Lol. No. Mind you, when I was in an American school in 1960, we had a mock election, and I volunteered to be Nixon's spokesman in the debate (I don't think there were no genuine Republicans… (View Post)

A bid for most off topic post of the day: I've been reading about this guy https://www.theguardian.com/.../mexico-dogs-hurricane... and sent him a donation - perhaps you'd like to as well? … (View Post)

Yes, I agree that's an important difference. Britain is unusual in that elements of the militant right are now dominant in the main traditionally centre-right party - similarly to the US, but un… (View Post)

You are a ray of sunshine, eh? But we heard this "people won't comply" last time round, and they complied with such alacrity that Johnson felt he had to urge people to go back to work … (View Post)

No, I'm attempting to tackle Cyclefree's perfectly reasonable challenge (and to be fair I was advocating it before Starmer did). Your alternative responses are...? Mortimer: too right. But … (View Post)