On topic, I have to say I'm cautious about putting too much weight on one approval poll. Looking at poll aggregators, the averages appear to be mid-50s approve, mid-30s disapprove. That's a… (View Post)

There are worse people than Liz Truss. But she is being fetishised somewhat at the moment by a certain type of Tory (and I don't particularly blame her for that). I ask myself the question... do… (View Post)

I do agree with that, but the fact that slavery itself had been illegal for centuries gives the lie to the idea that the underlying morality was in serious question. Within that, there are degrees of… (View Post)

One of the things about Colston and others is that, even in their own time let alone subsequently, they were controversial figures. Slavery had been illegal in Britain for centuries, and everyone (th… (View Post)

Fiver? (View Post)