It’s the old “members of the targeted out-group who do <despicable thing> are clearly emblematic of the group as a whole whereas members of my in-group who do <despicable thing> are obvio… (View Post)

During the Con leadership elections it rapidly became clear that rampant anti-trans rhetoric was a winning strategy & anyone not willing to indulge was on a hiding to nothing. Sunak was happy to … (View Post)

HW seems to have been a good egg, as far as any politician can be. He kept the country out of Vietnam for a start, for which we should all be profoundly grateful. In my case especially so as it meant… (View Post)

Head boy / girl types never make for good PMs it seems. May was terrible in the role too, though perhaps for different reasons. Are there any counter-examples? (View Post)

Yes & Facebook keeps messages back to the dawn of time unless you delete them. The only wrinkle here is that FB only opened up to UK universities in October 2005 so the dates are tight, but could… (View Post)