Mrs Thatcher never understood the EU's usefulness as the EU was only established after she left office. It was still the EEC while she was in power. She turned against it when the scale of its p… (View Post)

Not all white people. The white homeless guy I saw on the street today isn't obviously privileged. (View Post)

It's certainly not the biggest popular vote mandate - his lead is only about 4-5 percentage points I understand. Obama in 2008 was 7.3%, Reagan in 1984 was 18.2% and Nixon in 1972 was 23%. Much … (View Post)

I was just thinking that. Democrats win when they have inspiring bullshitters who promise the earth then let everybody down - Clinton, Kennedy, Obama (like Blair over here for Labour). The uninspirin… (View Post)

Would be unconstitutional to have a federal commission with any teeth as I understand it and expecting the states to clean up their acts is hopeless. There's certainly a case for a constitutiona… (View Post)