The basic problem is that whoever you vote for the politicians always win. As such I never celebrate any election result (The Brexit vote being the rare exception) (View Post)

Let them. For a state to work in the medium to long term it has to be the natural expression of the settled will of the majority of its people. The UK worked for a long time because it was that expre… (View Post)

Does it? Or is it just the old issue that things are now being reported more than they were in the past? (in itself a positive thing). (View Post)

Bart's attempts at establishing causation remind me of the Pastafarian linkage between climate change and pirates. It is an uncannily close match but is, of course, utter rubbish - which is the … (View Post)

Yep. That was not in any way a defence of Sunak's* numbers. Just pointing out that the claim it is 'only' £36 billion saved is not correct. (funnily enough I just mistyped that as … (View Post)