As Lola McEvoy said when she thanked him for his speech (it proceeded hers) it was quite a polished contribution that he has had 21 years to prepare—so thank you to him.
Well, one thing is for sure now. Kamala will bring far more energy and vibrancy to the Dem campaign than Biden had any hope of mustering even on one of his good days.
Just watched the Harris speech.
It’s doing nothing to contradict my view that I’ve had for some time that Vice President was not the right role for her.
She is a world away from that awkward figure who sorta hid away and popped up at the odd event to spout stream of consciousness gobbledygook. She looks like she’s found her stride.
She is never going to be the greatest orator, and don’t get me wrong there’s a lot of road ahead, but the contrast is really stark. Makes you wonder where this Kamala Harris has been hiding for 4 years.
I'm getting a real "Everyone suddenly burst out singing" vibe which I have never had from politics before. Sort of thing the dimmer lefties apparently got from the smarmy murderous Blairfest of 1997.
Some of the tumescent (quite literally in some cases) posts about Kamala Harris on PB today are best read on an empty stomach.
I have nothing against the lady, she seems quite nice. But let's rein it in just a tad.
How can you tell about the "quite literally"? Except about yourself, of course. Congrats! But personally I am not sexually aroused by KH, just delighted to have a normal human being in the frame.
Well, one thing is for sure now. Kamala will bring far more energy and vibrancy to the Dem campaign than Biden had any hope of mustering even on one of his good days.
Just watched the Harris speech.
It’s doing nothing to contradict my view that I’ve had for some time that Vice President was not the right role for her.
She is a world away from that awkward figure who sorta hid away and popped up at the odd event to spout stream of consciousness gobbledygook. She looks like she’s found her stride.
She is never going to be the greatest orator, and don’t get me wrong there’s a lot of road ahead, but the contrast is really stark. Makes you wonder where this Kamala Harris has been hiding for 4 years.
I'm getting a real "Everyone suddenly burst out singing" vibe which I have never had from politics before. Sort of thing the dimmer lefties apparently got from the smarmy murderous Blairfest of 1997.
Some of the tumescent (quite literally in some cases) posts about Kamala Harris on PB today are best read on an empty stomach.
I have nothing against the lady, she seems quite nice. But let's rein it in just a tad.
It is the Kamalagasm. And it’s as awks as anyone climaxing in public
However, in this case it can be forgiven. Whatever your opinions, the prospect of Trump v Biden 2.0 was fucking dismal as shit. So I share some of the ebullient relief
I still deeply dislike both parties. The Dems for their Wokeness, Trump because he’s Trump. But I sense Woke is in retreat and Trump is still an evil old fuck? Who knows…
I’d like a sane hard right but NATO-friendly GOP candidate. That’s not on offer. The offer is Trump
Eesh. I’d reluctantly vote for Kamala
Either way, the incoming President won't dislike the UK as much as the outgoing one, so that's nice.
Well, one thing is for sure now. Kamala will bring far more energy and vibrancy to the Dem campaign than Biden had any hope of mustering even on one of his good days.
Just watched the Harris speech.
It’s doing nothing to contradict my view that I’ve had for some time that Vice President was not the right role for her.
She is a world away from that awkward figure who sorta hid away and popped up at the odd event to spout stream of consciousness gobbledygook. She looks like she’s found her stride.
She is never going to be the greatest orator, and don’t get me wrong there’s a lot of road ahead, but the contrast is really stark. Makes you wonder where this Kamala Harris has been hiding for 4 years.
I'm getting a real "Everyone suddenly burst out singing" vibe which I have never had from politics before. Sort of thing the dimmer lefties apparently got from the smarmy murderous Blairfest of 1997.
Some of the tumescent (quite literally in some cases) posts about Kamala Harris on PB today are best read on an empty stomach.
I have nothing against the lady, she seems quite nice. But let's rein it in just a tad.
Oh don’t get me wrong, Harris is flawed as a candidate and it is still very much up in the air whether she can beat Trump. Her campaign record is not great.
But I can’t help but say what I see, which is that she is much more fired up and comes across much better as a candidate than she has ever been able to demonstrate in her time as VP. I’m speaking as I find.
Well, one thing is for sure now. Kamala will bring far more energy and vibrancy to the Dem campaign than Biden had any hope of mustering even on one of his good days.
Just watched the Harris speech.
It’s doing nothing to contradict my view that I’ve had for some time that Vice President was not the right role for her.
She is a world away from that awkward figure who sorta hid away and popped up at the odd event to spout stream of consciousness gobbledygook. She looks like she’s found her stride.
She is never going to be the greatest orator, and don’t get me wrong there’s a lot of road ahead, but the contrast is really stark. Makes you wonder where this Kamala Harris has been hiding for 4 years.
I'm getting a real "Everyone suddenly burst out singing" vibe which I have never had from politics before. Sort of thing the dimmer lefties apparently got from the smarmy murderous Blairfest of 1997.
Some of the tumescent (quite literally in some cases) posts about Kamala Harris on PB today are best read on an empty stomach.
I have nothing against the lady, she seems quite nice. But let's rein it in just a tad.
How can you tell about the "quite literally"? Except about yourself, of course. Congrats! But personally I am not sexually aroused by KH, just delighted to have a normal human being in the frame.
I won't highlight the posts - let's draw a polite veil.
So those 4 children were all under court orders since April to stay with extended family, and last Thursday was because there was a fear of them being removed from the country.
"The court heard the children were all foreign nationals without settled status in the UK, and it could be difficult for them to return to Britain."
Why are we trying to keep them in the country?, no doubt at taxpayers expense for welfare payments as well as all the agencies time.
Not like they are going to North Korea. I thought Romania are esteemed allies who subscribe to all human rights nostrums as EU members, so let them go, send Romanian Embassy a report that they are going and tell them the Romanian Social Services might want to read it then close the case.
Of course a lot of work and money for various professionals and lawyers at taxpayers expense if they are prevented from leaving.
Because - and I don’t know the facts of this case - they are vulnerable children at risk.
There is a moral duty to intervene to protect them
The UK government also has a moral duty to not impoverish the citizens of the UK by pointlessly and expensively trying to better the lives of everyone in the world; and also to not destroy the urban culture and trust of UK society by importing seven billion people a year, many of them openly contemptuous of our values
I fear these other duties have been forgotten to such an extent the UK is now beyond saving - for its own citizens
Don't be silly. You really, really can judge a society by how it treats its prisoners and a fortiori by what lengths it goes to to prevent the abuse, torture, murder etc of its children (and these children are as much citizens as anyone else is)
Yes indeed. We allowed 100,000+ underage white girls to be raped by racist Muslim grooming gangs, because we were afraid of “inflaming community tensions”. THAT is how Britain tries to “prevent the abuse of its children”. By literally ignoring the greatest crime in a century
Well, one thing is for sure now. Kamala will bring far more energy and vibrancy to the Dem campaign than Biden had any hope of mustering even on one of his good days.
Just watched the Harris speech.
