Morning all :) No significant surprises in that polling. It all plays to the misconceptions (or prejudices if you prefer) you would expect. £14 billion on overseas aide isn't a small number but the &… (View Post)

Ford wasn't on the 1972 GOP ticket - he only became Vice President after Agnew's resignation. Reagan ran him close in 1976 under those exceptional (and I think unique) circumstances. Normally, the in… (View Post)

Seriously? Five and a bit years on and we're still hearing this nonsense. My recollection was people were happy to withdraw into isolation and very many were frightened, if not for their own health t… (View Post)

Hindsight is a wonderful thing as we all know. At the time, the coronavirus seemed a destructive malevolence almost outside control yet it wasn't quite like the apocolyptic tales of science fiction o… (View Post)

How often does an insurgent candidate from within the ruling party win in America? Normally, IF the VP doesn't follow the President, the White House goes to the other party. I'm struggling to think o… (View Post)