The SNP did indeed help usher in eighteen years of Tory rule. They were reduced to 2 seats thanks to the implosion in their support that their actions caused - "Tartan Tories" and all that.… (View Post)

No, it's not as simple as that. The SNP should be fearful of what might happen if they vote with the Tories to vote down a Labour PM in the initial vote of confidence on the grounds that Labour will … (View Post)

It does though remind us that countries are unwise to make it expensive or difficult for tourists to visit them, because they may choose to go elsewhere. Is the EU listening? (View Post)

It seems that the extreme actions in China are causing the rate of growth of the virus to slow there, but that is in a context of extreme measures enforced by a government with no checks on its power… (View Post)

Adonis is like a Corbynista of the centre (whose continuing association with Labour baffles me other than as serving as a flag of convenience.) Continuing to back his man in the face of objective evi… (View Post)