It’s doing nothing to contradict my view that I’ve had for some time that Vice President was not the right role for her.
She is a world away from that awkward figure who sorta hid away and popped up at the odd event to spout stream of consciousness gobbledygook. She looks like she’s found her stride.
She is never going to be the greatest orator, and don’t get me wrong there’s a lot of road ahead, but the contrast is really stark. Makes you wonder where this Kamala Harris has been hiding for 4 years.
I'm getting a real "Everyone suddenly burst out singing" vibe which I have never had from politics before. Sort of thing the dimmer lefties apparently got from the smarmy murderous Blairfest of 1997.
Some of the tumescent (quite literally in some cases) posts about Kamala Harris on PB today are best read on an empty stomach.
I have nothing against the lady, she seems quite nice. But let's rein it in just a tad.
It is the Kamalagasm. And it’s as awks as anyone climaxing in public
However, in this case it can be forgiven. Whatever your opinions, the prospect of Trump v Biden 2.0 was fucking dismal as shit. So I share some of the ebullient relief
I still deeply dislike both parties. The Dems for their Wokeness, Trump because he’s Trump. But I sense Woke is in retreat and Trump is still an evil old fuck? Who knows…
I’d like a sane hard right but NATO-friendly GOP candidate. That’s not on offer. The offer is Trump
Eesh. I’d reluctantly vote for Kamala
It's notable how she seemed like such a boring person as VP, whereas now seems much more interesting.
Well, one thing is for sure now. Kamala will bring far more energy and vibrancy to the Dem campaign than Biden had any hope of mustering even on one of his good days.
Just watched the Harris speech.
It’s doing nothing to contradict my view that I’ve had for some time that Vice President was not the right role for her.
She is a world away from that awkward figure who sorta hid away and popped up at the odd event to spout stream of consciousness gobbledygook. She looks like she’s found her stride.
She is never going to be the greatest orator, and don’t get me wrong there’s a lot of road ahead, but the contrast is really stark. Makes you wonder where this Kamala Harris has been hiding for 4 years.
I'm getting a real "Everyone suddenly burst out singing" vibe which I have never had from politics before. Sort of thing the dimmer lefties apparently got from the smarmy murderous Blairfest of 1997.
Some of the tumescent (quite literally in some cases) posts about Kamala Harris on PB today are best read on an empty stomach.
I have nothing against the lady, she seems quite nice. But let's rein it in just a tad.
It is the Kamalagasm. And it’s as awks as anyone climaxing in public
However, in this case it can be forgiven. Whatever your opinions, the prospect of Trump v Biden 2.0 was fucking dismal as shit. So I share some of the ebullient relief
I still deeply dislike both parties. The Dems for their Wokeness, Trump because he’s Trump. But I sense Woke is in retreat and Trump is still an evil old fuck? Who knows…
I’d like a sane hard right but NATO-friendly GOP candidate. That’s not on offer. The offer is Trump
Eesh. I’d reluctantly vote for Kamala
It's notable how she seemed like such a boring person as VP, whereas now seems much more interesting.
If anyone needs an insight into why many African Americans are oh so very angry, BBC4 are showing the Storyville on the Attica jail riot. Unusually hardly any nuance in the shittiness of the behaviour of the authorities. Bleak and depressing if you can cope with it.
Pacinos character refers to it in Dog Day Afternoon, when surrounded by law enforcement outside the bank he is holding up.
Well, one thing is for sure now. Kamala will bring far more energy and vibrancy to the Dem campaign than Biden had any hope of mustering even on one of his good days.
Just watched the Harris speech.
It’s doing nothing to contradict my view that I’ve had for some time that Vice President was not the right role for her.
She is a world away from that awkward figure who sorta hid away and popped up at the odd event to spout stream of consciousness gobbledygook. She looks like she’s found her stride.
She is never going to be the greatest orator, and don’t get me wrong there’s a lot of road ahead, but the contrast is really stark. Makes you wonder where this Kamala Harris has been hiding for 4 years.
I'm getting a real "Everyone suddenly burst out singing" vibe which I have never had from politics before. Sort of thing the dimmer lefties apparently got from the smarmy murderous Blairfest of 1997.
Some of the tumescent (quite literally in some cases) posts about Kamala Harris on PB today are best read on an empty stomach.
I have nothing against the lady, she seems quite nice. But let's rein it in just a tad.
It is the Kamalagasm. And it’s as awks as anyone climaxing in public
However, in this case it can be forgiven. Whatever your opinions, the prospect of Trump v Biden 2.0 was fucking dismal as shit. So I share some of the ebullient relief
I still deeply dislike both parties. The Dems for their Wokeness, Trump because he’s Trump. But I sense Woke is in retreat and Trump is still an evil old fuck? Who knows…
I’d like a sane hard right but NATO-friendly GOP candidate. That’s not on offer. The offer is Trump
Eesh. I’d reluctantly vote for Kamala
It's notable how she seemed like such a boring person as VP, whereas now seems much more interesting.
She may surprise on the upside, like Liz Truss
She may even be able to find her way out of a room unaided. The bar to leader of the free world is quite high these days.
So those 4 children were all under court orders since April to stay with extended family, and last Thursday was because there was a fear of them being removed from the country.
"The court heard the children were all foreign nationals without settled status in the UK, and it could be difficult for them to return to Britain."
Why are we trying to keep them in the country?, no doubt at taxpayers expense for welfare payments as well as all the agencies time.
Not like they are going to North Korea. I thought Romania are esteemed allies who subscribe to all human rights nostrums as EU members, so let them go, send Romanian Embassy a report that they are going and tell them the Romanian Social Services might want to read it then close the case.
Of course a lot of work and money for various professionals and lawyers at taxpayers expense if they are prevented from leaving.
Because - and I don’t know the facts of this case - they are vulnerable children at risk.
There is a moral duty to intervene to protect them
The UK government also has a moral duty to not impoverish the citizens of the UK by pointlessly and expensively trying to better the lives of everyone in the world; and also to not destroy the urban culture and trust of UK society by importing seven billion people a year, many of them openly contemptuous of our values
I fear these other duties have been forgotten to such an extent the UK is now beyond saving - for its own citizens
Don't be silly. You really, really can judge a society by how it treats its prisoners and a fortiori by what lengths it goes to to prevent the abuse, torture, murder etc of its children (and these children are as much citizens as anyone else is)
Yes indeed. We allowed 100,000+ underage white girls to be raped by racist Muslim grooming gangs, because we were afraid of “inflaming community tensions”. THAT is how Britain tries to “prevent the abuse of its children”. By literally ignoring the greatest crime in a century
I neither allowed nor ignored it, but taking it out on other children seems wrong to me,
It will be quite interesting to watch the inevitable framing of Harris vs Trump as "Prosecutor vs Felon", and how far it reaches into the perceptions of independents.
Well, one thing is for sure now. Kamala will bring far more energy and vibrancy to the Dem campaign than Biden had any hope of mustering even on one of his good days.
