The remarkable way that the purged moderate Tories have just faded away is echoed by the quite limited number of Republicans who publicly signed up to the Lincoln Project. "The best lack all con… (View Post)

Yes, that sounds fine, though I wonder if merrging NI and income tax sounds too complicated and hard to predict - I'm sure there would be some losers from the change that the Tories would highli… (View Post)

Yes, that's fine, and it's what Tony did, which is why I supported him. We shouldn't spend too much time debating what we mean by "centrist", I suppose - what I'm saying… (View Post)

It's probably a category error to think that Labour especially needs a centrist - we think in terms of left-right spectrums but most people are far more steered by gut feeling that X sounds inte… (View Post)

Leon and Cyclefree are both talking about the male population at large, which as Cyclefree observes has a fair number of thuggish men whose faults do not include Leon's effete generalisation. PB… (View Post)