As part of Labour's "anti-British" and anti-law and order agenda, surely.. The genius of rightwing populism. (View Post)

Absolutely, and again that would be from the most successful part of the American playbook. (View Post)

There are two separate issues here. As MrEd says, it could play well with the intended and very long tried-and-tested, transatlantic dog-whistle narrative of "See ? Labour is against this becaus… (View Post)

Johnson/Cummings did not promote the idea because they love quangos such as the electoral commission. The cause is clearly political and not democratic-procedural, in line with all the precedents and… (View Post)

Much in the same way as it's only the "liberal elite" that worry out about due process, trial by jury, detention without trial, and all that sort of obsessive stuff. (View Post)