In the end most people don't vote on foreign policy, especially as even extreme politicians make a token effort to distance themselves from their dodgy opinions. Le Pen's campaign worked cl… (View Post)

I mostly agree. From my left-wing position I think that frothing over individuals taking advantage of a deliberately-created loophole is a distraction and unfair as well. Change the system so that it… (View Post)

The thing about ID is that nearly everyone else has ID cards which people carry as routinely as we carry credit cards, so asking people to show it is no big deal at all. Lots of people in Britain don… (View Post)

I commented on this the other day, as a quirk of how the war is making people contort themselves. I think that Morawiecki in the last resort probably wants Le Pen more as a strategic ally than he wan… (View Post)

One thing that strikes me is how toxic it is for the PM to fall out with the Chancellor -Blair and Brown were excellent partners until they weren't, and you can measure the decline in Labour… (View Post)