Has there ever been a Presidential election in which a strong possibility is that it will be decided by one of the candidates proving manifestly unable to serve? O/T: does anyone understand what is h… (View Post)

I'm sure it wasn't a statement of murderous intent. That said, the relish with which he has repeatedly used racist and sexist language (effectively "ha, I'm a robust fellow with n… (View Post)

I stayed there in my leftist youth in the 60s - my father was a member of the Junior Carlton, which allowed apolitical members like him, and it was being refurbished when we visited London (we were l… (View Post)

If he defected first, I think the convention would then have allowed him to move it. Otherwise, Labour would probably have done so (it's only a convention, any party can do it). (View Post)

Sweeping left-wing victory in Salzburg, with the resurgent communists neck and neck with the social democrats and the conservatives and far right far behind. Seems to have been entirely about the cos… (View Post)