I think what might have given him the political equivalent of shell shock is that getting things done in office is actually incredibly difficult. He was able to surf as Mayor, because he had a good e… (View Post)

You've had 5 years to explain how you were going to do that. You failed to do so, why should we listen any further? (View Post)

Actually the rage against the Tories is so strong now, it kind of *is* enough. People vote for positive and negative reasons. I would say that at least half the voters make their choice to vote again… (View Post)

We chopped the head off a King who tried to claim divine right to rule and chucked out his son, James VII/II in the Glorious Revolution when he did not want to obey the then constitutional arrangemen… (View Post)

More likely that he will try to seize the coast, to link with Transnistria and leave rump Ukraine as a land locked state. This is just another attempt at "Novarossiya" and it will probably … (View Post)