Suspect the point about Gaza is not that it's a widely-shared voter concern, but that for a smallish but geographically-concentrated slice of the electorate, it's the issue. The bigger ques… (View Post)

More importantly, right now his rivals for the leadership are other past it (Cooper, EdM), unavailable (Burnham, Rayner), or too callow (Jones, Phillipson etc). That sweet spot isn't going to la… (View Post)

And then when it goes wrong (surely it will, I don't get the impression that many of the relevant people like Wes) "Drowning Streeting". (View Post)

Up to a point. There have always been appalling beliefs circulation in the human psyche. Mostly at a fairly low level, like an endemic virus. That weird uncle who you quickly learned to never talk ab… (View Post)

It's not a surprise that humans start with the conclusion they want and then select evidence to fit. That people can do it quite so loudly and blatantly as Team MAGA are... That's a bit of … (View Post)