Nigel Farage warns Democrats: If you 'martyr' Donald Trump what follows 'could be ver

[OwlHoot]

You're been cynical (surely). Both parties need to think long and hard about why Trump got elected. He only entered the race for a bit of publicity. Trump is the symptom not the cause. A good doctor treats the cause not necessarily the symptom. A lot of America are disaffected with mainstream politics, that's what needs understanding and remedying. Just berating Trump is like mending a broken bone, and doing nothing about the cancer that caused it!

Absolutely, and just fixing the proximate cause, namely the creaky, rackety, barely functional, wide open to abuse postal voting system, would be a start.

[BlasterBates]

Absolutely, and just fixing the proximate cause, namely the creaky, rackety, barely functional, wide open to abuse postal voting system, would be a start.

True, but If the alleged abuse of the postal voting system turned out to be a lie then there would be nothing to fix.

[BlasterBates]

One way of fixing the dissatisfaction would be to convict anyone making fraudulent claims about election fraud and barring them from holding public office in the future.

[SueEllen]

One way of fixing the dissatisfaction would be to convict anyone making fraudulent claims about election fraud and barring them from holding public office in the future.

That would go against Freedom of Speech.

[darmstadt]

Farage's new Reform Party has the hashtag #Refuk...

[OwlHoot]

True, but If the alleged abuse of the postal voting system turned out to be a lie then there would be nothing to fix.

Even if it was all handled impeccably correctly, the very fact that so many people believe it was abused is the problem.

It should be like Caesar's wife, "above suspicion".

[malvolio]

Even if it was all handled impeccably correctly, the very fact that so many people believe it was abused is the problem.

It should be like Caesar's wife, "above suspicion".

It pretty much was and had been tested several times over recent years (G W Bush was the latest) until a delusional sitting president decided to launch a completely specious campaign that it was fixed.

[d000hg]

That would go against Freedom of Speech.

It would depend on the claims you were making. FoS doesn't preclude libel and slander.