The Conservatives, by and large, deliver for their core voter groups. Labour appears to be offering continuity Toryism, with a few cosmetic changes designed to distract from the fact. If the floating… (View Post)

Cameron gambled the UK's place in the EU - something which he wanted to secure - on a tactical move to neutralize a small right-wing party, and lost. He immolated his own leadership, together with fo… (View Post)

Because the people doing the complaining just want something to complain about (and, having found discrimination in some places, begin to see it everywhere.) Besides, if they were really that bothere… (View Post)

As much as I believe that opinion polls are an unreliable indicator, all those Yes/No questions have indicated a reasonably close contest for most of the period between 2014 and now. The reason? A ma… (View Post)

OTOH how far back into its stockpiles (or museums) does Russia have to go before we can say that they're in serious trouble with respect to vital equipment? Men on horseback armed with sabres and fli… (View Post)