I mean, they're not likely to say if they have approached Trump.

The key thing is whether they understand that Trump will be back for more, if he is allowed to bully and extort our national broadcaster.

(you bloody idiots)

Policy-wise, he was amazing. But it soon became clear to those of us who wanted him in Number 10 (as opposed to those who just wanted to adore him and protect him from the harsh and practical realities of electoral politics) that he wasn't fit for it.

A man who got high on his own supply.

Hope so. He's definitely savvier than Corbyn in many respects.

Corbyn never set out to create a personality cult around himself. One formed, regardless. And another issue with it, is that he visibly enjoyed elements of it.

I hope Polanski does better with it, because the bloody stuff is already swirling around him.

...fascination wears off quickly), on another, you get to see how dangerous, stupid and wildly impractical it is.

This isn't a problem confined to the Left (witness Trump's most fanatical supporters) and I'm strongly of the opinion that it's a symptom of the issues with online culture.

I don't, tbh. As I said (much further up this thread, in fairness) the issue, is the supporters who display this level of frenzied support. And it *is* cultlike.

On one level, it's absolutely fascinating to witness and to even be on the receiving end of hostility from the utterly devoted (that...

"Also, rubbing nuclear waste on your skin does wonders for your complexion and is great for your health, overrall. Lefty regulators try to stop this kind of thing, but we at Reform will make nuclear waste available to every man, woman and child in this great country."

Was I a weird kid?

I was completely obsessed with Doomlord as an 8yr old. The stories were gripping and dealt with remarkably adult stuff like environmentalism and the threat of nuclear armageddon (especially relevant in 1982).

It's a war.

They'd better get their shit together. Are they capable of that? I really don't know. It's like having a bunch of auditors running the country, when what we need are fighters.