On topic, very few things are so binary as to be totally inexcusable. And one of the things that an effective politician does is make the excuses swallowable. We're seeing that a bit with the &q… (View Post)

Hasn't the groundwork for the Reform surge mostly been done by the Conservative party? (View Post)

In theory, the guardrail against telling untruths is that you are less likely to be believed next time. It's why 'charisma' is powerful and horribly dangerous in politics- it helps you… (View Post)

He called it debating, anyway. A couple of analogies of why that's not entirely right. (This isn't mine, but I can't find the link right now to credit it.) He was a standup comic worki… (View Post)

Eerily familiar. Couple that with the Top Professional Services skill of 'providing a fat analysis of why your terrible idea is brilliant, especially if you tweak it like this', and she… (View Post)