To extend the Dad's Army theme, I wonder of how much of Farage's appeal is channeling Joe Walker. A spiv, sure, but a useful one who was mostly on the side of the angels (as long as he could take his… (View Post)

But are they? As opposed to putting out adverts that shift the most breakfast cereal to the most customers? Which is pretty cynical, but that's the advertising business for you. (View Post)

It would be good for half the country. For a while. (View Post)

Voting Green might (mostly) make no tactical sense, but how many of their voters are bothered about that? A lot hangs on that question. Plenty of voters across the spectrum are happy to cut off their… (View Post)

There's a catch, though. An awful lot of the success of Thatcherism was being in the right place at the right time. Peak oil, falling dependency ratio. And some of the good times in the 80s did come … (View Post)