I don't agree there. I would say the tensions inside reflected the tensions outside, exacerbated in Britain's case by a still-Victorian class atmosphere in the 1970s, which sometimes pitted… (View Post)

Freezing industrial strife is not the same as ending social conflict or polarisation, however ; let alone exacerbating it. (View Post)

The earlier question Trumpism can exist beyond him is a really complicated one, I think. Trumpism is clearly partly just Trump's force of personality, as well as his relishing of shock - but it&… (View Post)

This is beginning to have something of a Groundhog Day feeling to it. After a long sleep I'm half-expecting to wake up to a newspaper next Thursday that says "Biden almost within reach ! Fi… (View Post)

The Democrats need to find someone with the appeal of Bernie in ex-industrial areas, the midwest, and elsewhere, in the future, I would say, otherwise they're in trouble. Biden also managed this… (View Post)