Catholics were only allowed to become MPs in this country in 1829, long after Catholicism was interested in replacing the monarch. Anti-Catholic propaganda was an issue in JFK’s election, within the … (View Post)

People care about different things: I know a bunch of people who are very aggravated about Gaza, and they’re all white, middle class atheists. Look at much of the leadership of the Palestine Solidari… (View Post)

That’s not true, though, is it, Rishi? The Conservatives deliberately gummed up the process: the time for cases to be processed shot up, deportations fell, numbers needing to be housed increased. It’… (View Post)

The UK has a Prime Minister. There is no official position of caretaker Prime Minister. He could tell everyone that he's just doing it for a short time, but he would still be Prime Minister. (View Post)

FPT... This rhetoric around those "whose loyalty lies with either a different state, or a concept like a global caliphate" is the sort of nonsense we had in this country for centuries aroun… (View Post)