Hi everyone. I'm 19 years old and I live in Britain, but I was born in the US to an American father and British mother. I'm a student here in Britain, at SOAS, doing (surprise, surprise ) politics. I'm also a member of the Labour Party and I've worked for Labour MPs in the past, though by no means am I some unreformed New Labour type. I mean, I go as far as to describe myself as a socialist.

Despite that, I am fascinated by American politics and I've been looking for quite a while for a good American political forum. I've looked at a lot of political forums and it always seems to descend into quite nasty, illogical arguments. I'd signed up to this site a while ago but now I'm back, I've had another look around and I have to say that most of the threads do seem to be a lot more interesting and the arguments more valid than in a lot of other forums.

I'm sure I'll enjoy reading what you all have to say.