Why change the habit of a lifetime? (View Post)

Sensible in many ways. However, two things would follow. 1 Better-off pensioners would pay more than now. 2 The headline rate of income tax would be higher than now. Both of these are electorally as … (View Post)

Blaming others is usually unwise, even when it's got a lot of truth about it. When the history comes to be written, the blame should attach to Trump, his supporters and apologists. And the moder… (View Post)

Remember, the first rule of populism is that It's Somebody Else's Fault. Democrats absolutely should be asking themselves why they couldn't find a better candidate than Harris. It'… (View Post)

It's certainly a bit too much Yeats's Second Coming. Not so much that that best lack all conviction, but their conviction is to not use passionate intensity, and that tends to be a losing s… (View Post)