I used to have freelance translation as a useful second income, but the market has almost completely collapsed in the last 4 years. My niche was legislative translation, which you'd think would be re… (View Post)

I'm not too happy in membership, for the reasons in my other post, but that doesn't in my experience describe a party meeting accurately. The people who are unhappy tend to stop attending meetings. T… (View Post)

I'm still a Labour member, and chair of my constituency party. I disagree with a number of current policies, in particular the large cut in foreign aid and the large increase in military spending, bu… (View Post)

It's an interesting piece, but of course expectations and hopes vary. Specifically relevant to politics, I'm happy in my second marriage, but accept a lot of the blame for the failure of my first, be… (View Post)

I'm not in sympathy with the themes of the march, but it's possible to be mild 90% of the time and still nurse passionate prejudices and resentment. If we write them all off as flag-waving morons we … (View Post)