I think the parallels with the 1990s understate how serious the political corruption is this time. The payments involved are of a different scale. The payments were made by a company benefitting from… (View Post)

No, it is not clear from those numbers that even "a few" Labour chose to abstain, giving pairing. (View Post)

Fine, with both sticks and carrots. (View Post)

Yes, I would accept that the seat belt comparison understates the argument. So the correct parallel, in the context above, is whether it's wrong to expect people not to drive after several drinks bec… (View Post)

I agree entirely. Vaccine passports and the like don't prevent people from doing things. They give you a choice of doing all those things provided that you agree to do one thing strongly recommended … (View Post)