It sure makes a real difference in comparison to watching every Biden appearance through one’s fingers, rooting for him to get through it without stumbling over either his words or his feet.
THREE-WAY Kamala Harris 42% Donald Trump 38% RFK Jr. 8%
MoE +/-3%
And we’re off. I do suspect in the end it’s not going to be close. As I’ve always said what does a convicted felon who’s had to pay millions to a woman he’s sexually assaulted and who was prepared to let a mob murder his own running mate have to offer swing voters?
Well, one thing is for sure now. Kamala will bring far more energy and vibrancy to the Dem campaign than Biden had any hope of mustering even on one of his good days.
Just watched the Harris speech.
It’s doing nothing to contradict my view that I’ve had for some time that Vice President was not the right role for her.
She is a world away from that awkward figure who sorta hid away and popped up at the odd event to spout stream of consciousness gobbledygook. She looks like she’s found her stride.
She is never going to be the greatest orator, and don’t get me wrong there’s a lot of road ahead, but the contrast is really stark. Makes you wonder where this Kamala Harris has been hiding for 4 years.
Vice Presidency of the United States is famously, traditionally, historically one of the inherently crap jobs of American politics. As in the old story, one brother was lost at sea and the other was elected Vice President; neither was ever heard from again. Lots of time just standing by, and if votes are tight in the Senate, waiting to break ties the way the President wants 'em breaking, At all times VP is constrained by POTUS in thought, word and deed. Lots of gory details but you get the picture.
Of course always prospect of advancement thanks to some mad gunman, or even less violent ways. PLUS since 1952 when "I Like Ike" lead to Ike picks Dick, the Vice Presidency has been seen as a viable path to the White House, which it really wasn't before.
SO severe constraint and constant boredom combined with high stress and weird hours. Generally NOT much mitigated by efforts to make the job of VP be more consequential, or at least to appear that way.
Just walked out of this Aveyron village, loaded with saucisson, tomatoes, superb bread, a stupidly good wine from collioure (???), chocolate, raspberries, bayonne ham. Sat above an orchard overlooking the Tarn valley and the stone villages thereof. The light dimmed to faded sapphire then twinkling purple-black. We talked of life and death and whether it’s better to be a mule or a donkey, and we concocted a stupid poem about “jonquils”
Walked home in the deepening darkness. Said Bon nuit to our landlord Pascal
There are literally no foreign tourists here. It’s so amazingly quiet you can hear families laughing 2km across the valley. Nightingales
Are you going to Albi? Lovely town further down the Tarn.
I went last year. Indeed rather nice
I’m moving on to another part of “lost France” once I have safely decanted my older daughter back to Blighty
I know what you mean, but your use of the word "decanted" makes me think your daughter is an embryo carried in a glass amniotic sac in your pocket, possibly glowing slightly. It's an odd image.
THREE-WAY Kamala Harris 42% Donald Trump 38% RFK Jr. 8%
MoE +/-3%
And we’re off. I do suspect in the end it’s not going to be close. As I’ve always said what does a convicted felon who’s had to pay millions to a woman he’s sexually assaulted and who was prepared to let a mob murder his own running mate have to offer swing voters?
For the white working class Trump offers tariffs on imports while pushing US goods, cuts in immigration and anti wokeism.
For the wealthy suburbanites he offers tax cuts, for Jews he offers to stand up for Israel, for evangelicals he enabled the end of Roe v Wade
For the white working class Trump offers tariffs on imports. Who pays the tariffs? The white working class. 100% tariffs on Chinese imports are not paid by China. They are paid by Americans. Big uplift in cost of living as Kamala will eloquently explain.
Whose jobs went to China, Mexico and Asia? The costs of globalisation have been borne by the west's WWC .
True. But it will take time for businesses to invest in the US to substitute for Chinese goods behind the tariff barrier. In the meantime inflation will shoot up as US consumers pay the tariff. Possibly good long term intentions. Short and medium term a political disaster. Much better to slowly crank up tariffs rather than impose an immediate 100% tariff on Chinese goods.
Trump wants the Chinese to build factories in the US.
Fair enough. But that takes time. In the meantime inflation soars.
Targeted sanctions can make sense. Though for now the Chinese car manufacturers have limited interest in the US market - whether building factories there, or exporting to it - because of the political uncertainty.
And Trump’s across the board tariff proposals are nonsense.
So those 4 children were all under court orders since April to stay with extended family, and last Thursday was because there was a fear of them being removed from the country.
"The court heard the children were all foreign nationals without settled status in the UK, and it could be difficult for them to return to Britain."
Why are we trying to keep them in the country?, no doubt at taxpayers expense for welfare payments as well as all the agencies time.
Not like they are going to North Korea. I thought Romania are esteemed allies who subscribe to all human rights nostrums as EU members, so let them go, send Romanian Embassy a report that they are going and tell them the Romanian Social Services might want to read it then close the case.
Of course a lot of work and money for various professionals and lawyers at taxpayers expense if they are prevented from leaving.
Because - and I don’t know the facts of this case - they are vulnerable children at risk.
There is a moral duty to intervene to protect them
The UK government also has a moral duty to not impoverish the citizens of the UK by pointlessly and expensively trying to better the lives of everyone in the world; and also to not destroy the urban culture and trust of UK society by importing seven billion people a year, many of them openly contemptuous of our values
I fear these other duties have been forgotten to such an extent the UK is now beyond saving - for its own citizens
Don't be silly. You really, really can judge a society by how it treats its prisoners and a fortiori by what lengths it goes to to prevent the abuse, torture, murder etc of its children (and these children are as much citizens as anyone else is)
Yes indeed. We allowed 100,000+ underage white girls to be raped by racist Muslim grooming gangs, because we were afraid of “inflaming community tensions”. THAT is how Britain tries to “prevent the abuse of its children”. By literally ignoring the greatest crime in a century
I neither allowed nor ignored it, but taking it out on other children seems wrong to me,
Taking what out, they are a Romanian Family, without British Citizenship or settled status and they want to go back to Romania. Who are we to have some neo colonial attitude implying Eastern Europeans and their governments are soft on child abuse and not to be trusted with the welfare of their own citizens?
Just walked out of this Aveyron village, loaded with saucisson, tomatoes, superb bread, a stupidly good wine from collioure (???), chocolate, raspberries, bayonne ham. Sat above an orchard overlooking the Tarn valley and the stone villages thereof. The light dimmed to faded sapphire then twinkling purple-black. We talked of life and death and whether it’s better to be a mule or a donkey, and we concocted a stupid poem about “jonquils”
Walked home in the deepening darkness. Said Bon nuit to our landlord Pascal
There are literally no foreign tourists here. It’s so amazingly quiet you can hear families laughing 2km across the valley. Nightingales
Are you going to Albi? Lovely town further down the Tarn.
I went last year. Indeed rather nice
I’m moving on to another part of “lost France” once I have safely decanted my older daughter back to Blighty
I know what you mean, but your use of the word "decanted" makes me think your daughter is an embryo carried in a glass amniotic sac in your pocket, possibly glowing slightly. It's an odd image.
