In the dizzying plethora of polls, what stands out is that Labour is pretty consistent at around 45/46. It's the Tories that are all over the place. I put this down to a) the fickleness of Torie… (View Post)

I think you'd find that most people who are intent on minimising what happened in the Holocaust are on the far right. Unless you think people like David Irving and his neo-Nazi fellow travellers… (View Post)

Reminds me of Bob Monkhouse: 'They all laughed when I said I'd become a comedian. Well, they're not laughing now.' (View Post)

Shock and War - a series on R4 by Gordon Corera (also on BBC Sounds), 20 years after Iraq. It's worth a listen - very good, well balanced, with good interviews with Blair and lots of other key p… (View Post)

I'm not sure about penalising singletons who live in enormous houses, but there's certainly a strong case for removing the 25% discount. As for second-home owners - bring it on. Make them p… (View Post)