Vast, highly organised resources were behind both. It's depressing that the voting public was so easily deceived, but the volume of propaganda behind both Brexit and Trump was extraordinarily high.

Most people learn early in their lives that ignoring problems doesn't make them go away.

By "contacts," I think what's generally meant is "those who are known to be on the take."

There's money in it if you have no principles. So there she is.

From what I've seen and read, the judiciary system is much more opposed to it here in the UK, judges have more ways to bully jurors, but if a jury makes a decision and only explains it by saying that they've complied with the judge's instructions, there isn't much the judge can do.

Then censure him.

That'll be good as long as independent verification is part of the process. So far, China's official numbers have been less than credible.

Handling this in a manner similar to hooliganism is a good approach. Finding and punishing the organisers (and their facilitators on social media) should be another priority-- this is not a spontaneous, decentralised phenomenon-- it's been organised and planned over an extended period. Those who lead and fund these criminal activities belong behind bars for a very long time.

That's the real goal.

Who elected Elon Musk? How can we fire him?

They don't reveal "deep-seated anger." They reveal an organised set of attacks on decent people, perpetrated by power-hungry right-wing thugs, very likely with assistance from hostile foreign powers. If they're spun up with "Great Replacement" bollocks, that doesn't give them any more legitimacy, any more than if they were indignant over the Protocols of the Elders of Zion. They're spouting propaganda and lies, and the government shouldn't concede an inch just because these arseholes are acting angry. They can be angry behind bars. This movement must be crushed.

She should lose the whip for that.