If they were determined not to give Trump the prize then they might have someone else nominated who could plausibly take the credit. I think they may as well give Trump the peace prize next year. The… (View Post)

Outside the Royal Observatory in Greenwich there is a clock with a 24-hour face. If one of those is stopped it's only right once a day. (View Post)

I don't think it's quite that simple. Mamdani in NYC and Polanski seem to be offering some new ideas of how to implement left-wing principles in our current times. Corbyn always seemed to b… (View Post)

They're still on the First Republic. I think the French are on their Fifth, and they gave the Americans a 17-year head start. (View Post)

I'm surprised the story about Johnson not swearing-in the Democrat elected to the House on September 23rd hasn't been mentioned on here more often - apparently to prevent a vote on the rele… (View Post)