Here's a fun counterpoint to the idea that the electoral college favours the Republicans. In 2012, Mitt Romney lost the popular vote by 3.9%. A 2.0% uniform national swing would have won him the… (View Post)

Because there are some places in France other than Paris and Marseilles? If someone is going to a holiday cottage in Brittany, why do they give a stuff if Paris and Marseilles have problems? Are peop… (View Post)

On topic, surely it was already priced into the odds that the choice would either be Harris or someone (like Rice) who would be broadly as effective second on the ticket? Only a surprise choice (eith… (View Post)

But it's an utterly useless, dimwitted answer, because we won't control Japan's laws or the EU's laws. There are a range of important issues - trade, environmental, asylum and so … (View Post)

I know you're joking, but Britain is incredibly lucky geographically in vast numbers of ways. Just for a few examples, the (typically) mild weather means we don't need to spend that much on… (View Post)