Although there was a swing from Green to Conservative, the result is actually a Conservative gain from Independent (previously 34.1% of the vote). (View Post)

The population of Greater Manchester is diverse and non-uniform. The population of East Manchester including Gorton and Denton overwhelmingly has a working class WASP background. However, the constit… (View Post)

There is an overnight train from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk to Nogliki on Sakhalin Island (entirely within Russia since 1945) which has sleeping cars. https://trenopedia.com/train-travel-on-sakhalin-island/ (View Post)