The Iranian revolution was indeed popular and supported by a wide range of groups, but it was ultimately hijacked by the Islamists for whom the leftists and liberals were just useful idiots. I suppos… (View Post)

If you allow assisted dying it is inevitable that some people will be coerced or emotionally blackmailed into killing themselves, whatever safeguards are put in place. If you don't allow assiste… (View Post)

A good political decision, a bad decision for the country's long term future. Unfortunately, giving people money they don't need is always going to be more popular than investing for the lo… (View Post)

The best kind of leader can do the analytical work and the emoting but if you're going to have a leader who can do just one of those things I'd pick the former any time. See Boris Johnson a… (View Post)

And no doubt eager to set fire to the home of that nice Filipino nurse who moved onto the estate last year. (View Post)