More certainly was unpleasant to our modern sensibilities. An unpleasant bigot and a royal sycophant. But given when and where he was born, anything else would have been truly astonishing. The notion… (View Post)

That is why Presidential systems are much worse than Parliamentary ones. Under the former, it is virtually impossible for a President to be evicted during his term. You basically elect an eighteenth … (View Post)

It is a good speech, though of course the real Thomas More was happy with rigging the legal system to burn people who had slightly different views on trans issues. (Transsubstantiation in this case). (View Post)

Possibly, but Wilson resigned after more than 13 years as Labour leader, five general elections and four years of a Heath interregnum. So if he follows Wilson exactly, the next PM might not be Labour… (View Post)

That oddly reminds me of Churchill's quote about the strongest argument against democracy being a five-minute conversation with the average voter. Perhaps the next strongest is a five-minute speech b… (View Post)