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)

Was there evidence that the move actually worsened Kerry's position in Clark County, though? Whilst quite funny, the reactions in the article are clearly from convinced George W Bush supporters … (View Post)

That feels to me as if they underestimate the possibility of systematic polling error (underweighting a pro-Trump constituency across the board), underestimate reversion to the mean (Trump fairly clo… (View Post)