Don't think so - my reading of him is a wilder and less personally modest version of Corbyn. Sure, I'd vote for him over Le Pen but I'd vote for Macron over either (and I absolutely di… (View Post)

Yes, 7pm. And yes, you can't make polling illegal unless you disable the telephone system (we're still seeing Western companies polling in Russia), and you can't stop them being publis… (View Post)

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)