She’s precious! Like a fine wine. I transport her gently. She’s my beloved and very funny if eccentric offspring
We share a vividly surreal sense of humour. Which is quite crucial. There aren’t many better things than riffing comedically and effectively with your own kids
So those 4 children were all under court orders since April to stay with extended family, and last Thursday was because there was a fear of them being removed from the country.
"The court heard the children were all foreign nationals without settled status in the UK, and it could be difficult for them to return to Britain."
Why are we trying to keep them in the country?, no doubt at taxpayers expense for welfare payments as well as all the agencies time.
Not like they are going to North Korea. I thought Romania are esteemed allies who subscribe to all human rights nostrums as EU members, so let them go, send Romanian Embassy a report that they are going and tell them the Romanian Social Services might want to read it then close the case.
Of course a lot of work and money for various professionals and lawyers at taxpayers expense if they are prevented from leaving.
Because - and I don’t know the facts of this case - they are vulnerable children at risk.
There is a moral duty to intervene to protect them
The UK government also has a moral duty to not impoverish the citizens of the UK by pointlessly and expensively trying to better the lives of everyone in the world; and also to not destroy the urban culture and trust of UK society by importing seven billion people a year, many of them openly contemptuous of our values
I fear these other duties have been forgotten to such an extent the UK is now beyond saving - for its own citizens
Don't be silly. You really, really can judge a society by how it treats its prisoners and a fortiori by what lengths it goes to to prevent the abuse, torture, murder etc of its children (and these children are as much citizens as anyone else is)
Yes indeed. We allowed 100,000+ underage white girls to be raped by racist Muslim grooming gangs, because we were afraid of “inflaming community tensions”. THAT is how Britain tries to “prevent the abuse of its children”. By literally ignoring the greatest crime in a century
I neither allowed nor ignored it, but taking it out on other children seems wrong to me,
Taking what out, they are a Romanian Family, without British Citizenship or settled status and they want to go back to Romania. Who are we to have some neo colonial attitude implying Eastern Europeans and governments are soft on child abuse and not to be trusted with the welfare of their own citizens?
With respect to the strange nature of the Vice Presidency in US politics, the selection of Theodore Roosevelt as William McKinley's running mate on the 1900 Republican ticket, is one of the weirdest AND most significant examples.
Because the "Easy Boss" of New York State GOP politics at the turn of 19th > 20th century was US Sen. Tom Platt, wanted to get newly-elected Gov. Theodore Roosevelt the hell out of Albany, where the Gov was opposing, hindering, exposing dirty deals by many of Platt's corporate donors & henchpeople.
McKinley's first VP had died in office, so he needed another. Platt argued that TR would not only help carry NY State THE battleground state of the epoch. AND that the Hero of San Juan Hill would add luster and vigor to the ticket. Essentially a Mini-Me for McKinley.
Political backer and campaign manager Mark Hanna famously warned WMcK that he should NOT pick Roosevelt, and put a "cowboy" within a heart beat of the Presidency. But he did . . . and the rest is history.
But it did get TR out of Tom Platt's hair up in Albany.
Harry Cole @MrHarryCole · 2h Ruthless Starmer strikes again.
And rightly so to secure his authority. Clown days are over.
Apsana Begum, Richard Burgon, Ian Byrne, Imran Hussain, Rebecca Long-Bailey, John McDonnell and Zarah Sultana all suspended for six months.
Fair play…
It seems highly probable that Corbyn's pro gaza group and Ref UK will start to pick up defections.
Right away? Perhaps not. But given how many people get suspended per Parliament and that this time Reform and the Gaza Bros are ready to receive the suspended, the odds at some point are pretty good.
Well, one thing is for sure now. Kamala will bring far more energy and vibrancy to the Dem campaign than Biden had any hope of mustering even on one of his good days.
Just watched the Harris speech.
It’s doing nothing to contradict my view that I’ve had for some time that Vice President was not the right role for her.
She is a world away from that awkward figure who sorta hid away and popped up at the odd event to spout stream of consciousness gobbledygook. She looks like she’s found her stride.
She is never going to be the greatest orator, and don’t get me wrong there’s a lot of road ahead, but the contrast is really stark. Makes you wonder where this Kamala Harris has been hiding for 4 years.
I'm getting a real "Everyone suddenly burst out singing" vibe which I have never had from politics before. Sort of thing the dimmer lefties apparently got from the smarmy murderous Blairfest of 1997.
Some of the tumescent (quite literally in some cases) posts about Kamala Harris on PB today are best read on an empty stomach.
I have nothing against the lady, she seems quite nice. But let's rein it in just a tad.
It is the Kamalagasm. And it’s as awks as anyone climaxing in public
However, in this case it can be forgiven. Whatever your opinions, the prospect of Trump v Biden 2.0 was fucking dismal as shit. So I share some of the ebullient relief
I still deeply dislike both parties. The Dems for their Wokeness, Trump because he’s Trump. But I sense Woke is in retreat and Trump is still an evil old fuck? Who knows…
I’d like a sane hard right but NATO-friendly GOP candidate. That’s not on offer. The offer is Trump
Eesh. I’d reluctantly vote for Kamala
Either way, the incoming President won't dislike the UK as much as the outgoing one, so that's nice.
Is Kamala not a Britophobe then? That'll be a nice change.
With respect to the strange nature of the Vice Presidency in US politics, the selection of Theodore Roosevelt as William McKinley's running mate on the 1900 Republican ticket, is one of the weirdest AND most significant examples.
Because the "Easy Boss" of New York State GOP politics at the turn of 19th > 20th century was US Sen. Tom Platt, wanted to get newly-elected Gov. Theodore Roosevelt the hell out of Albany, where the Gov was opposing, hindering, exposing dirty deals by many of Platt's corporate donors & henchpeople.
McKinley's first VP had died in office, so he needed another. Platt argued that TR would not only help carry NY State THE battleground state of the epoch. AND that the Hero of San Juan Hill would add luster and vigor to the ticket. Essentially a Mini-Me for McKinley.
Political backer and campaign manager Mark Hanna famously warned WMcK that he should NOT pick Roosevelt, and put a "cowboy" within a heart beat of the Presidency. But he did . . . and the rest is history.
But it did get TR out of Tom Platt's hair up in Albany.
Still reckon they should have gone back to the runner up becoming VP. Trump being Biden's VP would have solved all issues.
So those 4 children were all under court orders since April to stay with extended family, and last Thursday was because there was a fear of them being removed from the country.
"The court heard the children were all foreign nationals without settled status in the UK, and it could be difficult for them to return to Britain."
Why are we trying to keep them in the country?, no doubt at taxpayers expense for welfare payments as well as all the agencies time.
Not like they are going to North Korea. I thought Romania are esteemed allies who subscribe to all human rights nostrums as EU members, so let them go, send Romanian Embassy a report that they are going and tell them the Romanian Social Services might want to read it then close the case.
Of course a lot of work and money for various professionals and lawyers at taxpayers expense if they are prevented from leaving.
