I was referring to the potential route by which the USA's democratic institutions might fail, not so much the potential for the dictatorship that followed being that of religious extremists. Although… (View Post)

On Thread When I read the book and watched the original series of "The Handmaid's Tale", despite the fine book/series that it is, the only point where I had really had to suspend belief was… (View Post)

Yes Nick, I've been doing plenty of doorknocking too and the collapse in the Tory vote is absolutely palpable in a way that I've never seen for a general election, with absolutely no sign of letting … (View Post)

In the past few days we have seen not one but three separate smoking guns revealed by the media, by the BBC, Channel 4 and ITV respectively. Each of them is by itself enough to show conclusively how … (View Post)

That's a bit rich of Johnson and Street - just think how much real levelling up could have taken place if the £100 bn still likely to be spent on what's left on HS2 had been diverted into smaller pro… (View Post)