Over the years (we started this in the mid nineties) our visitor numbers have changed. Originally about 10,000 a day visited and many contributed. These days very few contribute but even more visit and read. The Downing Street Parties thread has had, so far, 29,454 visits and reads. The Novak thread (put up 5 minutes ago) has had 229 visits so far (the older thread has had 39,121). I suppose it's the avalanche of sites (Twitter, Facebook, You Tube, Instagram etc) as well as personal blog sites that has meant there are other places to put across your views but visitors value coming here to read alternative opinions.