It's not a silly caricature at all. The whole of the last thirteen years has been, in essence, about protecting both the well-to-do elderly and their assets/legacies from the impact of the litany of … (View Post)

The Conservative Party exists for the purposes of funnelling what's left of the nation's wealth upwards and into the pockets of the already well-off. There are still a lot of well-off people about - … (View Post)

It'll be fascinating and frightening in equal measure to see how much further to the Right the wounded and embittered remnants of the Conservative Party will drift should they lose. (View Post)

The Overton Window has shifted. There are very few votes left in promulgating a small state. We have ever-increasing taxes because voters want loads of stuff, especially the older ones. Again, we mus… (View Post)

I doubt that the Lib Dems will ever want to go into coalition again after their last experience. The SNP would never enter government in London for obvious reasons, though FWIW Labour wouldn't touch … (View Post)