Are you sure about that "more defections of skilled and capable politicians"? The nearest they have had to one of those are Andrea Jenkyns and Danny Kruger. Who are the 100 or so ministers … (View Post)

Antifa is a very Newspeak word, isn't it? Say it in full, and its absurdity (you're not against the fascists, does that mean you support them?) becomes obvious. But clipping it leaves a short, creepy… (View Post)

I suspect the answer is that MRP does what it does very well, which is improving UNS by modelling demographic quirks. What it can't model is genuinely local factors, like the Lib Lab "understand… (View Post)

Good: NEW: Home secretary Shabana Mahmood urges pro-Palestine protesters to consider not taking part in marches this weekend. "Imagine if you lost a loved one to a terror attack in this country … (View Post)

Not only is social media a distorting window on the world, it's not even a window that looks out on our bit of the world. Language teachers talk about false friends- words that look like they are the… (View Post)