That explains why the British inheritance tax system is designed the way it is. You can give your children a gift, if you survive for the next 7 years it's tax free, but if you fall victim to a … (View Post)

On topic, the rule is that things mostly don't happen, and when they do happen they're not the things you expect to happen. Also Boris is agile and shameless, don't underestimate his a… (View Post)

Even without the gerrymandering you'd only need 40%, a fairly audacious gerrymander could easily get that down to say 28%. I think Britain easily has 28% who would support a right-wing authorita… (View Post)

There would be some irritation from the left on Twitter but Joe Biden's superpower is ignoring irritation from the left, and Twitter. (View Post)

This is really interesting. I wonder if the GOP might not be happy with acting President Pelosi, though. She's a great inside politician but a fairly terrible mainstream communicator, and IIUC t… (View Post)