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Just to clarify DB9, I didn't mean to suggest you condoned his behaviour. I just think that 'strongman' leadership is bandied about a lot as a justification and it's all a bit of a shame in my view.

I don't disagree with a lot of that, depressing though it may be. Basically any Democrat candidate would have won in 2020, so Biden, who was never an inspiring choice, got the gig. Normally it's about the charisma, the presence, the telegenecity (if that's a word), this time the bar was so low...

I suppose it depends on the definition of 'strength' and whether just shouting loudly and threatening things is the way to get things done in life or not. I don't deny that it has its effectiveness of a kind - but don't believe that the USA as a nation gains anything from having such an...

Trump is a venal, amoral, lying, wannabe mobster scumbag who has shown a complete disregard for the rule of law and conventions of civilised politics, who has enabled, by his actions and words, a growing theocratic, borderline fascistic culture within the US and the wider world that will set...

And so continues the USA's journey to becoming a religious theocracy. Ironic that they have more in common with the Middle Eastern states that they go to war against than they may like to think.

Paying 350m a year to repel an invading army? Let's use it to fund rebuilding projects instead.

Just on the subject of the vaccine rollout, there is a school of thought that the reason for its (undoubted) success was that it was largely put in the hands of Primary Care and General Practice to deliver - ie people that have huge experience of administering and delivering large numbers of...

Very true, and as such I find it interesting that you are (at this time) in support of a party who have been at the forefront of this systematic and ideological destruction of our public services for that time. This influence was also seen in the policies and actions of 'New' Labour in the 90s...

Depends on whether I'd made it clear what I wanted the garage to do or not, or whether I'd just vaguely asked them to do something they didn't offer as a normal service. Or just replace the car with something from the 70s that didn't work properly, was fundamentally rubbish but was 'British made'

AV was a fudge that nobody was asking for - hence the indifference to it when the vote took place. Our voting system is utterly broken and archaic - most people's vote means absolutely nothing - PR is the way forward IMO. Admittedly it gives the risk of fringe parties gaining traction - but it...

Mainly EU I would say. Poles, Romanians and so on.

My wife recently spent a week or so in hospital. As far as I could tell, all of the other patients were British born people of various ages. However, a lot, I mean 80% or so, of the nurses, HCAs, doctors, surgeons etc were foreign-born, and in the vast main, doing an excellent job. This was in...

It's been coming for a while - I think I just had the thought that things would change within the party - would 'only get better' if you will - but it's clear that isn't the case. It's not felt like a comfortable place to be for some time now.

The Labour party has just lost this member - resigned membership this morning. The party is being taken over by nutters and has an ineffectual, pro-Brexit leader - so it's bye-bye from me.

So we're left in a position where:- The government isn't going to change any time soon as turkeys don't vote for Christmas May cannot be challenged for a long time and is not going to go of her own accord Corbyn is safe in his position thanks to the Momentum insurgency within Labour No...

So, round and round we go... Article 50 extension followed by 2nd ref and/or revocation it is then.

The worst thing is that there was never a Plan A.

Detroit> Motor City> Marsh Barton

Debunked by who? Taxpayers alliance? JRM? Your cat? The point, my friend, is that it's another layer of 'things we will have to do' that we currently 'don't have to do'. Quite the opposite of what many say Brexit is all about in fact. We have been extremely lucky in the last few years in being...

BBC reporting that UK nationals are likely to have to apply for a 7 euro travel pass to visit the EU post Brexit. So, something that we can do for free with no issues at present disappears. Oh well, we'll have blue passports, eh?