The political system has two responsibilities: personnel and strategy. The current political and media culture puts 95% of it's energy into personnel: who should be in power? Are they being comp… (View Post)

The big question for me is, why are the LibDems doing so badly? I want to see the Tories lose, but I would rather see the Libdems become the official opposition than see Labour with a 300 seat majori… (View Post)

Speaking as someone who is in the Thames Water area and would quite like to have continued access to potable water, I'm not sure liquidation is the appropriate way of managing this. An administr… (View Post)

Since we seem to be going for a historical theme - and in keeping with the topic of alcoholism: Tomorrow is the anniversary of the Battle of Margate, in which an English fleet spotted a poorly defend… (View Post)

A bit late, since the new thread is up, but just wanted to thank Mike for running this site for 20 years. This is the only place where people of different sides seriously engage with the position of … (View Post)