Because - and I don’t know the facts of this case - they are vulnerable children at risk.
There is a moral duty to intervene to protect them
The UK government also has a moral duty to not impoverish the citizens of the UK by pointlessly and expensively trying to better the lives of everyone in the world; and also to not destroy the urban culture and trust of UK society by importing seven billion people a year, many of them openly contemptuous of our values
I fear these other duties have been forgotten to such an extent the UK is now beyond saving - for its own citizens
Don't be silly. You really, really can judge a society by how it treats its prisoners and a fortiori by what lengths it goes to to prevent the abuse, torture, murder etc of its children (and these children are as much citizens as anyone else is)
Yes indeed. We allowed 100,000+ underage white girls to be raped by racist Muslim grooming gangs, because we were afraid of “inflaming community tensions”. THAT is how Britain tries to “prevent the abuse of its children”. By literally ignoring the greatest crime in a century
I neither allowed nor ignored it, but taking it out on other children seems wrong to me,
Taking what out, they are a Romanian Family, without British Citizenship or settled status and they want to go back to Romania. Who are we to have some neo colonial attitude implying Eastern Europeans and their governments are soft on child abuse and not to be trusted with the welfare of their own citizens?
Not sure how Romanian government is on child abuse, but do know they are damn hard on the Roma.
So those 4 children were all under court orders since April to stay with extended family, and last Thursday was because there was a fear of them being removed from the country.
"The court heard the children were all foreign nationals without settled status in the UK, and it could be difficult for them to return to Britain."
Why are we trying to keep them in the country?, no doubt at taxpayers expense for welfare payments as well as all the agencies time.
Not like they are going to North Korea. I thought Romania are esteemed allies who subscribe to all human rights nostrums as EU members, so let them go, send Romanian Embassy a report that they are going and tell them the Romanian Social Services might want to read it then close the case.
Of course a lot of work and money for various professionals and lawyers at taxpayers expense if they are prevented from leaving.
Because - and I don’t know the facts of this case - they are vulnerable children at risk.
There is a moral duty to intervene to protect them
The UK government also has a moral duty to not impoverish the citizens of the UK by pointlessly and expensively trying to better the lives of everyone in the world; and also to not destroy the urban culture and trust of UK society by importing seven billion people a year, many of them openly contemptuous of our values
I fear these other duties have been forgotten to such an extent the UK is now beyond saving - for its own citizens
Don't be silly. You really, really can judge a society by how it treats its prisoners and a fortiori by what lengths it goes to to prevent the abuse, torture, murder etc of its children (and these children are as much citizens as anyone else is)
Yes indeed. We allowed 100,000+ underage white girls to be raped by racist Muslim grooming gangs, because we were afraid of “inflaming community tensions”. THAT is how Britain tries to “prevent the abuse of its children”. By literally ignoring the greatest crime in a century
I neither allowed nor ignored it, but taking it out on other children seems wrong to me,
Taking what out, they are a Romanian Family, without British Citizenship or settled status and they want to go back to Romania. Who are we to have some neo colonial attitude implying Eastern Europeans and their governments are soft on child abuse and not to be trusted with the welfare of their own citizens?
Not sure how Romanian government is on child abuse, but do know they are damn hard on the Roma.
But they are esteemed Nato allies and a fellow member states of the European Court of Human Rights appointing judges to it that rule over the actions of the UK government, a place that our government was happy to have UK citizens extradited to without evidence under the European Arrest Warrant?
Well, one thing is for sure now. Kamala will bring far more energy and vibrancy to the Dem campaign than Biden had any hope of mustering even on one of his good days.
Just watched the Harris speech.
It’s doing nothing to contradict my view that I’ve had for some time that Vice President was not the right role for her.
She is a world away from that awkward figure who sorta hid away and popped up at the odd event to spout stream of consciousness gobbledygook. She looks like she’s found her stride.
She is never going to be the greatest orator, and don’t get me wrong there’s a lot of road ahead, but the contrast is really stark. Makes you wonder where this Kamala Harris has been hiding for 4 years.
I'm getting a real "Everyone suddenly burst out singing" vibe which I have never had from politics before. Sort of thing the dimmer lefties apparently got from the smarmy murderous Blairfest of 1997.
Some of the tumescent (quite literally in some cases) posts about Kamala Harris on PB today are best read on an empty stomach.
I have nothing against the lady, she seems quite nice. But let's rein it in just a tad.
It is the Kamalagasm. And it’s as awks as anyone climaxing in public
However, in this case it can be forgiven. Whatever your opinions, the prospect of Trump v Biden 2.0 was fucking dismal as shit. So I share some of the ebullient relief
I still deeply dislike both parties. The Dems for their Wokeness, Trump because he’s Trump. But I sense Woke is in retreat and Trump is still an evil old fuck? Who knows…
I’d like a sane hard right but NATO-friendly GOP candidate. That’s not on offer. The offer is Trump
Eesh. I’d reluctantly vote for Kamala
Either way, the incoming President won't dislike the UK as much as the outgoing one, so that's nice.
Is Kamala not a Britophobe then? That'll be a nice change.
Fascinatingly, both her parents (mother India, father Jamaica) were subjects of the British Empire. She’s very British, in a peculiar way
Our rainy archipelago continues to cast an outsize shadow on the world
This does NOT mean she will be Brit-o-philic, of course. Quite possibly the opposite
BJO fans please explain Green Tory polling so low.
Go and cheer on Genocide along with your hero
You claim that Ukraine "can't win their war". Can Hamas win THEIR war?
The innocents slaughtered in Gaza can't thats for sure.
But can Hamas win?
Wouldnt have thought so but as SKS is not offering them £3Bn of taxpayers money a year like he is Zelensky you are as usual completely missing the point.
Celebrate your Kid Starving victory
Indeed, a double victory. 1) Government neithwr frittering money needlessly nor creating perverse incentives which will only increaae child poverty, and 2) SKS rids himself, albeit temporarily, of half a dozen or so of the party's more unappealing characters. Well done SKS.
THREE-WAY Kamala Harris 42% Donald Trump 38% RFK Jr. 8%
MoE +/-3%
And we’re off. I do suspect in the end it’s not going to be close. As I’ve always said what does a convicted felon who’s had to pay millions to a woman he’s sexually assaulted and who was prepared to let a mob murder his own running mate have to offer swing voters?
For the white working class Trump offers tariffs on imports while pushing US goods, cuts in immigration and anti wokeism.
For the wealthy suburbanites he offers tax cuts, for Jews he offers to stand up for Israel, for evangelicals he enabled the end of Roe v Wade
For the white working class Trump offers tariffs on imports. Who pays the tariffs? The white working class. 100% tariffs on Chinese imports are not paid by China. They are paid by Americans. Big uplift in cost of living as Kamala will eloquently explain.
Whose jobs went to China, Mexico and Asia? The costs of globalisation have been borne by the west's WWC .
