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)

You're right on the first point but retired people exacerbate the effect of the NI upper threshold because they don't pay NI at all. And there aren't many poor pensioners around nowadays, halving pen… (View Post)

Yes indeed, UK vaccination levels are not exactly dire yet but they are certainly stagnating. France and Italy have already surpassed us in terms of shots per head of population and are still current… (View Post)

Your strategy won't work. To target a mere 7 seats when you only have 1 would be seen as an admission of defeat. It would make things worse, not better. Labour has to aspire to recover a majority of … (View Post)