I think there are more votes to be won by being ostentatiously neutral - say ad nauseam that you don't want to get into the issue, sorry, and the next Government will not be legislating on the i… (View Post)

For us it's mostly about the Holocaust, don't you think? - plus family memories and, as you say, movie depictions. Countries that have been occupied primarily think of the massacres that th… (View Post)

Idly scanning the press as I pas the bug-ridden time, I see two Times bits that made me raise an eyebrow: "[The Turkish mediator proposed that] “Crimea and Donbas should be held by Moscow under … (View Post)

I've some sympathy with Cyclefree's view as I have two friends who feel equally strongly. But it is nonetheless not something that comes up much on the doorstep even if one feels it should,… (View Post)

Used to be a Linke stronghold (relatively) because it's the home of ex-Finance minister Oskar Lafontaine, who defected from the SPD. However, he's been at loggerheads with the local leaders… (View Post)