@‌Squire The rise of UKIP (27% of the vote in the most recent local elections) is a little worrying really. Their elected Members of European Parliament have some of the worst attendance records and … (View Post)

A few years ago I was in Belgium on holiday. Due to splitting of the vote no party had an overall majority in the Belgian Chamber of Representatives and no coalition had been agreed upon. While I was… (View Post)

This all does raise an interesting question - why do we accept our generally useless political class? I'm not advocating violent revolution or even radical change, but why in the age of instant mass … (View Post)

The Lego Movie was surprisingly great. And also a fairly good and completely unexpected satire on totalitarian utopias. "Everything is Awesome" becomes a very creepy song when you realise i… (View Post)

Bloody Summer, reflecting sunlight off my screen.... (View Post)