And the Swiss have voted heavily (64%) to accept gay marriage and adoption. I spent the day in Brighton - general atmosphere at the conference not exuberant but relieved that a major confrontation ha… (View Post)

My default setting is friendly, so in theory I don't approve - I know and like people who have voted right across the spectrum, and I'll engage any opinion from fascism to flat earthism in … (View Post)

I didn't see that - it's nice to hear, thank you. I teased them the other day about their far-left tendencies when they opposed parking discounts for electric cars because they might benefi… (View Post)

So it we gave nurses 20% more, that'd be fine too, because they'd spend it and benefit jobs as well as pay more taxes? Why not 50% more, come to that? You've discovered that far-left m… (View Post)

? You often write from the viewpoint of a down-to-earth northerner with a scornful view of effete London intellectuals, but I know a LOT of people who would regard £1000 as a godsend. (View Post)