It's not an issue of the Conservatives being too right wing or too left wing. It's an issue of their rhetoric bearing no relation to reality. You can't claim to be the party of defence… (View Post)

Somewhat similar to Von Papen's reasoning in 1932/33. (View Post)

Probably not, given that everyone expects Labour to walk this election. You can vote Green, without risk. (View Post)

I do find it desperately sad to wander round places like Glastonbury Abbey, or the London Charterhouse, and contemplate what was lost - as well as the courage of people who were martyred in a lost ca… (View Post)

The 16th and 17th centuries are examples of how rising standards of education, and the creation of great works of art and literature, can go hand in hand with total barbarism. (View Post)