Trump supporters have a problem. Some of them, anyway. The ones who’ve spent more than four years trying to laugh off the suggestion that Trump is, at heart, a fascist. What do they do now? Admit what has been blatantly obvious to everyone else the whole time? Or just go full fascist themselves, because it’s … Continue reading Fascism in America
Today is Election Day in the United States. We in the rest of the civilised world have been watching political events in the US over the last four and a bit years with a mixture of horror, befuddlement, sympathy and astonishment. One barely knows where to begin. Yet I, and every one else with an … Continue reading Election Day
One has watched the best bits of the presidential debate. Trump v Biden. Rancour v Reason. Despotism v Decency. Did a winner emerge? It was such a shoddy debate, I’m not sure that there was a winner, per se. But there was a clear loser. I say this on the assumption that you use the … Continue reading The Debate
Rise of ChinaOn Saturday, most of England largely reopens. Social distancing will effectively be abandoned. We step back into an unfamiliar, uncertain world. And we enter the moment of peak uncertainty. Most people don’t like uncertainty. There’s no such thing as a risk free world, so we must deal with uncertainty. But we don’t like … Continue reading
The Writing Is On The WallThere are numerous barometers one could use to get a sense of how Trump will do in November. You could refer to polls. You could gauge the feelings of people you know. You could look at the state of the economy. You could, perhaps, even look to see whether the … Continue reading
If Biden had run four years ago, I strongly suspect that no one would much care what Trump will or won’t say. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. If you actively support Trump then you’ve either lost your senses, or you stand there shoulder to shoulder with those ‘very good people’ with their … Continue reading
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