If we're playing subsamples, Labour up to 46% in the E Mids subsample - more than in London. All those Rutland and Lincolnshire workers and intellectuals storming the barricades. (View Post)

Yeah. I'll chat with anyone, pretty much, and most people aren't as consistently political all the time as some of us. An old friend varies between Con, UKIP and once BNP, and certainly vot… (View Post)

No, as I said, it's up to Ukraine to decide what deal (if any) they'll accept, but virtually all wars end in a settlement. Would a settlement involve permanent occupation of Kherson? Very u… (View Post)

In search of diverse information streams, I'm keeping an eye on Interfax, which is quite obviously pro-Russian with a business slant - e.g. news of a new China-backed credit card to replace Mast… (View Post)

Many sympathies - many of us have been there, though 32 years is a long time. What I've come to think is that we divide relationships in a binary way that doesn't really fit real life. Ther… (View Post)