Indeed. People have short memories. They readily remember 2016, but forget that in 2012 it was the Democrat who won rather more comfortably than most polls and pundits had predicted and whose vote wa… (View Post)

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)