In the face of such chaotic and incompetant government, what is keeping the Conservative poll ratings afloat is in my view the unfinished business of Brexit. Referencing the last YouGov poll, the lea… (View Post)

Yes in these days a poll tax is just out of date and wrong. Just fund it from some other less inequitable form of taxation. That said it's not funded from a poll tax. The licence fee tax is even wors… (View Post)

However, at the moment we're still talking of Texas being in play only if the Democrats are looking at a double digit lead in the popular vote, not when they are behind in the popular vote. It will b… (View Post)

Not according to 538. Biden is up 9.3% not 9% nationally. They have him as up by 8% in Wisconsin, 6.3% in Pennysylvania and 7.1% in Wisconsin. Win those and he's home. And if he doesn't win all three… (View Post)

In terms of drawing parallels with Trump, you have to go back to 20th century politicians before you get even close. Mussolini seems to me to represent the closest parallel. Trump has absolutely no r… (View Post)