Thank you for the apology, all forgiven. I won't engage with the details, if you don't mind - I do see your reasoning, and apart from disagreeing with your conclusions I'll leave it th… (View Post)

Membership is a moveable feast - people join and leave as the party changes. I'd say there is a core of about 70% of the membership who simply prefer it to the Tories and are loyal no matter wha… (View Post)

Yes, I always view people saying "my cause is just like X" with suspicion - you get anti-vaxxers saying it's like the holocaust, people annoyed about a planning decision saying it'… (View Post)

The writer seems to be more Green than Labour though now formally unaffiliated. It's obviously a scoop for the paper, and I'd have thought a rival party would normally have raised it ages a… (View Post)

Incidentally, while I'm agnostic on drug liberalisation, strip-searching a child for suspicion of carrying drugs seems to me wildly disproportionate, EVEN IF THEY ARE. A lot of people would find… (View Post)