In some areas, that's easy. Nats in Scotland and Wales. Lib Dems in the Waitrose belt. Greens in the nosering belt. But that leaves an insanely large fraction of the country where there isn'… (View Post)

There's also the "what did you know about the senile ex-President's senility, and why did you not do anything about it?" question. You know, the question that some right-wing comm… (View Post)

Human nature. We tend not to assemble facts and use them to draw a conclusion. Most of the time, we start with a visceral response and then marshall facts to lead to that conclusion. (View Post)

That's the Will Of The People for you. The councillors who turned down these schemes were almost certainly accurately representing what their voters think. What probably happens now is that eith… (View Post)

In terms of actually running things, is Benny H the most powerful Conservative politician left? I guess some of the shire counties are bigger, but they are basically social care delivery mechanisms, … (View Post)