On topic, I'm sure there's a distinction between Great Leaders and Good Leaders. A lot of Great Leaders turn out disastrously for their nations, whereas Good Leaders get on with quiet improvements. B… (View Post)
It looks like Conservative Fears so far, but how relevant do they think a party with 130 MPs ought to be? Especially when you rule out the ones who are too young and callow, too old and silly and to … (View Post)
Probably quite a lot- after all, one of the things Private Eye does is probe the limits of what unpublishable things can be published. As for this case, the general principe seems clear enough. Voter… (View Post)
Also that McSweeney strategy thing of annoying loyalists to win voters in swing seats. The Conservative success was very much a fringe of London thing. Apart from Chingford (which was a freak, for al… (View Post)
Churchill on being accused of being drunk applies. Painful as this is, the Democrats have a better chance of getting rid of their bad candidate than the Republicans do of getting rid of theirs. (View Post)