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^^^ Demographically, a blow to the Republicans like that would potentially put them on the back-foot for a long time to come. A lot of Trump supporters are not natural Republicans, but without them, it's unlikely the Republicans would have done as well as they did.

That is to say, I don't think Ted Cruz or Paul Ryan would be electable in the same way Trump was.

So crazy.

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I still think it's all just avant garde performance art though. Every couple of weeks there's some well-timed drama that could have come from some writers room at Netflix.

Back in the UK, the CPS are NOT bringing any charges against the Conservative Party or any of their officials for breaching electoral law on expenditure.

Cue lots of talk of a conspiracy, but the law requires a high level of proof of fraud and that wasn't available.

Speaking of Netflix, House of Cards writing team must be fucking livid. The new season hits in less that three weeks.... no way they can top real life.

Finally, a bit of good news!

The Thick Of It had the same issue during the coalition years. The stories they were being leaked were too crazy for the show.

What? Did James Comey own them?

Comey's going to get a mad book deal (assuming he's allowed to say anything).

What the fuck is going on?

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/may/10/driver-jailed-for-three-years-for-ramming-cyclist-north-london-justine-henshaw-bryan

Six points? Four and a half year driving ban? Ok, there's a custodial sentence she'll do less than half of, but she shouldn't ever be allowed behind the wheel again-it's like being jailed is easier or kinder than banning someone for life. Cunnnnntsssssss....

thats fucked up. nice attempt to blame the boyfriend too.

I don't understand why we aren't a bit more willing to ban people from driving properly. Driving while on a mobile phone? Can't be anything other than your fault/choice to do so = year ban or more if repeat offence. Purposefully cause someone harm using your car? Psychopath = no liscence for you.

and run the risk of lower Road Tax revenues? who will pay for all those cycle lanes you people never use?

Introduce a tax for not wearing a helmet/RLJing/taking up the whole bloody lane?

there's a custodial sentence she'll do less than half of

and 'with child' - so boyfriend (ex) will have to drive her around when she is released.

She'll be straight back in a car, it's the cyclists fault that she now has to drive illegally.

The analogy made by the guy that got hit seemed appropriate. If you had a gun licence and shot someone, it wouldn't just be suspended for 5 years and then they'd give you the gun back.

Driving as some sort of a human right, does seem to override consequences of misuse in a way that seems strange when you compare it to similar things like that.

I was talking to a car-tuning friend recently about performance cars on the road. We actually ended up both agreeing that having ridiculously powerful and fast cars legal for use on shared roads is nuts when you think about it. But it's normal so there they are.

I don't understand why we aren't a bit more willing to ban people from driving properly. Driving while on a mobile phone? Can't be anything other than your fault/choice to do so = year ban or more if repeat offence.

Isn't that the direction the Govt is going by increasing the offence to 6 points? Two strikes and you should lose your license.

An immediate switch to first offence = year ban doesn't give people enough time to adjust their behaviour.

(They also need to crack down on letting people continuing to drive with 12+ points on their license otherwise it is toothless.)

Yes, I guess you're right. My comment was more of a general, uniformed lament of the current state of affairs, with no real wider picture in mind :-)

Isn't that the direction the Govt is going by increasing the offence to 6 points? Two strikes and you should lose your license.

How many drivers are there on the road with over 12 points 10,000 plus, oh the undue hardship.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WFLUhSym80

big fat wheels and everything ...

Car apprec >>>>>

No one could accuse me of being a car appreciator - I have one of these:

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anti readers wives >>>>>>>>>>

The Intercept is hard to read.

I mean, successive Puerto Rican governments borrowed too much money to try to prop up the economy. I don't see how that's colonialism. And most Puerto Ricans say they prefer the status quo to statehood or independence.