It's not so much inconsistency as lying that I mind. The only principle he seems to espouse is that of saying whatever half-truths are necessary to ge...
Well how else is Boris going to win the next election? We agree that that is his overwhelming priority. If he just leaves a string of broken promises ...
Other than 5), I think it's a bit early to convict Boris of all these crimes. He's only been in power for 18 months, and that period has been totally ...
I agree with all you say, but as I said. It was once the Maggie party, now it's the Boris party. In time it will evolve again under a new leader. Look...
You have often spoken about this implosion of the Tory party as a cause of our ills. And I still don't understand the reasons for your conclusion, or ...
I thought the same thing. Then again, given the idea that pre-Brexit there were some but they've now disappeared I may have appeared (falsely) to be o...
And standing firm will? In what way is escalating tension in NI improving things? Boris knows he can simply blame riots on the EU for being intransige...
The problem is that whatever the UK suggests it is shot down because it isnt sticking to the letter of the agreement. Fair enough. But in that case th...
Now that Biden's in town maybe we'll see some progress. If the US manages to separate the issue of the NI protocol from the Good Friday agreement he m...
Oh? I think you'll find some of the largest sovereign wealth funds in the world have been accumulated by the oil-rich middle eastern states. The large...
1) Money: England subsidises Scotland to the tune of nearly £2000 per year per person. I remember in the 2014 referendum Salmond made a lot of Scotlan...
Referendums are won by % votes, not seats. The SNP and Greens may have a majority of seats but not votes cast. What is your answer to the fact that th...
The SNP has boobed. The election was effectively a 2nd referendum. And the combined vote shares were 51/49 in favour of the Unionist parties. How is a...
If you say everything is predetermined you have to say by whom or what. If there is no God (for want of a better term) to design and make a plan, and ...
It's a shame that many respondants are splitting hairs about the way I asked the question rather than taking up what was clearly my main point. Presum...
If you believe we need to test a pattern an infinite number of times to prove it is reliable you don't believe in science at all! Scientific advance i...
Your inability to believe natural selection has brought about the development of life from single cell organisms to man is natural when we cannot conc...
Given that the EU has taken a month longer to come to the same approval of the Covid drugs as the UK did, they have probably allowed thousands more de...
Somewhat red-faced, I have to admit that the saga of Covid vaccine procurement in UK and the EU has added weight to the idea that Brexit was a good th...
I think you make the mistake of separating 'our lives' from 'our emotions'. They are part of the same whole. Consider a dog, who has both but lacks th...
I think this is more to the point. Whilst trumpeting a not-as-bad-as-it-might-have-been deals for goods, the govt conveniently overlooks the 80% of UK...
Less fish too than the fishermen wanted. Part of the advantage of announcing the deal just before Xmas is that no-one wil be able to plough through th...
It doesnt make sense to anyone who has any sense - except a few rabid right-wing free-marketeers. But then over here we are still scratching our head ...
Yes, this year is lost, but assuming the vaccines are successful in bringing Covid under control all those restaurants and air flights will be require...
A no-deal Brexit is estimated to take 2% off UK GDP next year, and tariffs will have an effect for many years. Covid-19's effect is bad but hopefully ...
By 'using the new variant into goading...' do you mean somehow deliberately egging on the EU countries' individual bans on UK road export traffic, res...
What confusion? Whose 'wide-spread view'? Look at the number of cases reported daily. Before lockdown it was around 23000. That came down to 16000. No...
Yes I agree. The UK govt has ruined the relationship with the EU, with that absurd NI lets-break-the-law bill (threat), which it has had to pull at th...
I don't think you can describe the level-playing-field as trading terms, and that's what the Tories object to. The EU wants to force the UK to follow ...
I think it's so that even if it's No deal on Jan 1st, the situation could be reviewed soon thereafter. So maybe we'll get a few months of tarifs and a...
I wonder if Boris's thinking is that to leave with no deal now will mean hardship, but he'll be able to blame some of it on Covid. In 3 years time it'...
I'm starting to share your pessimism now. Does Boris really think he'll keep the red wall voters Tory with the Rule Britannia crap about sovereignty i...
No way. Boris is much more like Trump. He will do whatever it takes to hold on to power. If that means contradicting past policies, snubbing the right...
I'm guessing Boris isn't one of them. Is this Sunday the final deadline? We'll see. 4 weeks are still left and it's amazing how seemingly fixed barrie...
There will be a deal, no sweat. The failure would be too huge for either side to justify it. Both would be villified by their own supporters, and all ...
So they don't have the wit or desire to think for themselves. QED. Twas ever thus I'm afraid. Doubtless you think Marx was right. Unfortunately he did...
"Engineered"? Murdoch simply sells papers by giving readers what they want, which is not challenging their ill-formed views and promoting fear of the ...
Yes, but that's just a symptom of the even deeper crime; fear and ignorance, one that man will sadly never find redemption from. Of course - and even ...
Yes, we havent heard much speculation about the background to that. I suppose Brexit is the most likely one as Cummings was such a die-hard Leaver. Bo...
Well I heard Peter Bone, who I think is ERG sounding quite upbeat about wanting a deal and expecting the compromises would be made. Anyway, with an 80...
Well commentators (and ERG MPs) are forecasting a trade deal in the next week. Time for EU members to ratify the deal is running down fast. Maybe Bori...
I don't see how you can equate anything Obama believed with Trump's world-view. I think populists don't call for change. Just the reverse. They surf t...
Sorry but I can't agree with that. The followers of populists follow the person as much as the policy. It's been said many times that Trump was policy...
It's called The Cult of Personality. People voted for him because they trusted him as one of their own. In the UK Nigel Farrage had the same appeal. H...
I'm not sure what you mean by this 'accelerated development of knowledge'. Technological progress? I agree with the sentiment, but in its place I'd cl...
I'm not convinced. The popularity of Trump was down to his being a political outsider - ie not the Republican party. His personal charisma - as witnes...
Absolutely. Trump is now saying he would accept a fair result, ie beginning to build himself a way to retreat. He has failed to rouse the rabble, part...
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