That's not necessarily inconsistent if punters believe (accurately) that winning this debate will result in attention being focussed on him, which will in turn cause his campaign to falter - a 'peaki… (View Post)

You say 'keep schools open'. How do you do that when, say, 15% of the staff are off, either actually ill or isolating - and if you wouldn't have isolating measures, you'd then have epidemics running … (View Post)

How much damage is Dorries doing to the Tory brand? Very little. Very few people can remember the story, most of those who do are already engaged and have alignment one way or another, and even for t… (View Post)

Modern Europe *was* born on the battlefield, partly because it was at war most of the time but mostly because wars are, by their nature, the most disruptive events, socially, economically and politic… (View Post)

It's that kind of hectoring tone, particularly when combined with a message that (1) tells people that they're not good enough - for themselves and for humanity - and (2) wants to make their life les… (View Post)