This used to be a favourite line of David Willetts, and he used to say "conservative" - maybe she was thinking of him?

Authoritarianism in Russia and China famously being a recent phenomenon

You love to see it. I have a theory that every country sees foreign right wingers as scarier and more extreme than their own. The Democrats attacked Trump over his links to Nigel Farage, whereas in Britain, Farage was criticised for his links to Trump. Maybe Germans feel the same way about Vance?

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Many people are already calling him REAL President Musk. They're saying it's great that America finally has a successful businessman with good ideas in charge.

Gracious of you to suggest that he has actually been to a farm when this photo was taken, rather than the more embarrassing alternative scenario, which I'm sure came to mind.

His time will come

Having worked in political campaigns for years, changing career was quite a revelation. I found myself almost missing a local election because I had forgotten it was on that day and had only received a couple of leaflets about it weeks before - that's how most people experience politics.

Keith should be offered some kind of posthumous award for services to British-Chinese relations 🇬🇧 🇨🇳

But if we don't follow MPs how else are we supposed to learn that there's been a great reception on the doorstep for X in the Warmington on Sea district council by-election?

I wasted a decade of my life on twitter and, God willing, I'll waste another decade on here.

They ripped it off of twinkle twinkle little star, whoever it was.

Hard to contemplate a defensive union with a country that could tip towards the Ukraine-skeptic far right at any time. We might need to consider some sort of Anglo-Scandi-Baltic alliance.