An interesting counterfactual would be 'What if John Major had gone to the polls in May 1996?' He's lose, no doubt about that, but would it be as bad? Could the Conservatives had retained 200 seats? … (View Post)

I quite like that the X comment says these properties are worth $12.8m and $13m respectively. I'd argue they are worth virtually nothing. No one would buy them. The owners just have to hope they had … (View Post)

I think it's more the fact that most people in Europe really don't give a shiny shit about what happens in Africa. (View Post)

Andrew Marr's book, I think it was 'A History of Modern Britain' published about 2006 or so commented on these. He said that a future chancellor, probably now in Primary school, would have to face th… (View Post)

But what is a 'view'? Is it an individual watching the whole interview from start to finish? Or is it a Russian bot adding a value onto the counter to claim a view? Or is it both? There are probably … (View Post)