(slight rant, sorry about the length) The first job of a Commons electoral system is to choose identifiable local representatives, rooted in actual places, who can collectively sustain or dismiss a g… (View Post)

No, it’s straight out of the “reality exists” handbook. Israelis have suffered real horrors. Palestinians have suffered real horrors. Hamas are butchers. None of those propositions cancels the others… (View Post)

thanks. This debate needs the venom extracted. Sadly I see no sign of that. (View Post)

The NC500 in a diesel campervan over Easter, during a fuel wobble, with three children onboard? That is either a family holiday or a very ambitious resilience exercise. More seriously, hope they have… (View Post)

Is possible to talk reasonably about Israel and Palestine? Only if people stop insisting on one spotless victim and one pure villain. That seems to be where half these rows go wrong. Israelis have su… (View Post)