@stodge WRT next year's London Borough elections: The starting point from 2022 is Lab. 42%, 1,156 seats, 21 councils, Con 26%, 404 seats, 5 councils + 1 Mayoralty, Lib Dem 14%, 180 seats, 3 councils,… (View Post)

Leaders ought to be generalists. The problem is when generalists think their skill in one field means that they can master every field. A great example in literature is Saruman. A gifted magician and… (View Post)

Prioritising between imperialists is a feature of post-colonial discourse. Your slave-taking, conquering ancestors were brutal colonialists. My conquering slave-taking ancestors were inventors of civ… (View Post)

Reform are, however, doing very well in a lot of historically Labour areas (even if they don't appeal to the areas that have more recently become safe Labour, like university constituencies, and most… (View Post)

The privileged need to realise that things must change, if they want them to stay the same. (View Post)