True. But it will take time for businesses to invest in the US to substitute for Chinese goods behind the tariff barrier. In the meantime inflation will shoot up as US consumers pay the tariff. Possibly good long term intentions. Short and medium term a political disaster. Much better to slowly crank up tariffs rather than impose an immediate 100% tariff on Chinese goods.
Trump wants the Chinese to build factories in the US.
Fair enough. But that takes time. In the meantime inflation soars.
THREE-WAY Kamala Harris 42% Donald Trump 38% RFK Jr. 8%
MoE +/-3%
And we’re off. I do suspect in the end it’s not going to be close. As I’ve always said what does a convicted felon who’s had to pay millions to a woman he’s sexually assaulted and who was prepared to let a mob murder his own running mate have to offer swing voters?
For the white working class Trump offers tariffs on imports while pushing US goods, cuts in immigration and anti wokeism.
For the wealthy suburbanites he offers tax cuts, for Jews he offers to stand up for Israel, for evangelicals he enabled the end of Roe v Wade
For the white working class Trump offers tariffs on imports. Who pays the tariffs? The white working class. 100% tariffs on Chinese imports are not paid by China. They are paid by Americans. Big uplift in cost of living as Kamala will eloquently explain.
Whose jobs went to China, Mexico and Asia? The costs of globalisation have been borne by the west's WWC .
True. But it will take time for businesses to invest in the US to substitute for Chinese goods behind the tariff barrier. In the meantime inflation will shoot up as US consumers pay the tariff. Possibly good long term intentions. Short and medium term a political disaster. Much better to slowly crank up tariffs rather than impose an immediate 100% tariff on Chinese goods.
Trump wants the Chinese to build factories in the US.
Fair enough. But that takes time. In the meantime inflation soars.
Of what? The US is not very reliant on imports.
Imports are about 16% of US GDP.
Zeihan (yes him again) notes not just the onshoring of US industry but that it's also moving from importing from Europe and Asia to importing from Mexico and Canada. When fracking took off it made the US energy independent, and the US now needs the world for very little.
It would be historically stupid for Trump to allow Chinese factories on American soil: it would just reduce American workers to the status of Chinese workers, with all the care that implies.
So those 4 children were all under court orders since April to stay with extended family, and last Thursday was because there was a fear of them being removed from the country.
"The court heard the children were all foreign nationals without settled status in the UK, and it could be difficult for them to return to Britain."
Why are we trying to keep them in the country?, no doubt at taxpayers expense for welfare payments as well as all the agencies time.
Not like they are going to North Korea. I thought Romania are esteemed allies who subscribe to all human rights nostrums as EU members, so let them go, send Romanian Embassy a report that they are going and tell them the Romanian Social Services might want to read it then close the case.
Of course a lot of work and money for various professionals and lawyers at taxpayers expense if they are prevented from leaving.
Because - and I don’t know the facts of this case - they are vulnerable children at risk.
There is a moral duty to intervene to protect them
The UK government also has a moral duty to not impoverish the citizens of the UK by pointlessly and expensively trying to better the lives of everyone in the world; and also to not destroy the urban culture and trust of UK society by importing seven billion people a year, many of them openly contemptuous of our values
I fear these other duties have been forgotten to such an extent the UK is now beyond saving - for its own citizens
Don't be silly. You really, really can judge a society by how it treats its prisoners and a fortiori by what lengths it goes to to prevent the abuse, torture, murder etc of its children (and these children are as much citizens as anyone else is)
Yes indeed. We allowed 100,000+ underage white girls to be raped by racist Muslim grooming gangs, because we were afraid of “inflaming community tensions”. THAT is how Britain tries to “prevent the abuse of its children”. By literally ignoring the greatest crime in a century
I neither allowed nor ignored it, but taking it out on other children seems wrong to me,
Taking what out, they are a Romanian Family, without British Citizenship or settled status and they want to go back to Romania. Who are we to have some neo colonial attitude implying Eastern Europeans and their governments are soft on child abuse and not to be trusted with the welfare of their own citizens?
Not sure how Romanian government is on child abuse, but do know they are damn hard on the Roma.
No human rights violations though, they're in the EHCR.
THREE-WAY Kamala Harris 42% Donald Trump 38% RFK Jr. 8%
MoE +/-3%
And we’re off. I do suspect in the end it’s not going to be close. As I’ve always said what does a convicted felon who’s had to pay millions to a woman he’s sexually assaulted and who was prepared to let a mob murder his own running mate have to offer swing voters?
Well, one thing is for sure now. Kamala will bring far more energy and vibrancy to the Dem campaign than Biden had any hope of mustering even on one of his good days.
Just watched the Harris speech.
It’s doing nothing to contradict my view that I’ve had for some time that Vice President was not the right role for her.
She is a world away from that awkward figure who sorta hid away and popped up at the odd event to spout stream of consciousness gobbledygook. She looks like she’s found her stride.
She is never going to be the greatest orator, and don’t get me wrong there’s a lot of road ahead, but the contrast is really stark. Makes you wonder where this Kamala Harris has been hiding for 4 years.
I'm getting a real "Everyone suddenly burst out singing" vibe which I have never had from politics before. Sort of thing the dimmer lefties apparently got from the smarmy murderous Blairfest of 1997.
Some of the tumescent (quite literally in some cases) posts about Kamala Harris on PB today are best read on an empty stomach.
I have nothing against the lady, she seems quite nice. But let's rein it in just a tad.
It is the Kamalagasm. And it’s as awks as anyone climaxing in public
However, in this case it can be forgiven. Whatever your opinions, the prospect of Trump v Biden 2.0 was fucking dismal as shit. So I share some of the ebullient relief
I still deeply dislike both parties. The Dems for their Wokeness, Trump because he’s Trump. But I sense Woke is in retreat and Trump is still an evil old fuck? Who knows…
I’d like a sane hard right but NATO-friendly GOP candidate. That’s not on offer. The offer is Trump
Eesh. I’d reluctantly vote for Kamala
Either way, the incoming President won't dislike the UK as much as the outgoing one, so that's nice.
Is Kamala not a Britophobe then? That'll be a nice change.
Fascinatingly, both her parents (mother India, father Jamaica) were subjects of the British Empire. She’s very British, in a peculiar way
Our rainy archipelago continues to cast an outsize shadow on the world
This does NOT mean she will be Brit-o-philic, of course. Quite possibly the opposite
Yea, it can go either way. Obama had a Kenhan parent didn't he, and hated us. Trump had a Scottish parent, and didn't much like us. Neither of Biden's parents were British, and he loathed us. Maybe it can't go either way.
So those 4 children were all under court orders since April to stay with extended family, and last Thursday was because there was a fear of them being removed from the country.
"The court heard the children were all foreign nationals without settled status in the UK, and it could be difficult for them to return to Britain."
Why are we trying to keep them in the country?, no doubt at taxpayers expense for welfare payments as well as all the agencies time.
Not like they are going to North Korea. I thought Romania are esteemed allies who subscribe to all human rights nostrums as EU members, so let them go, send Romanian Embassy a report that they are going and tell them the Romanian Social Services might want to read it then close the case.
