Of course, it's not just the total amount of public spending and where it is distributed that is at issue here. It's also the total amount of taxation and where that's taken from. Labour really ought… (View Post)

Absolutely true, but the Conservatives have a large client vote of better-off older people and the heirs to their estates, who have either been substantially enriched already, or are looking forward … (View Post)

Lots of voters have done very well indeed out of the last thirteen years. Of the remainder, it only takes a sufficient number to dislike or distrust the Tories a smidgen less than Labour to make up t… (View Post)

FWIW, and bearing in mind the commentary about Crete below, apparently the Greek tourism industry is rubbing its hands in glee at the number of British visitors descending upon it this year. I'm quit… (View Post)

Sparta me actually quite enjoys them. (View Post)