Kainsley

Re the first point, that's an issue with your system of democracy, (I agree that it's stupid and outdated) again not an issue with Hilary herself.

I'm afraid I have to disagree with your second point, I think we fundamentally disagree on what democracy is. Electees are there to serve the people who vote them in, if the minority of those people want change then they need to convince the electorate, not the candidates.

For context, I think we probably align quite closely politically, I just feel your expectations are misplaced.

Candidates are trying to earn the majority vote, not your vote specifically. Democracy is largely about compromise. It's not about convincing people that you're right, but about serving the majority. Your issue here is with the majority of voters, not the people seeking their votes.

Do you believe that she actively helped trump over herself, or that she messed up? It's so much easier with hindsight...in essence you're making the "the west is responsible for ww2" argument, sure they messed up with the restrictions put on Germany after WW1, but WW2 wouldn't have happened if it wasn't for a bunch of tyrants...

So many people seem to think they have a right to the perfect candidate for them, but democracy is about the best compromise for the masses. (In reply to some of your other comments on this thread)

That's an absurd take. Fyi I'm from the UK and don't have any skin in the game, but blaming the opposition instead of the people who are actually causing the issues is just bizarre and kind of self destructive. Yes the DRC made mistakes, but they aren't responsible for what the GOP have done since.

Declaring that the sitting president can essentially act as a dictator is most definitely bad for them right now lol

Yep, this is 100% about getting ahead of all of the delays that trumps team will seek to drag this out past the election.

I agree with this, it was a no win for anyone so the least you could do is stick to the process. All they've done is promote an issue and leave a shitload of unanswered questions.

Interestingly that's the name of a film about...a mass shooter at a school

Dead people are much less likely to sue you for shooting them

Yea, I thought his comments on it were a bit off tb. He put it on the fact that they have staff with families etc, which is irrelevant because so do Ferrari. It wasn't a decision he made to save individuals mortgages and any attempt to pass it off as such makes it cringe to me.

Labour have already attracted the center of politics, this is an attempt to appeal to the right and will likely lose more votes than gain.

So by your logic, Britain has a legitimate claim on the US?