From my experience (philosophy PhD), I think you need to be intelligent to do one (albeit not outstandingly so). People who wouldn't have the ability or aptitude to do one aren't the sort of people w… (View Post)

Cameron in 2015 won an overall majority with one seat in Scotland. Mind you, this was prior to SCONS managing to position themselves as the 'party of the union'. (View Post)

Sure, Christianity's supernatural and metaphysical claims are certainly a lot more questionable, to say the least. But it's still the case that there are some particularly virulent atheists who are s… (View Post)

Don't you mean atheist/anti-theist fundies? Be a bit strange if religious fundamentalists were peddling literature which questioned the existence of Jesus. But yeah, the majority of secular scholars … (View Post)

Either of them would lead the Tories to a terrible defeat. Even without Scotland, I'd expect Labour to get a big, big majority against a Dorries led Conservative Party. She'd be absolutely useless...… (View Post)