Nine states and DC automatically send out postal votes to all registered voters including some big ones. They are California, New Jersey, Vermont, Nevada, Colorado, Washington, Utah, Hawaii, and Oreg… (View Post)

It's basically a semantic debate and if that's your definition of populism then fine - I don't own the word. But I don't really agree that's what populism is normally meant a… (View Post)

It's semantic, but "populist" generally means framing as Elite vs People. Simply offering to do things you can't in practice achieve, or that will have hidden bad consequences, in… (View Post)

I agree - it's a misunderstanding of the word "populism". It's rather glib - how are you going to "shut down the virus" without restrictions on freedom and economic cons… (View Post)

Hmmm. Hancock is surely too weedy to engage in this sort of thing. Gove has form. Sunak has motive. It would be a bit odd (but not totally impossible knowing Cummings) for Johnson to launch an inquir… (View Post)