He's probably right, though. Forty percent right-of-centre vote in one box wins in lots of places. Split it into two boxes, twenty-five and fifteen, and it wins in very few places. Substitute &q… (View Post)

The "victim of the evil dictator still worshipping the evil dictator" is a standard trope of that sort of dystopian fiction. It's a shock seeing it play out in real life, but it probab… (View Post)

Plus, it would present Andrew Rosindell with an impossible choice. Does he accept that Romford is part of London, or become a Frenchman? (View Post)

If we're talking national government, yes. There is still a sufficiently independent news system to push back against top-tier politicians who deny reality too much. It's not perfect, but i… (View Post)

I'm not sure it's even that. I'd diagnose the issue as "reality doesn't matter, as long as you can keep telling the right story." Principles are better than rules, sure.… (View Post)