I guess a Brexit referendum was a Green Party policy that eventually became mainstream, although I doubt if they’d be happy to own it now. (View Post)

I don't think it would have been politically feasible for Cameron to respond to the referendum result by saying "Sorry, ha ha, you were had, suckers." And, we'd have finished up w… (View Post)

UKIP might well have eclipsed the Conservative Party. (View Post)

A whiff of grapeshot? “We sleep safely in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.” (View Post)

Nothing, really. Both force, and conciliation, were needed, to achieve peace. That's the point that gets missed. Peace doesn't come about just because people sit around the table and achiev… (View Post)