This story was flagged by users, no doubt because politics are mostly off-topic here and flamewars, which inflammatory topics predictably produce, are the worst.
However, more than one user emailed to plead the case for the article, arguing that it is substantive and pointing out that the discussion has so far mostly remained civil (a small miracle in relative terms), so we'll try turning the flags off on this one.
If the thread gets nasty we'll have to turn them back on, so if you add a comment here, please ensure that it is extra civil and substantive.