Glad to try! I mostly grew up in Denmark and lived for many years in Switzerland, both of which have ID cards for everyone. A Communist in my early days and always on the left, I mixed with all kinds… (View Post)

Eliminating extremists is not actually possible, so it's (cynically) better to have an election promising to do it rather than a period where it doesn't happen. Cf. Heath and "Who gove… (View Post)

Well, as you're going back to 1980, I'll offer a view from the 1997-2010 period. It basically wasn't an issue then. I had one death threat, but laughably with the name and address of t… (View Post)

First post-Rochdale poll - Labour sails on undamaged, seemingly: https://wethink.report/polls/majority-of-brits-would-back-assisted-dying-in-uk-new-poll-reveals/ (View Post)

A niche point is that a number of animal welfare charities have approached all the main UK parties to ask for commitments to improved welfare. The score so far: LibDems and Labour: invited to detaile… (View Post)