Being likeable in person doesn't actually prevent someone from being a complete shit. All it means is that they are good at, and enjoy, making other people enjoy their presence. It doesn't … (View Post)

There is a political temptation: if you can't work out how to do anything useful, at least be cruel because then you look "strong". Somehow, some voters believe that cruelty can make t… (View Post)

You can find some on the internet archive's "wayback machine", eg https://web.archive.org/web/20140123070425/http://yougov.co.uk/news/2013/11/19/update-labour-lead-7/ (View Post)

There's a dickens quote: “Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen nineteen and six , result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and si… (View Post)

"Haven’t been a critic of Liz truss I admire her for taking what must have been a very difficult decision to pull out and resign as prime minister." Like the Thane of Cawdor - Nothing in he… (View Post)