People want lots of things that are unwise, unaffordable, or unattainable. Sometimes, leadership means saying “I want, doesn’t get.” (View Post)

There’s no point being in government, if you can’t take a decision some people will not like. The triple lock has to go. (View Post)

I don’t doubt there is a fair-sized minority of people who would eagerly ban the public profession of Christianity, so Christians should be opposed to supporting a ban on Muslim prayer. (View Post)

Counter-factuals are always speculative, but I wonder how things would have turned out, had the rebels lost. Would slavery have ended sooner, or would the US civil war have been fought across the who… (View Post)

I think the colonies would push West, but I doubt if the British would have had the same interest in encouraging mass migration from Europe. They had far more interest in trading with Latin America, … (View Post)