If a member of one's own family , or a prominent local figure, dies, one feels it more keenly than if one reads a thousand deaths in the Congo. That's simply a part of the human condition. (View Post)

I'd say the issue with the Red Wall is simply that a lot of these were seats that had been moving away from Labour for a long time, especially ex-mining constituencies. I don't think it was… (View Post)

The electoral impact of extending VAT to all forms of educational activity would be interesting. (View Post)

One could repeat that statement with every nation in the world. I think that culture and people matter more than formal systems. The Soviet Union had an impressive set of rights laid down in its cons… (View Post)

"Hey, Joey, you ever been inside a Turkish prison?" (View Post)