The central mystery/paradox of UKIP and Reform. It's an alliance of the properly left behind, and those who have been left behind in the golf club bar because they are so boring. The poor and the ver… (View Post)
Or, indeed, the tax we didn't pay during the Blair-Brown years because nice stuff was procured via PFI. Or during the Major-Thatcher years becasue privatisation windfalls were used for ongoing spendi… (View Post)
That first group (and agree on percentages) has two interesting subgroups. There's "I'm a loyal voter for someone else but don't want an argument". But there's also "I'm normally a loy… (View Post)
And even that's probably changed. A generation ago, the dynamic of elite education was "you're fortunate to be here, and with that great fortune comes great responsibility." That message di… (View Post)
You know what's brilliant there? The Holy Trinity of success: luck, ability and sheer hard graft. I'm all for the last two of these being celebrated and rewarded. But the greatest of these is luck. C… (View Post)