Thank you

Great post. I'm very much in a similar position. On some things I'm centre Left but on others I'm centre right whilst on some subjects I'm positively libertarian. The old labels of Left and Right do not

Thank you very much for that compliment. I completely understand the voting thing, no worries. I'm still learning my way around Hive and I'm sure there's loads of features I've not yet discovered about

Lovely images. I've not been to Tate Britain in years but your piece has made me decide to go back there when I can. When I was able to visit a lot I had especial favourites among the works such as Dadd's

Yes indeed. Reform in particular have picked up the vibes from the electorate for change, but have not put together a policy manifesto that they should be putting together as the election might not be

It does show Reform have a point on free speech and on NCHI's. Maybe it is fear of Reform exploiting NHCI's and the anger around them that has propelled the Home Secretary to make this decision?

Thank you for your comment. I agree with you that the disarray in Labour does open up opportunities for Reform. It's an odd constituency as it contains very wealthy areas and areas of great depravation

This case reminded me of something. When I was in Israel last May I saw loads of Israeli police all over the place but I never feared them. I never thought that they would pull over and question me because

It's truly appalling. Sadly it's likely to get much worse. This government knows that it and its policies are hated and are going to act more and more like a dangerous cornered animal as time goes on.

Hi there. Saw this post about USAID and the cuts might be having an impact in the UK. I'm seeing lots of left wing, trans and dubious NGO's saying that they are having reduced funds which may be related

Welcome to blogging on HIVE. I'm also a relative newbie here and loving it so far. You seem to have had a very interesting and varied life and I'm pleased to see how you've managed.

Hi Brian, An excellent piece. Whilst the Iranian Mullahs should be prevented from acquiring nuclear weapons this piece shows that they may be a longer way from achieving that goal than many may have previously

In Britain the two main political parties chipped away at freedom of speech bit by bit over decades. Sometimes when speech freedoms were removed the politicians implied that it would 'protect' people from