**** Elections thread *****

[Poopadoop]

What I would love to see the May gov't do now is make a statement recommending some democrat be appointed US ambassador in London.

[Poopadoop]

I have to give Trump credit for one thing: His last little speech he put on twitter actually sounded pretty reasonable for the most part.

[wufwugy]

What I would love to see the May gov't do now is make a statement recommending some democrat be appointed US ambassador in London.

I totally get your position on this. Trump is asserting dominance. I wouldn't ask a member of the UK to like it. However, implicit in what Trump said is that the UK will get a better deal overall by making Farage the US liaison. This puts May and fam in a pickle. I think it actually raises the probability that Farage gets the post, because, let's be honest, there ain't no way he would get it otherwise.

As for the idea that Trump doesn't know what he's doing, he has been more productive than any other modern President-Elect so far. Plus he's bringing the bust of Churchill back into the White House (the one Obama shat on). Did you read the story on how that happened? Farage asked Trump to do so and Trump was delighted to comply. Perception-wise, Farage is already putting the UK in a better position in the eyes of the US.

It may be the case that May is in a position where not putting Farage up for Ambassador to the US is a lose-lose situation.