Macron's party doing better than expected in Round 1 of the legislative elections - tied with the left on 25.9%. Le Pen's RN on 18.9, the centre-right on 11.4. (View Post)

FWIW, my understanding from my not very political Russian family (grandparents) is that that was more or less right at first, but people became exasperated with the Mensheviks when they fiddled about… (View Post)

Exactly. As a card-carrying Abba fan since before they even formed up, I really like Boney M too. Going beyond the "I like X, your taste is rubbish" exchanges, has anyone done any scientifi… (View Post)

This is in my area of professional interest, and in my opinion there's quite a lot to like in the statement from the animal welfare angle in particular. In particular, the plan to have mandatory… (View Post)

Yes, I agree with him on Rwanda, and disagree on foxhunting, but basically the job descrpition specifies not expressing an opinion. I think he'd be much happier as a newspaper columnist, full of… (View Post)