The Debate

[smokingboot]

I have only seen clips.

Trump's deficiencies are very evident, Hillary's not so much.

God knows. After the omnishambles that is currently British politics, I am astonished at those who deride the choices of the American public... As though rationality and commonsense are bywords in or around Westminster.

In other thoughts, my latest article is finished, and stronger,to my mind, than my first pass at it. We shall see.

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[smokingboot.livejournal.com]

Not really. I voted for Blair, who seemed like a breath of fresh air in all that fusty nonsense; I watched him from his time on the back bench and knew there was something special about that man.Well, the years taught me better...

I did feel that nominally at least the principles of a kindly society were being flagged up,after so many terms of Thatcherism and post-Thatcherism. But the legacy was tainted by his involvement in Iraq, and taking revenge on the country by giving them Gordon was a bit hmm. He was never going to win an election!

The diversity we are likely to get is an ongoing move to the right, with UKip and the nutters getting stronger. Corbyn has taken the far left, and I suspect the Greens will get behind him. Centre ground would be worth fighting for, except the right wing press have successfully made feeding poor people sound like radical socialism. The Lib Dems should go for it, but is Tim Farron the man? I am not sure...