I agree with the LibDems on PR (though I prefer the Danish open list system) and with Rishi Sunak in cancelling HS2 (which I opposed from the start). I was enthusiastic about many of Boris's animal w… (View Post)

Yes, the emergence of a populist left party seems potentially to take the wind out of the sails of the populist right AfD (who drop 4 points on this showing) and the conservative CDU (-3), with only … (View Post)

On several occasions where I knew something about what Private Eye was satirising, they were usuallly off-target - typically taking something out of context because it fitted their "the powers t… (View Post)

Agreed - more consistently funny than Hislop. Both are far better than Private Eye (is Hislop still doing that?), which occasionally gets a real scoop but mostly just feeds grumpy old man cynicism. (View Post)

Yes, I think that if he doesn't want to apologise he needs to say so - "You keep asking the same question, but I think it goes way beyond individuals being pressed to apologise personally. The p… (View Post)