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I did some weeks ago, entitled: 'Is climate change too large a problem for mankind to solve'. Depressingly, the unanimous view seems to be 'yes'.. He ...

You can't say these claims have been proven to be untruthful simply because fact checkers dispute them. These are doubtless the same people who said B...

Unwarranted cynicism at this stage I think. It's a huge problem. At least give Boris the chance to address it before shooting him down..

My comment was a joke!

Only if Scotland votes to become part of Ireland!

I think the Tories don't go on about it any more because it's so patently obvious that with the NHS short by 100,000 staff and everyone saying they wa...

I have thought all along that the freedom of movement issue was a red herring as control of immigration is really an illusion. Isn't it strange how no...

Unless the area gets bargained away in the trade deal our fishing industries should gain substantially, and ergo many coastal communities. As an islan...

I don't think Boris is from the party-first mould. I think that he sees himself as Churchill did - above party identities and able to appeal to the pe...

I'm guessing not. But give him his due, I think Boris wants to inspire people via optimism and his own leadership qualities. I don't think mean-spirit...

On the contrary. I saw it partly as saying that he thinks he can be as transformative a leader as Blair. So in that respect it was a compliment - albe...

Depends how you define 'hard left'. I'd say Corbyn represents it. If he doesn't, who does? Surely the SWP aren't big enough to reserve the term for th...

I'd choose Kenneth Clarke - or maybe Healey? But I wouldn't vote against MH.. It's a shame that I too, as a disillusioned Remainer am selfishly thinki...

'They' who the Labour MPs and activists talked to on the doorsteps and who said they were voting Tory or Brexit Party for the first time ever.. Yes th...

I think that's too sophisticated. The reasons, besides Brexit, for Labour's loss of northern working-class voters I have heard from Labour MPs and vot...

The speculation of commentators is not hard evidence. Given that all the forecasts were for the 1st ref to vote Remain, and at the last minute Leave w...

I disagree. Show me some evidence..

So you see 'rational' as a subjective term. In that case it's meaningless to use it. You might as well say 'thinking the same way as I do' instead. Us...

The problem with your argument is that you define what is 'rational'. I suspect that decisions are not made the same way by all people - there is no u...

Agreed. I think some of us fail to understand the rationale by which less intelligent people make decisions.. What one person calls self-interest anot...

I don't accept that a 2nd referendum would have supported Remain. In the face of a big swing away from the main ref supporting party, Labour, it seems...

The campaign lessened my conviction in my own forecast, but a big Tory win was what I said as soon as the Brexit deal was signed. I wish I'd been wron...

I have to say I agree. Worse for Labour than 1983 with Michael Foot. SNP surging too. John Macdonnell looks crushed talking to Andrew Neil.

Exit poll says Tory majority of 80+. Death of Corbynism...

Well good luck with the polling station! I think we could be in for some surprises as the results come in. I heard today that 30% of people may vote t...

I'd say if you're interested in politics, ignore social media. News-wise it's basically a free-for-all cesspit. It's pointless to complain about all t...

It's well past time that people realised they can't trust anything they receive on social media. Hence I ignore it. A news story is no more valid than...

I like the cartoon. Is that why you're called 'Punch' - almost.. Thee has been much talk of the Red wall - Labour strongholds in the north with a pro-...

Extra economy growth will be required to pay off all that extra debt.. Not being an economist I can't quantify the details, but forecasters have throw...

I agree of course, the cause of the property jam is lack of new affordable housing, and I'm all for spending on new council housing. The fact that peo...

I think this is a bit of a myth. For every rich house-buyer who sits on it as an investment, there's a newly rich seller. He may then spend his newly ...

I suggest you talk to your friends and ask them what'd they'd do if their salaries suddenly doubled. I think they'd be talking about new cars, houses,...

But by how much? If the debt increases at less that RPI it effectively decreases. Bringing down the deficit - and hence the annual increase, was as I ...

You seem to be saying that there's no middle-ground between Corbyn's spend-spend-spend policies and the 'mean' Tories. It's not hard to understand why...

Trump: "I don't want to interfere in UK politics." .. "Boris Johnson would make a great leader." It's hard to believe this guy is real and not out of ...

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Surely we aren't doing that. We (ie. us discussing here - not mankind as a whole) are trying to find ways to let the world do what it wants, rather th...

I think, probably no-one. As an ex-Blairite (pre Iraq) I might go for Lib Dems, but I just don't think unilaterally revoking Brexit is a viable policy...

This thread is under Politics & Current Affairs. Besides, the question I'm asking is not scientific or technical, it's more about will and vision. Are...

If it's the fact of man-made global warming, please do it elsewhere. For this thread I take it as a given that it is chiefly man's activities and thei...

This looks a lot like scaremongering by Corbyn. The minutes were from preliminary meetings, during which the US delegates outlined the areas they'd be...

This site is quite informative: http://www.electionpolling.co.uk/polls/general-election If you click on 2019 UK Parliament swingometer you can play ar...

I found this. But what I was looking for was some ranked listing of the marginals, with the percentage vote of each party, including the Lib Dems (and...

I am amazed that TV news just doesnt report the polls any more. I don't know why this is. Maybe they have been wrong at predicting the outcome before,...

I agree that in this election more than most tactical voting will play a big part - on the Brexit issue above all. The pact between Libs/Greens/PC sho...

Interesting point made on BBC lunchtime news. Namely that the poll tracker graphs of Labour/Lib Dems and of Tories/Brexit Paty are exact mirror images...

Most people are basically selfish, and kind unselfish people seldom get rich..

The Labour manifesto comes out shortly. I forecast they'll go into orbit re the spending plans. It'll be Gordon Brown all over again. This will be an ...

I think they stuck to their lines deliberately. They were given little time to answer questions and so chose to ram their core messages home. This was...

That's what I find hard to accept. The right of the Tory party reflects a public view. Its Mps don't exist in a vacuum apart from the rest of us. I'm ...