Of course a lot of work and money for various professionals and lawyers at taxpayers expense if they are prevented from leaving.
Romania arrested Andrew Tate. Which gives their justice system a gold star from me.
Well, one thing is for sure now. Kamala will bring far more energy and vibrancy to the Dem campaign than Biden had any hope of mustering even on one of his good days.
Just watched the Harris speech.
It’s doing nothing to contradict my view that I’ve had for some time that Vice President was not the right role for her.
She is a world away from that awkward figure who sorta hid away and popped up at the odd event to spout stream of consciousness gobbledygook. She looks like she’s found her stride.
She is never going to be the greatest orator, and don’t get me wrong there’s a lot of road ahead, but the contrast is really stark. Makes you wonder where this Kamala Harris has been hiding for 4 years.
I'm getting a real "Everyone suddenly burst out singing" vibe which I have never had from politics before. Sort of thing the dimmer lefties apparently got from the smarmy murderous Blairfest of 1997.
Some of the tumescent (quite literally in some cases) posts about Kamala Harris on PB today are best read on an empty stomach.
I have nothing against the lady, she seems quite nice. But let's rein it in just a tad.
It is the Kamalagasm. And it’s as awks as anyone climaxing in public
However, in this case it can be forgiven. Whatever your opinions, the prospect of Trump v Biden 2.0 was fucking dismal as shit. So I share some of the ebullient relief
I still deeply dislike both parties. The Dems for their Wokeness, Trump because he’s Trump. But I sense Woke is in retreat and Trump is still an evil old fuck? Who knows…
I’d like a sane hard right but NATO-friendly GOP candidate. That’s not on offer. The offer is Trump
Eesh. I’d reluctantly vote for Kamala
Either way, the incoming President won't dislike the UK as much as the outgoing one, so that's nice.
Is Kamala not a Britophobe then? That'll be a nice change.
Fascinatingly, both her parents (mother India, father Jamaica) were subjects of the British Empire. She’s very British, in a peculiar way
Our rainy archipelago continues to cast an outsize shadow on the world
This does NOT mean she will be Brit-o-philic, of course. Quite possibly the opposite
Yea, it can go either way. Obama had a Kenhan parent didn't he, and hated us. Trump had a Scottish parent, and didn't much like us. Neither of Biden's parents were British, and he loathed us. Maybe it can't go either way.
Another classic headline. Implies the kids are back with mum and dad. They are not. Extended family seems to have gone missing from the headline.
Oddly though, the title does include the word extended:- Children returned to extended family after Leeds disorder - BBC News Possibly the headline was cut for length.
So those 4 children were all under court orders since April to stay with extended family, and last Thursday was because there was a fear of them being removed from the country.
"The court heard the children were all foreign nationals without settled status in the UK, and it could be difficult for them to return to Britain."
Why are we trying to keep them in the country?, no doubt at taxpayers expense for welfare payments as well as all the agencies time.
Not like they are going to North Korea. I thought Romania are esteemed allies who subscribe to all human rights nostrums as EU members, so let them go, send Romanian Embassy a report that they are going and tell them the Romanian Social Services might want to read it then close the case.
Of course a lot of work and money for various professionals and lawyers at taxpayers expense if they are prevented from leaving.
Because - and I don’t know the facts of this case - they are vulnerable children at risk.
There is a moral duty to intervene to protect them
The UK government also has a moral duty to not impoverish the citizens of the UK by pointlessly and expensively trying to better the lives of everyone in the world; and also to not destroy the urban culture and trust of UK society by importing seven billion people a year, many of them openly contemptuous of our values
I fear these other duties have been forgotten to such an extent the UK is now beyond saving - for its own citizens
Don't be silly. You really, really can judge a society by how it treats its prisoners and a fortiori by what lengths it goes to to prevent the abuse, torture, murder etc of its children (and these children are as much citizens as anyone else is)
Yes indeed. We allowed 100,000+ underage white girls to be raped by racist Muslim grooming gangs, because we were afraid of “inflaming community tensions”. THAT is how Britain tries to “prevent the abuse of its children”. By literally ignoring the greatest crime in a century
I can just imagine @Heathener seeing this post and seething about underage Thai girls.
(This is post is not to be interpreted as expressing any opinion upon anyone or anything other than things that amuse me)
With respect to the strange nature of the Vice Presidency in US politics, the selection of Theodore Roosevelt as William McKinley's running mate on the 1900 Republican ticket, is one of the weirdest AND most significant examples.
Because the "Easy Boss" of New York State GOP politics at the turn of 19th > 20th century was US Sen. Tom Platt, wanted to get newly-elected Gov. Theodore Roosevelt the hell out of Albany, where the Gov was opposing, hindering, exposing dirty deals by many of Platt's corporate donors & henchpeople.
McKinley's first VP had died in office, so he needed another. Platt argued that TR would not only help carry NY State THE battleground state of the epoch. AND that the Hero of San Juan Hill would add luster and vigor to the ticket. Essentially a Mini-Me for McKinley.
Political backer and campaign manager Mark Hanna famously warned WMcK that he should NOT pick Roosevelt, and put a "cowboy" within a heart beat of the Presidency. But he did . . . and the rest is history.
But it did get TR out of Tom Platt's hair up in Albany.
Still reckon they should have gone back to the runner up becoming VP. Trump being Biden's VP would have solved all issues.
Was pretty bumpy with John Adams as POTUS with Thomas Jefferson as VP. Next time even worse with Jefferson as POTUS and Aaron Burr as VP.
Those two outcomes in quick succession nixed the winner + runner up deal for good. Or ill.
Sidebar - IF you ever find yourself in Parkersburg, West Virginia on the banks of the mighty Ohio River, take the paddle-wheeler over to Blennerhasset Island, which in first decade of 19th century was site of an impressive mansion in the howling wilderness. AND major staging area for Burr's Conspiracy. W
Whatever it was Aaron Burr was actually conspiring to do? Thomas Jefferson thought it was treason against the United States, but Burr was acquitted of that crime in federal court trial, so who knows?
Too soon to tell, but early polling for Harris not looking too shabby.
Thanks for this. I suppose the electorall college gives about 3 points advantage to Trump, so if she's about 3 points ahead in the polls it's really about 50-50.
So those 4 children were all under court orders since April to stay with extended family, and last Thursday was because there was a fear of them being removed from the country.
"The court heard the children were all foreign nationals without settled status in the UK, and it could be difficult for them to return to Britain."
Why are we trying to keep them in the country?, no doubt at taxpayers expense for welfare payments as well as all the agencies time.
Not like they are going to North Korea. I thought Romania are esteemed allies who subscribe to all human rights nostrums as EU members, so let them go, send Romanian Embassy a report that they are going and tell them the Romanian Social Services might want to read it then close the case.
Of course a lot of work and money for various professionals and lawyers at taxpayers expense if they are prevented from leaving.
Because - and I don’t know the facts of this case - they are vulnerable children at risk.
