The "victim of the evil dictator still worshipping the evil dictator" is a standard trope of that sort of dystopian fiction. It's a shock seeing it play out in real life, but it probab… (View Post)

Plus, it would present Andrew Rosindell with an impossible choice. Does he accept that Romford is part of London, or become a Frenchman? (View Post)

If we're talking national government, yes. There is still a sufficiently independent news system to push back against top-tier politicians who deny reality too much. It's not perfect, but i… (View Post)

I'm not sure it's even that. I'd diagnose the issue as "reality doesn't matter, as long as you can keep telling the right story." Principles are better than rules, sure.… (View Post)

To play a theme I have played before, the big problem with the Triple Lock was that its algorithm wasn't designed to manage a short-lived inflationary spike. The trouble is that pensions go up b… (View Post)