It's possible, but if people do follow German politics closely enough to be influenced by it (a big if for most), they'll find that the Greens there are boringly centrist apart from a coupl… (View Post)

BigG's list is a bit over-simplified. The Danish social democrats are completely dominant at the moment, and both Swedish and Norwegian parties are doing OK. But more to the point is that under … (View Post)

Being the subject of conversation is positive, even if it's grumpy - Trump's success for a long time was based on the news being about him, almost every day. Sure, usually negative, but it … (View Post)

I once persuaded a chap who'd forgotten it was election day to run down the road in his pyjamas to vote at 955 - to be honest he didn't need much persuasion and thought it was funny. The po… (View Post)

Yes, good luck with that though, it'd leak in 10 minutes. I agree with Felix - when you've spent all day or indeed all month or all year on it, the last thing you want to do is go to bed! Y… (View Post)