And that was the grim paradox. By wanting to avoid lockdowns, the UK government created conditions that made them longer. Exquisite torture for a polity that operates on the basis that if you want so… (View Post)

Especially in the early years. Being totally cynical, hence the need for the speech she gave in 1980. The more you adjust course, the more you have to claim firmity of purpose. See the "Elgar = … (View Post)

That'll be all those Boris backing Mail readers, then. (View Post)

I doubt it marks you out as racist, just as disturbingly nasty. Or, at the very least, putting on such a convincing act of being nasty that you have to be very careful that it doesn't become the… (View Post)

41.45% in a head-to-head isn't the same as the same percentage in a multi-party scramble. A fairer comparison would be the 23.15% MLP got in the first round. proche mais pas de cigare (View Post)