Harold Wilson went too soon. The Tories had huge poll leads, backed up by astonishing local election results, up till about fifteen weeks before the election, then the polls shifted sharply towards L… (View Post)

The drive for diversity doesn't really address the problem of incompetence and/or veniality among people in senior positions. (View Post)

Some members of the legal profession behaved appallingly, during the course of the scandal. Dishonest lawyers are unfortunately, one of the features of these types of scandals. To my mind, perverting… (View Post)

I think that a purely consultative referendum (subject to a later second vote) would have resulted in a huge win for Leave, because it was a free hit. But that would then have generated huge momentum… (View Post)

Added to that. To the pure, all things are pure. (View Post)