Indeed but Bart isn't trying to push his experiences on you in the way Black History Month is pushed on the rest of us. He simply made an observation about what October means to him. To me it me… (View Post)

Well we have just seen a poll which, if the Baxtering is anywhere near correct would see the Tories get over 20% of the vote but lose all but two MPs. And yet under a party PR system around 130 of th… (View Post)

This is why certain forms of PR - those which advocate party lists - are so pernicious. The result is that some MPs know they will get re-elected almost no matter what. Obviously there are a number o… (View Post)

Yep there are two different points here (and to be fair I speak as someone who didn't vote Tory anyway). It is possible that Truss is right and that we do see an improvement before the next elec… (View Post)

Yep I get your point. I just think that we have long since reached the point where we needed to decide that the state can do no more and is, in fact doing too much. I would start by dumping the tripl… (View Post)