Pretty inevitable, sadly, once America lost its sense of humor and willingness to be offended about twenty or thirty years ago. (View Post)

I think that's right. Few except those on the extreme left give a damn about his wealth in itself, and they wouldn't vote for him anyway. What matters is that he hasn't set out a posit… (View Post)

I have just arrived back from almost three weeks in France, mostly in the south, mixing business with pleasure as I did in Switzerland in August. Some seemed to appreciate my observations from that t… (View Post)

We have lots of limits on the dictatorship of the FPTP majority - the House of Lords, the monarchy, the Supreme Court, a free press, public opinion, centuries of precedent on minority rights and demo… (View Post)

So will judges. And lawyers will of course want more levels of law, as that's how they earn more fees. So of course most legal opinion wants yet another level of appeal to further gum up our jud… (View Post)