On Italy, it is always hard to assess amid the constant noise and fury of getting the least bit of government business through what is significant and what is chaff, but the gears appear now to be gr… (View Post)

On topic: Sleazy, broken Tories on the slide - specifically Wilfred's slide in the back garden. (View Post)

"Cleckhuddersfax land", eyeergh. Not aware of much going on in the town, but one of two of the villages further up into the headwaters seem to be bunting and flagging up quite aggressively … (View Post)

OK, here's a decent article on designation (although I'd question the Workers Party designation here). Does seem like Unionists hold a plurality of around 5000 votes. https://blogs.lse.ac.u… (View Post)

The below the line discussion of Hilary Benn's Twitter thread was interesting, although I'm uncertain whether it is representative of a strand of wider Irish public opinion or just of whate… (View Post)