One of the Yes, Prime Minister lines where the writers surely weren't joking was Jim Hacker's threshold for sacking a minister- when their messup could have been reasonably anticipated at t… (View Post)

The usual answer is to have enough noisy performative nationalist populism to distract the proles from the plutocratic gangsterism that's going on quietly on an industrial scale. Question is whe… (View Post)

After all, if he has won, it's the Will Of The People, and who are the Supreme Court to stand in their way? It's a massive step to not have elections- very few autocracies have gone that fa… (View Post)

Term limits or not isn't particularly fascist. Personally, I don't like them but I can see the legitimate case. What isn't on is changing the rules on the fly because it's conveni… (View Post)

That's enough for Good Chaps like you or me. We look at the rules, try to stay within them and are mortified if we inadvertently break them. Trouble is that there are others who pay more attenti… (View Post)