DeSantis is what you get when you go all in on the culture war. I have often sounded a cautionary note on these topics on here: that I think people too readily dismiss these topics as unimportant to … (View Post)

What I will say is that I think he had the potential to be Pretty Good. Events shape people, and I think as an opposition politician or a leader taking over in more benign circumstances he could have… (View Post)

On topic, Rishi isn’t going to be PM for years even if he wins the next GE. He isn’t in step with the loony Trussite/Boris wing and they’ll defenestrate him as soon as they see an opportunity, as rev… (View Post)

The other thing that we would lose is the international name recognition of our head of state (assuming a figurehead rather than an executive). Does anyone know (beyond those interested in internatio… (View Post)

Weirdly it’s been commonly thought Penny was put in her current role to keep her out of mischief, but it’s actually given her an excellent profile now. (View Post)