US Election: Live Blog.
Howdy! Richard here (webmaster of this parish). My friend Henry—who I’ve known for far too long—and I will be live blogging the US election tomorrow from 10 p.m. We’ll be covering the battlegrounds,...
View ArticleAh, so here is Nesrine’s considered view
So here we are. Kemi Badenoch is the leader of the Conservative party. That’s another couple of firsts that the Tories have beaten Labour to. So far, the Conservatives have elected the first Asian...
View ArticleWill Hutton’s nonsense again
There is a consensus among economists that a precondition for higher growth is higher levels of investment, and that one of the most certain ways of lifting investment levels is for the state to...
View ArticleFrom Kemi
Of course Spud thinks this is horrific: Politics is no longer about class in the old sense – increasingly, whether you are high income does not drive your voting patterns. Educated voters are moving...
View ArticleIf only, if only…,.
Mr Davies’s neighbour Ann said: “£150 is a lot of money for a pensioner. You cannot speak to the council on the phone, it has to be [by] email. Not everyone has the internet. Hopefully when people...
View ArticleThe old ways are best, eh?
A mass outbreak of suspected food poisoning has caused “carnage” across two university halls in New Zealand, with reports of early morning queues for toilets, vomit dripping down building windows and...
View ArticleNo, no, this is not the green eyed God at all
Someone had to pay. Is this a “class”-based budget, the chancellor is asked on the BBC? No, it’s raising money urgently needed for the NHS and all public services. Someone has to pay, and if not the...
View ArticleIs this blog still readable in the South tho’?
Clichéd images of the north have historically revolved around whippets and flat caps — but now a judge has added swearing to the list of stereotypes. Overseeing a tribunal in Manchester, Judge Jetinder...
View ArticleAh, so it was performative then
Raucous cheers went up in the Trump campaign headquarters as he won in Iowa, overturning an influential poll which had predicted his defeat. That poll that showed the wimmins wimming it for K because...
View ArticleSo, as I read it, we’re back in the Trump Era.
Well done to the laddie, obviously. Most slink off into the night after a defeat. Now we’ve got to find out how much of his varied promises were simply performative election stuff and how much serious...
View ArticleWell, sorta and yes but…..
Foreign offenders jailed for crimes in the UK could be deported as soon as they are convicted rather than serve their sentences in Britain under plans being considered by ministers to tackle prison...
View ArticleAhahahahaha
Economic reporters have been waiting decades to be able to say this: Russian butter prices are surging as Vladimir Putin prioritises defence spending over protecting his country from the impact of...
View ArticleEh?
I am this morning, most of all, profoundly worried for the safety and well-being of literally millions of Americans who must now face significantly enhanced risk and the possibility of major...
View ArticleThank you and goodnight!
We’ll update the state by state analysis later (or when the legal wrangling finishes in a weeks time!). Thank you for the comments and thanks to Timmy for letting us ramble for 24 hours! By goodnight...
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View ArticleAn interesting lesson
By 12.30am the swing state of Georgia – the closest run result of any state at the last election – was going Trump’s way, with an increase in support among independent and Latino voters, and a few...
View ArticleEver so slightly odd
An NHS nurse was suspended for more than two years after a patient claimed she was pregnant with his child, an employment tribunal has heard. So, she worked on a ward for crims who were nutters. One of...
View ArticleAh, but the reason why…..
Special counsel prosecutors will shut down their criminal cases against Donald Trump before he takes office, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter, after his stunning victory...
View ArticleDunno, is Rhiannon an idiot, ignorant, or a cretin?
Maybe it’s all just performative? Women across the world are today experiencing the visceral, secondhand body horror of another Trump administration, and that is nothing compared with the all-too-real...
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There are others who undoubtedly want to rid the country of, as they see it, those who have arrived illegally, without considering the fact that the vast majority of Americans are descended from those...
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