Don't forget that about a year ago, inflation was 11% and pay rises were at best 5-6%; so if you're working for a typical employer such as mine this year offering about 1-2% above inflation… (View Post)

Maybe there is a gradual continuum but I didn't notice much weirdness in the 2000s. I was thinking back to the Olympic summer of 2012 and how different everything felt then (despite a couple of … (View Post)

I find your comment on your Dutch friends interesting. At the last German election I was thinking I could genuinely have voted for any of SPD, Green or FDP. None of them were a good fit for me but al… (View Post)

I think that's all they do in my road (unoffically) already (View Post)

I think you're being quite cautious in ascribing authoritarianism; I would consider all the ones you have described as 'neither' as authoritarian, except Johnson. It's just that s… (View Post)