Immigration has become the catch-all scapegoat for almost every failure of post-Thatcherism. Economic growth, criminal justice, housing, etc. (View Post)

I see that Olmert is now clear that Israel is committing war crimes. Good for him, but it also needs more Israeli politicians to come out. (View Post)

He may, ofcourse, be a cat who doesn't like Reform. Cats are often conscientious and empathic creatures, I find. (View Post)

I love the idea of a ballet on strike action. The Nutcracker meets socialist realism. (View Post)

France has better infrastructure, amenities, cultural life in its broadcasting and media, and collective social life. It has very bad polarisation between ethnic groups, though, worse than the UK. It… (View Post)