Sir Richard Body came, unusually, from a family of Quaker gunmakers. Many nonconformists considered that fighting, very strictly, in self-defence was legitimate, but not chasing an aggressor into the… (View Post)

I too think Reform would crush a Conservative Party led by Cleverly. I don’t think Badenoch can win, but she may keep the Conservatives in contention. (View Post)

Polls are notoriously bad at predicting what people are likely to do in the future. Polling suggested that if Donald Trump were convicted of a felony, many Republicans would refuse to vote for him. A… (View Post)

A minority really, mostly nonconformists. (View Post)

IMHO, if money is being used for good purposes, 2-300 years down the line, it has lost its taint. More than a few people who have created fortunes did so by unethical means. (View Post)