kicorse

There is this tendency to speak of the last parliament as if were a single entity with a single goal, to frustrate Brexit or similar. That's no more true of parliament than it is of people in general… (View Post)

Yeah, the "metropolitan elite" narrative has relevance, but many people are taking it way too far. The historical alignment of Labour poor vs Tory rich has been eroded almost to nothing. It… (View Post)

Sorry, but you are entirely missing the point. The protestors' arguments need to be defeated. Phillips' actions had nothing to do with defeating them, and were all about symbolic gestures that raised… (View Post)

It would still have been a very unpleasant thing to write if Jones were heterosexual, but don't forget that homophobic harassment and violence is still quite common (reported incidents are rising). T… (View Post)

I do agree that (3) is a common route to failure. Something that I think is down the lines of a new coaltion that you are suggesting, and which actually came from Corbyn's team in 2017 (and then disa… (View Post)