The leader assumes that Scottish voters, especially Reform voters, regard "standing up for Scotland" as the key issue. That's not necessarily the case - e.g. I'm not primarily mot… (View Post)

The Jewish community (which I theoretically belong to) goes back an awfully long way; the Muslim community is mostly more recent, but hardly new. Neither is monolithic on Middle East issues, and some… (View Post)

Perhaps I move in politer circles, but I don't know anyone who HATES Starmer - mild exasperation is as bad as it gets. My problem with him is the lack of any durable perspective. He's prefe… (View Post)

As maybe the only identifiable ex-MP on PB, I'm not convinced by the alleged deterioration of quality - Parliament has always been largely made up of people who were pretty hard-working and mode… (View Post)

The possibility of Iran developing and using nuclear weapons is serious enough for knee-jerk opposition to be unserious. But it's not clear to me that Trump has an actual gameplan - "bomb a… (View Post)