It was all about religion. Many nonconformists saw Irish Home Rule as selling out their brethren across the Irish Sea. But, there were imperialists like Cecil Rhodes who saw Home Rule as a blueprint … (View Post)

Trump leads 2% on average, now. I loathe him, but there’s a tendency here to cherry pick any poll that favours Biden. That is unforgivable on a betting site. (View Post)

The Mayoral and PCC elections gave 41% Labour, 32% Conservative. I think such a result was achievable for the Conservatives, had they not run a campaign which insults the voters. (View Post)

That poll from Northern Ireland is quite interesting. You have to go back a long way to find Alliance/SDLP/UUP polling as high as 45% between them, or Sinn Fein/DUP/TUV polling under 50%. (View Post)

Orderic Vitalis, who was generally an admirer of William (although he denounced the Harrying of the North), certainly loathed Robert Le Bellend. Being a “Batard” at least meant you were highborn. Low… (View Post)