I didn't see the debate but it sounds like a win for Ramaswamy, who was edging ahead anyway in a poll assuming Trump was not available: https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-prima… (View Post)

I don't think Corbyn will stand for Mayor - on the whole, the left are OK with Khan and as the poll shows he wouldn't get far. But he mjight well stand in Islington N, and the poll showing … (View Post)

Yes, I thought it was memorable. But even though I totally sympathise with the victims of McCarthyism, I thought the lengthy passages about committee hearings a bit long - yes, certainly unfair, but … (View Post)

Normally yes. I suppose Trump path to winning is: 1. Ultraloyalists nominate him, regardless of trials. 2. The Democrat makes a terrible but non-fatal mistake, e.g. makes everyone think he's sen… (View Post)

Tom Tugendhat on Radio 4 blandly says that £2 billion of fraud in Iraq shows what a splendidly strong economy Iraq has developed. There's a man who will always find something nice to say about h… (View Post)