Two problems with that very sensible analysis. One is that there has always been a slice of the Conservative Party that would be rather have been Reform. Now that Reform are well ahead of the Conserv… (View Post)

Ahem... I believe the technical term is "case study". (View Post)

Thing is, Sunak had the opportunity to be the one to break the logjam. Deep down, we all know that there's a mismatch between the things we want the state to provide and the amount we are happy … (View Post)

As I was saying- emote and then scramble round for evidence to fit. Look, we all do it, me included. It's part of the human condition. It's just that civilization and progress depend on not… (View Post)

Sadly not. There are plenty of cognitive studies on this. Left to our own devices, we don't think then conclude based on the evidence. We emote and then choose the evidence to fit. Hence the sud… (View Post)