I'm with LuckyGuy on this - someone might well suspect the Tory membership to be institutionally racist and sexist in its choice of leader and that person might well be right, but the membership… (View Post)

Thanks for the support and the challenge. I didn't have equal parenting in mind when I wrote that, but more that we continue a path away from the highly gendered family roles of a generation ago… (View Post)

Thanks all for some insightful comments this morning. Too many great responses to mention but I'm pleased to have written something that allows constructive engagement and challenge from across … (View Post)

Again, really useful challenge, thanks. As I've just written in another comment I think the debate this.morning is pushing my thinking on lots (not least your comments - thanks). In a way that I… (View Post)

Agreed. Collapsing individual circumstances into group circumstances will always cause resentment. Sometimes it is needed to be able to do policy at scale, but too often we forget the problems with i… (View Post)