Feinstein is the direct parallel. Sat in the senate for years whilst everyone knew she was increasingly gaga. But the US cult of respect for seniors seemed to preclude anybody showing her the door an… (View Post)

The Tories really are screwed until they widen their appeal to working people. People who are prepared to pay a sub. Neither of the top two above can win them back the support they need. Any of the n… (View Post)

I definitely see this as vanity to some degree. But self awareness of cognitive decline can be very difficult. His family should step in. (View Post)

Reform and Conservatives are not the same, no matter how much you seem to want that to be. Alot of Reform voters were as anti-Tory as anti-Labour. (View Post)

Excellent post. Very wise counsel. (View Post)