Indeed. One of the reasons I can't abide statues to slavers is that I lived in the Caribbean and in Washington DC for several years. When you've spent time in societies still disfigured by … (View Post)

That's right, Lincoln's views evolved a lot reflecting the experience of the war - seeing black soldiers fighting for the union - and his interactions with figures such as Frederick Douglas… (View Post)

It's driven by the increase in average interest rates paid on bank deposits versus the average rate paid on mortgages. So it is partly an old vs young/middle aged story but more a rich vs poor o… (View Post)

The Tories certainly deserve to lose big but I think their grip on a certain portion of the electorate is so strong thanks to Brexit and other mad culture wars nonsense that it will prevent them gett… (View Post)

Birbalsingh is one of the more interesting people on the right whose views on education are worth listening to, but perhaps she's cracked. The British right seems to be losing its collective mar… (View Post)