree that it's a complication that opponents are attacking someone you normally suppo… (View Post)