Forgot to mention, I expect Labour to win by a 3-figure majority. The mood is for change and party alignment is weak. What reasons have the Tories offered for anyone under 60 to vote for them? Add Re… (View Post)

On topic, polls are not predictions. We've been through that often enough over the last 20 years. Voting intention will change between mid-term (or, as now, late-term) polling and election, for well-… (View Post)

Hamas is a terrorist organisation. It's also the government of Gaza. The Geneva Convention therefore applies to it, as to other state-to-state combatants. (Gaza isn't a state as such; it's a rogue pr… (View Post)

There's already been a good travel story of the Stans written, which is https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sovietistan-Turkmenistan-Kazakhstan-Tajikistan-Kyrgyzstan/dp/0857057774 and worth a read. I spent a co… (View Post)

Technically, she should be eligible to stand even if below the qualifying age at inauguration. Section 3 of the 20th Amendment deals explicitly with that scenario. Likewise, several Congressmen have … (View Post)