Talking about and analyzing sports isn't the same as playing sports.

No one who has followed politics for the last decade thinking about August like quiet month for politics. There are no more quiet times or slow periods. None. Which, frankly, makes it a very good time to be a political writer.

Brexit suggests that there IS some level of non-vocal group who supports positions like those espoused by [Donald]Trump that polls are missing.

Anything is possible with Trump.

It's impossible to predict anything when it comes to Trump.

I think the desire to reject elites, to retreat within more comfortable geographic and personal borders and to lash out at political correctness is not a phenomenon unique to Britain or the US.

Where we are in politics is running down whatever doesn't agree with you.