Traveller communities are highly unpredictable in my experience ; you have to take each one as they come. Some I've found helpful and interesting ; others conform to tabloid stereotypes. Many of… (View Post)

This won't left on the left, unfortunately. It's the purgative siren call of both the Corbynites and the Blairites, and will only result in an acrimonious split that will destroy the chance… (View Post)

Just to add on the general commendation on David Herdson's threads ; one of the sharpest minds here, and wishing you good luck on your general sabbatical from PB. (View Post)

Very interesting article on the Greens starting to make inroads into working-class areas here, and bad news for all the boilerplate "elite lefty liberals" cliches. "The Greens are chan… (View Post)

"The slightest suspicion that someone may be entering Britain to work is often enough for them to be locked up, held at detention centres for up to a week and then expelled to wherever they have… (View Post)