Lest we forget, Harris lost by a fair bit less than other incumbents who have faced their electorates this year. In part, that's down to the polarisation in America, but it also says "impos… (View Post)

It's a possibility. Trump's chain of logic would have to go something like this, I reckon. 1. Russian defeat in the Ukraine is a good thing. 2. It's so good that Biden and co must be d… (View Post)

At the moment, that polarisation is pretty stable, because it self-reinforces. Both parties are probably right in thinking they can win in this setup, so there's no reason for anyone to change. … (View Post)

One of the curiosities of right-populism is how many of its leaders don't reflect the values their rhetoric espouses. There's a definite lack of Corbyn/Livingstone like figures- even when t… (View Post)

But once you allow for adultery as a grounds for divorce, it's trivially easy for anyone to engineer grounds for divorce. Probably easier now than in the 1950s, because we all have video cameras… (View Post)