There is the added complication here that these are primary elections, operating under state law, and their interaction with the constitutional election process is fuzzy (i.e. how parties nominate th… (View Post)

If the 'driver' is merely babysitting the car's driving, I don't see the point. Either it needs to do it all or it's better for the driver to make the judgments. As you say, you'd need to be complete… (View Post)

It wouldn't have been engineered; it would have happened organically. The first thing to pin down in this counterfactual is when Corbyn became PM, and on what basis. Both matter massively. In 2017 - … (View Post)

Even if both points are true (and I wouldn't argue against them), that's like saying that the best way to stop the Titanic sinking as a result of hitting the iceberg is to slam a torpedo into her. (View Post)

No, because Trump didn't really understand how the politics of dictatorship works. Fortunately, he still doesn't - though he understands it better. As well as the points needed above is, crucially, a… (View Post)