<<Au contraire. Wall Street bailouts led directly to both the Tea Party and President Trump. ETA: the irony from our point of view is it is the American *right* not left which benefited from th… (View Post)

In the UK, the Liberal Democrats played a crucial role in this, by adding centrist legitimacy to the idea that state spending had overwhelming reponsibility for the crash. In the US, culture war tact… (View Post)

Interesting, that must be one of only three or four Democrat state polls Sanders is behind in at the moment. He's ahead in about 47. The second poll linked to below is also very interesting - if… (View Post)

The two post-debate polls put Sanders out in front, with only Biden really in touch. I think all that will matter on Saturday is the margin between Sanders and Biden. (View Post)

Sadly I can't see that until or unless Brexit implodes, and he returns to the Tory party. It's a great shame as he's a very talented and open-minded politician, like Nandy, and for tha… (View Post)