Facts instead of just anecdotes? You must be new here... :) Thanks! (View Post)

I'm not against the sort of realpolitik that you describe when it's *necessary*, though if so I should prefer it not to be accompanied about self-righteous outrage about our perceived oppon… (View Post)

I broadly agree. But it does irritate me when a seat is really safe for party X and distant runner-up Y asks supporters of even more distant Z to back them "because only we can beat X". I l… (View Post)

Yes, it's the Greifswald one. Stodge is right about the likely Berlin outcome, but curiously, the CDU-SPD swing in Berlin is tiny - just 2%. The FDP have eaten the Pirates (though no doubt it�… (View Post)

Nah, I agree with Anabobazina. I think Franco-baiting isn't fun, it ranges from petty nationalism to childishness. I don't especially connect with France myself, but I'm bored with the… (View Post)