It's local election day. Taking my daughter to school in leafy North Oxford I usually park in one of the area's swankier roads. A quick search on house prices suggests that when they (rarely) change hands it's for £3,000,000 and upwards. To my surprise I noticed today that the only political posters (adorning 3 very large houses, one with 2 Mercedes in the driveway) were...for the Labour Party. Should that raise an eyebrow? Or have I just forgotten that being wealthy doesn't necessarily imply that you want to keep it all for yourself?
Thursday assorted links
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1. Protestant magic and occultism in Ireland. 2. Funny that academics
should feel the need to provide a defense of the positive benefits of
status. 3. Im...
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