All this 'taking sides' stuff is playground nonsense, and really irritating. It's entirely coherent not to take sides and to come to a view that: a) the current Iranian regime is absol… (View Post)

It strikes me as wholly unsurprising that Iranians who are not currently in Iran are likely to be more sanguine about what's going on than Iranians who are currently in Iran, particularly those … (View Post)

In my youth I saw Boycott hit a straight six. On the first day. Before lunch. Several members, both Yorkshire and Derbyshire, fainted. (View Post)

Present students of history already think this is all stupid. (View Post)

I don't think the drugs stuff will be that damaging. I think that what will cost the Greens a lot more votes at the next election are their current policies on a) immigration/asylum, and b) tran… (View Post)