There are quite a few tax increases which are popular. But they are unpopular with the wealthy and powerful. It's notable that just 11% of conservative voters say "total wealth should not b… (View Post)

Yes he was... indeed advocating restrictions on all countries not just India. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-55932464 As for Johnson variant... bit distasteful... but perhaps what Labour needs … (View Post)

No - I don't. And frankly I'm much more worried about the loss of service in the NHS -> which is getting overwhelmed by COVID again. (View Post)

Agree - and I would add that in the absence of models, I also would have been confident that cases/hospitalizations couldn't rise much. Genuinely I'm one of people who had their mind change… (View Post)

Indeed. I tried to snag someone on here into a bet that there would be no significant rise in hospitalizations in June but alas couldn't agree terms. Looking back I was too timid predicting a 4x… (View Post)