It's very common. Polina Molotova remained a committed Stalinist, for all her life, despite suffering years of dreadful imprisonment at his hands. (View Post)

Like Israel's ancient creed, it spread so widely that it ran to seed. In many ways, liberal assumptions are taken for granted. But, liberalism (like all ideologies) is riddled with paradoxes. Ho… (View Post)

I think it's 90% since May 1st. It's 56% since the start of the year, still an enormous proportion. The Lib Dems are the upper middle class party of choice, Reform the working class party o… (View Post)

Yes, I don't think that Reform have peaked in local elections. They gained four, last night. Next week, they'll probably lose a seat in Staffordshire, where a candidate resigned, but there … (View Post)

I think that our (and other European governments') approach to asylum law has to be Alexandrine. Cut through the thicket of existing laws, and rewrite them. (View Post)