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)

Digging in, when you're in the wrong, is so silly. A gracious apology/acknowledgement that the other person is correct, actually enhances one's standing. (View Post)

In a funny way, this ties into our discussions about the Norman Conquest. The more aristocratic Norman ancestry you have, the better you will do in life, in general. (View Post)

I could imagine some monk, born a peasant, criticising some knight, thirty years after the Harrying. "You came to our village, burned it, slaughtered half the inhabitants, raped the women, and l… (View Post)