. Science is a human activity and thus susceptible to human foibles. But it's ridiculous to try to both-sides this. We know of a large, organised and well-funded misinformation campaign by fossil fue… (View Post)

No. Climate change has already happened. That that is so can be assessed through standard scientific methods. And it has been assessed, and clearly has already happened. It is difficult to make predi… (View Post)

What happened in 2024 is voters went for anyone but the Conservatives, and generally they were reasonably good at working out who that was in their local patch. The same could occur at the next elect… (View Post)

Outside of election campaigns, very very very few things shift the polls other than random sampling error. If something has shifted the polls, however, it will be from a few to several days before th… (View Post)

The Dems lost mainly because inflation was high, which wasn't Biden's fault, but incumbents tend to lose when inflation is high. (View Post)