A dramatic scenario would be this: 1. Boris applies for the seat. 2. The party rules him out. 3. He indignantly joins RefUK, and wins the seat for them. 4. The Tory vote in the next poll splits into … (View Post)

Yes, an interesting development. Die Linke - the classical ex-Communists - have become very green, pro-Ukraine and generally hard to distinguish from Guardian-reading left-wingers, and they struggle … (View Post)

Just to be clear - you genuinely think that it's legitimate to prevent a civilian population having water and food if a plurality of them some years ago elected a government with whom Israel is … (View Post)

I was in Trafalgar Square with a non-partisan friend when the march went by (we went to see Hamnet btw - well staged but a bit meh IMO) and it struck us that the vast majority of the marchers were ca… (View Post)

Off topic, the Argentinian result is interesting (and cautiously encouraging) - the overwhelming favourite and leader in the polls, an aggressive Bolsonaro/Trump style populist with ultra-right opini… (View Post)