A very good and considered post and I agree with the broad thrust of it (it is true I would say I am historically more on the centre right than centre left). Your point on supporting poorer people pa… (View Post)

Political discourse in this country is depressing and has been for some time. I wish we could have a rational discussion, e.g (a) it is a sensible objective to stop illegal and dangerous border cross… (View Post)

Issue the Tories have is they can scream until they’re blue in the face about issues that may chime with the GBP - eg immigration. It will mean not a jot if people are so fed up of them given their r… (View Post)

Bureaucratic, institutional and cultural inertia. It’s exactly the same thing that afflicts the NHS. Because the BBC has been built into a National Institution of which people are rightly proud*, it … (View Post)

Do we not also exist in a market where revenues from advertising are going to diminish over time? You don’t get the reach you used to have with TV advertising, surely it becomes cheaper to advertise … (View Post)