On topic, combined odds of 70% for Biden or Trump is nuts. Both are buys, IMO. Trump's age will not become an issue - partly because he's four years younger than his opponent and partly because if it… (View Post)

Various things here. Winning an election does not mean an automatic right to implement the entire manifesto without opposition; it means the right to form a government. The right to implement policie… (View Post)

The implementation of a general election result is not legally binding. All an election does is elect MPs. Constitutional convention - and the dynamics and pressures of practical politics - requires … (View Post)

And Brown was paymaster in a dual government where he exercised huge control over domestic policy, especially so after Iraq, when Blair was discredited, clearly nearing the end of his leadership and … (View Post)

Yes, they can. David Baddiel told one once which went something like this (I'm probably about to mangle it so apologies if so; you'll get the gist) - A survivor arrives in Heaven and tells god a Holo… (View Post)