Then you get into arguments over who deserves to die, and who doesn't, and unless you're willing to execute hundreds of people each year, it all becomes pretty arbitrary. And, in my experie… (View Post)

If they really did cross the political divide, it would be big, but we know that in practice, they do not. We've tested it in 206 local by elections since May 2025. Reform have won 73 (35%) on 2… (View Post)

The number of left wing voters who would switch to the Conservatives, and the number of Conservative voters who would switch to Labour, under any circumstances, is miniscule. If Reform really do poll… (View Post)

Indeed. Brexit does not prevent us from electing a government that makes it more expensive to employ young people. (View Post)

The oddest political reversal of my lifetime is the way that now, the better off you are, the more left wing you are likely to be; the poorer you are, the more right wing you are likely to be. (View Post)