We also live in a political system where the most popular party is polling around 30% of the vote. I still find this tendency to view everything on a left/right/centre perspective rather odd. There i… (View Post)

Jenrick v Cleverly I think. Jenrick will then in all likelihood win, but I think Cleverly has more of a chance than before conference, and could surprise us. (View Post)

Modern writing to me suffers a bit too much from indulging in audience fantasies/wants rather than focussing on telling a story. A lot of franchises have gone the way of reading like bad fan fiction … (View Post)

Jenrick already cringe. (View Post)

I will also posit that (at risk of angering Tolkien fans) it suffers from source material being rather lacking. LOTR is a great epic yarn and The Hobbit a fun children’s fantasy book, but while Tolki… (View Post)