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Not sure how this is an American problem, and not a more universal one. Certainly a Westminster-style system isn't free from the same phenomenon.

If the BBC are right, De Zerbi can't piss off to Barcelona -- they can't afford him.

[Laughs in Boris Johnson]

Got to be better than another Liverpool stalwart of the era - one Sami Hyypiaä.

In Cornwall, with the palm trees no less... Shocking that we've had the plows out here once, for less than 2", and the sanders (or 'gritters') out maybe two more times, and it's the first of December. This in a corner of the world known for its winters.

I'm glad he's happy, and I'm sure Brighton is a wonderful place. But he's young, he's rich, he's talented, and he's winning. I suppose you could be miserable under those circumstances, but you'd have to work at it.

Why do you all want to deny the boy his shot at real football, with a proper club?

We've had trick-or-treaters coming through the snow every sixth or seventh year, but today in Portland (ME) it topped out at 75ª or so. Tuesday night -- chance of snow. The old timers in New England always said "If you don't like the weather, wait a minute." I've got my snowblower and mower...

Only the hot water heater is a hybrid heat-pump. For home heating (hot-water baseboard) -- heat pumps were just too expensive, even with generous rebates from the government. Climate plays a role, too. We wanted hybrid for home heat -- can't do heat-pump alone in this climate with the fabric...

Just finished $11K USD replacing my 40-yr old heating system -- new boiler, new hybrid electric heat pump domestic hot water, relined chimney... So, around here, I expect a lame, and tame, winter... Murphy's Law, Umbrella Corollary: "If you buy an umbrella, it won't rain."

It's about 50 miles away as the crow flies. Could catch glimpses of it while doing parking-lot duty at the school where I used to work.

Mt. Washington, New Hampshire had first snow on the 10th. Historically happened in September. Average snowfall for October is 19 inches -- so far 1.7 inches.

It's a common failing. The GOP are 'the party of fiscal prudence' in the US, even though the only balanced budgets in my lifetime -- I'm 65 -- were five in number, one under LBJ (1969), and under Clinton four times. Both Democrats. Everyone who remembers Eisenhower has to die off before that...

I'm sure we won't stand in the way of him playing for a big club.

Dallas area, Texas.

One man, one car, burning hydrocarbons. The way God intended it. You can always build more lanes.

That's for the car park...

I remember the heady days when people were spitballing the Cabinet list for a Lib/Dem led government. Cornell West won't break 3% of the total popular vote. (Nader didn't break 3% in an election where famously we were told it didn't matter if Gush or Bore won. With something actually riding on...

The best way to think about the duopoly in American politics is that there isn't one, except on election day. In Europe, generally, you fight the election, and then if you win, form the coalition, and govern. In America you form the coalition, fight the election, and then if you win, govern...

Predicated on the first one ever having ended....