What could change things quite radically is if in 2024 Starmer does well enough outside of Scotland to be invited to form a minority UK government and then puts forward a social-democratic programme … (View Post)

No, the Government would have responded much, much slower, and only then when the pandemic of statue toppling was totally out of control, eventually introducing a high tech "world beating" … (View Post)

It's not really an issue at all, just something contrived in order to serve the purpose of shouting "look, woke squirrel". (View Post)

There seems to be a balance of opinion here along the lines that Trump has revealed himself as practising a modern variant of fascism, an opinion which I have long agreed with. Here's one of my comme… (View Post)

You misunderstand McConnell's motives. He clearly hates Trump and wants to do as much as he can to marginalise him in future within the Republican Party. Moreover, he has absolutely nothing to lose, … (View Post)