Burgessian

True. But good governance is hardly the point with Trump. It's all about being performative, owning the libs, and firing up the base. With a bit of gratuitous cruelty thrown in. (View Post)

In P G Wodehouse's spoof of Mosley, his supporters were called the BlackShorts. Difficult to imagine a fictional representation of Trump and his coterie that could be more farcical than the reality t… (View Post)

Trouble is Boris could be removed ftom office by his MPs while Trump will be there til 2029. The danger of fixed-term executive presidencies. God save parliamentary democracy and constitutional monar… (View Post)

Peter Zeihan on the "F-47" here. Quite interesting background info. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RfYU9Za5a0 (View Post)

Ethnic change a factor? From wiki: "About 60 percent of British Columbians have European descent with significant Asian and Aboriginal minorities. Just under 30% of British Columbians are immigr… (View Post)