Illuminating, is it not, that MI and a number of other Brits choose to frequent Free Republic rather than a comparable British site?
And, you may ask, why is that?
Because there is no British site comparable to Free Republic.
We also have many frequenters from Australia and Poland, as two additional examples. Freeper impact is international.
FreeBritannia was good (MadIvan founder?) was pretty good, but "Sic transit......"
You quidnunc, it IS possible that MadIvan HAS A LIFE AWAY from the computer! He's got a couple of other sites that he manages, so I imagine THAT keeps him pretty busy.