Yup, Japan has something similar in that you're legally required to get a TV license if you have a TV (and arguably also an internet connection or a phone) although there's no enforcement mechanism u… (View Post)

Disagree, it's an excellent distraction. It's an emotive culture-war type thing, which is why we're talking about it. It fascinates the media because they love talking about themselves. And it's even… (View Post)

Say MPs pull the trigger now or after the local elections, what happens? - Circular firing circle where all the leadership contenders leak each other's lockdown activities (see @rottenborough's point… (View Post)

Somebody's making some PredictIt traders very happy... https://twitter.com/jipkin/status/1481463620085104640 (View Post)

This kind of makes my point for me, the connected and well-funded machine that held the presidency for two terms decides to get their name back into contention and all they can find to push it is a m… (View Post)