Tony Benn's weathervanes and signposts. https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9837439-i-have-divided-politicians-into-two-categories-the-signposts-and (View Post)

Fair enough, but the substantive point remains: Mahmood is authoritarian and anti-immigrant, to the point of promoting voluntary repatriation, and has stated publicly that her background as a brown H… (View Post)

"...Burnham would also likely be the most leftwing UK PM since Harold Wilson..." That would be Harold Wilson, the winner of four-ish general elections? I think the Labour Party will cope. :) (View Post)

"The West Wing" was an early 2000s American television drama about an idealised Democratic American President played by Martin Sheen. It was for its first set of seasons written by the dram… (View Post)

I once had a friend who had a job circumcising elephants. The pay was lousy, but the tips were huge. (View Post)