I think it’s very wishful thinking that it’s anything like approaching 99% of people. A sizeable majority, I completely agree. But recall that the “culture war” has made a lot of ‘progressives’ in so… (View Post)

Quite possibly, though geography is only one factor. I think it definitely played a role in the election of Bergoglio, but I can’t believe it precludes European candidates entirely. I think it’s abso… (View Post)

My (possibly very ill informed) views on the next Pope, for what it’s worth: - I can’t see it being a shift to a hardline conservative. That rules out candidates like Sarah. - Tagle feels to me quite… (View Post)

If I could get away with not having a TV licence, I really would. I very, very rarely watch live TV now, typically only live sport and live events like elections. But of course if you do that, you ne… (View Post)

Andrea Jenkyns is our answer to MTG. She is nowhere near as bonkers (the Americans always go bigger) but bonkers enough. (View Post)