Some of the comments here certainly dispel any "couldn't happen here" complacency about the Trump phenomenon. (View Post)

I know he's an obnoxious guy, but I'm surprised he has to pay people quite that much to eat with him. (View Post)

Current figures for total Con+Ref and Lab+LD+Grn councillors: Con+Ref: 869 (-1 or 0.1%) Lab+LD+Grn: 503 (+27 or 5.7%) In this sense, the main story is a large movement away from Con and Lab, and a sm… (View Post)

He really does want to be a mini-Trump. I don't think this kind of thing is any more appealing to a broad strand of the traditional Right, than to other shades of the political spectrum. (View Post)

Given that (on the BBC's latest figures) both the Tories and Labour have lost about 70% net of the seats they were defending, it's rather remarkable that the net changes in councillors for Ref+Con an… (View Post)