Absolutely. And you can say the same for Christianity and Secular Western Values. Fundamentalists on every side seeing a chance to create a rumble. (View Post)

Though Judaism doesn't have a New Testament either, and the aspects of Christianity that ought to make us shudder did and do. Possession of the text is a lot less important than what you choose … (View Post)

In the short term, it was excellent politics. The logic was to get a lock on all pensioners and near-pensioners. They vote a lot, there has been a bulge of them in recent years. So, exempt them from … (View Post)

It's a pretty straight line, isn't it? Everyone agrees that society was best when they personally were late teens/early 20s. Which is why nostalgia politics is so potent, but also why it do… (View Post)

In a lot of ways, understandable. The Brexit vote was driven by a sense that Britain wasn't working well for its people, and that Brexit would improve things. It's very hard to make the cas… (View Post)