PB on average tends to lean centre-right, as in its majority choice for Ed Davey over Layla Moran, which is only one part of his potential constituency ; the test is the reaction first in the Red Wal… (View Post)

He's simply setting out the mood music at this stage, trying to reassure both left and right of his party, and setting out the markers for a beginning of a rebranding exercise that isn't Ne… (View Post)

There may be issues in Texas beyond lack of winter preparedness. Their determined lack of interconnectedness with the rest of the US power grid looks increasingly odd. Their system of regulation and … (View Post)

There are certainly issues with uncritically incorporating ideas like White Fragility, and even the wider White Privilege, as I've argued more than a few times than on these boards. The problem,… (View Post)

This is, in essence, a familiar tactic of something at the extremities or most strident end of the left being used to tar all of it, of transatlantic origin. In the early 1990s, the term "politi… (View Post)