Anecdotally, my mother voted Conservative for decades after coming to Britain because she was fed up with continental extremism (communism, nazism) and found them delightfully free of Big Ideas. She … (View Post)

Most campaigners on the issue exempt transport within the island of Ireland, which as you say is no big deal. The objection is to crowded, lengthy overseas transport, which is often horrible and some… (View Post)

I've got a Times Radio interview on this coming up in a few minutes. (View Post)

That's the same kind of "remember what they did in 1845" stuff that poisoned Ireland for centuries. In any inter-ethnic rivalry there are always examples of oppression and indeed atroc… (View Post)

"Advocate for" sounds American, hence probably Ayn. It's an interesting point. Are there things which we think are undesirable enough for it to be illegal to promote them, but not so u… (View Post)