You're looking at the same figures with different lenses. You're right that the average is high. It's also true that acute poverty is more common in Britain and the US than many other … (View Post)

Full story here https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/21784741.bolton-conservatives-win-seat-rumworth-by-election/ - essentially the other councillor in the ward, who had previously defected from Labo… (View Post)

In general I think we should refrain from the troll-hunting stuff, as it can act as a deterrent against legitimate posters expressing views that they're perfectly entitled to hold. It's one… (View Post)

Kindle's not my scene, but I'd count it as equivalent - it's the readiness to read stuff rather than how you do it that's interesting. Leon's stats don't sounds bad (if … (View Post)

Politically, the Unherd article (while typical of Unherd) is surely wrong. Polls show strong support for "government interference" in things like not allowing adverts of fatty stuff alongsi… (View Post)