On topic, number of seats gained by an LotO is a meaningless metric, as elections are basically a referendum on the government's performance. That's how an incompetent mediocrity with no charisma lik… (View Post)

Hilarious given the number of Chinese blocks of flats that collapse, sewers that explode, high-speed trains that derail and bridges that fall apart. Our engineers may not be great but that stat certa… (View Post)

Доброе утро, товарищ, как сегодня Москва? (View Post)

You're right. Good point. With SKS you get the worst of both worlds - a man with no useful experience of the major problems this country faces, which are mostly economic. And insofar as he DOES have … (View Post)

I wonder if it's also the triumph of the professional political class since the 1990s, who, as professional operators, are great at dominating the next news cycle, enforcing message discipline and ru… (View Post)