There is a moral duty to intervene to protect them
The UK government also has a moral duty to not impoverish the citizens of the UK by pointlessly and expensively trying to better the lives of everyone in the world; and also to not destroy the urban culture and trust of UK society by importing seven billion people a year, many of them openly contemptuous of our values
I fear these other duties have been forgotten to such an extent the UK is now beyond saving - for its own citizens
Don't be silly. You really, really can judge a society by how it treats its prisoners and a fortiori by what lengths it goes to to prevent the abuse, torture, murder etc of its children (and these children are as much citizens as anyone else is)
Yes indeed. We allowed 100,000+ underage white girls to be raped by racist Muslim grooming gangs, because we were afraid of “inflaming community tensions”. THAT is how Britain tries to “prevent the abuse of its children”. By literally ignoring the greatest crime in a century
I can just imagine @Heathener seeing this post and seething about underage Thai girls.
(This is post is not to be interpreted as expressing any opinion upon anyone or anything other than things that amuse me)
Well then shut the fuck up. Either make a comment of your own and attach your name to it, or don’t
Well, one thing is for sure now. Kamala will bring far more energy and vibrancy to the Dem campaign than Biden had any hope of mustering even on one of his good days.
Just watched the Harris speech.
It’s doing nothing to contradict my view that I’ve had for some time that Vice President was not the right role for her.
She is a world away from that awkward figure who sorta hid away and popped up at the odd event to spout stream of consciousness gobbledygook. She looks like she’s found her stride.
She is never going to be the greatest orator, and don’t get me wrong there’s a lot of road ahead, but the contrast is really stark. Makes you wonder where this Kamala Harris has been hiding for 4 years.
I'm getting a real "Everyone suddenly burst out singing" vibe which I have never had from politics before. Sort of thing the dimmer lefties apparently got from the smarmy murderous Blairfest of 1997.
Some of the tumescent (quite literally in some cases) posts about Kamala Harris on PB today are best read on an empty stomach.
I have nothing against the lady, she seems quite nice. But let's rein it in just a tad.
It is the Kamalagasm. And it’s as awks as anyone climaxing in public
However, in this case it can be forgiven. Whatever your opinions, the prospect of Trump v Biden 2.0 was fucking dismal as shit. So I share some of the ebullient relief
I still deeply dislike both parties. The Dems for their Wokeness, Trump because he’s Trump. But I sense Woke is in retreat and Trump is still an evil old fuck? Who knows…
I’d like a sane hard right but NATO-friendly GOP candidate. That’s not on offer. The offer is Trump
Eesh. I’d reluctantly vote for Kamala
Either way, the incoming President won't dislike the UK as much as the outgoing one, so that's nice.
Is Kamala not a Britophobe then? That'll be a nice change.
Fascinatingly, both her parents (mother India, father Jamaica) were subjects of the British Empire. She’s very British, in a peculiar way
Our rainy archipelago continues to cast an outsize shadow on the world
This does NOT mean she will be Brit-o-philic, of course. Quite possibly the opposite
Yea, it can go either way. Obama had a Kenhan parent didn't he, and hated us. Trump had a Scottish parent, and didn't much like us. Neither of Biden's parents were British, and he loathed us. Maybe it can't go either way.
I think it's more that Britain just isn't considered that important in the U.S., outside very particular areas of intelligencce-sharing and co-operation, and which is a fact that is very difficult for the British Right to accept or integrate with a particular worldview. Almost none of the Presidents listed below have actusally hated Britain, but they just weren't particularly interested.
Ironically it's actually the countries like France, Germany and Italy that always consider Britain important, and we all know where the UK Right has gone with that.
Who has also commented on JD Vance's assaults on Cat Ladies.
Larry the Cat @Number10cat Trump's pet pooch James Vance has attacked cat ladies, which in turn is an attack on cats. I've got bad news for you Jimmy: women vote, cat lovers vote. You need to find some charisma and substance real fast or it's obvious who'll be getting the blame from Daddy in November... https://x.com/Number10cat/status/1815757873818845455
If anyone needs an insight into why many African Americans are oh so very angry, BBC4 are showing the Storyville on the Attica jail riot. Unusually hardly any nuance in the shittiness of the behaviour of the authorities. Bleak and depressing if you can cope with it.
Pacinos character refers to it in Dog Day Afternoon, when surrounded by law enforcement outside the bank he is holding up.
Southern Baptist agency tangles itself in knots over Biden’s ‘selfless act’
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/23/southern-baptist-biden-00170764 In under 48 hours, the head of the staunchly conservative public-policy arm of the Southern Baptist Convention rankled fellow Baptists by applauding President Joe Biden’s “selfless act” of withdrawing his candidacy for reelection. Then, his agency reported he was fired — and now they have reaffirmed his leadership.
The head-spinning series of events started Sunday, but by Tuesday morning, the SBC’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission announced that no, leader Brent Leatherwood wasn’t fired. Rather, he has the full support of his top board members — though its chair resigned and apologized for the erroneous announcement...
So those 4 children were all under court orders since April to stay with extended family, and last Thursday was because there was a fear of them being removed from the country.
"The court heard the children were all foreign nationals without settled status in the UK, and it could be difficult for them to return to Britain."
Why are we trying to keep them in the country?, no doubt at taxpayers expense for welfare payments as well as all the agencies time.
Not like they are going to North Korea. I thought Romania are esteemed allies who subscribe to all human rights nostrums as EU members, so let them go, send Romanian Embassy a report that they are going and tell them the Romanian Social Services might want to read it then close the case.
Of course a lot of work and money for various professionals and lawyers at taxpayers expense if they are prevented from leaving.
Because - and I don’t know the facts of this case - they are vulnerable children at risk.
There is a moral duty to intervene to protect them
The UK government also has a moral duty to not impoverish the citizens of the UK by pointlessly and expensively trying to better the lives of everyone in the world; and also to not destroy the urban culture and trust of UK society by importing seven billion people a year, many of them openly contemptuous of our values
I fear these other duties have been forgotten to such an extent the UK is now beyond saving - for its own citizens
Don't be silly. You really, really can judge a society by how it treats its prisoners and a fortiori by what lengths it goes to to prevent the abuse, torture, murder etc of its children (and these children are as much citizens as anyone else is)
Yes indeed. We allowed 100,000+ underage white girls to be raped by racist Muslim grooming gangs, because we were afraid of “inflaming community tensions”. THAT is how Britain tries to “prevent the abuse of its children”. By literally ignoring the greatest crime in a century
I can just imagine @Heathener seeing this post and seething about underage Thai girls.
(This is post is not to be interpreted as expressing any opinion upon anyone or anything other than things that amuse me)
Well then shut the fuck up. Either make a comment of your own and attach your name to it, or don’t
I haven't read your book. How am I supposed to make a comment in good faith
Well, one thing is for sure now. Kamala will bring far more energy and vibrancy to the Dem campaign than Biden had any hope of mustering even on one of his good days.
Just watched the Harris speech.
It’s doing nothing to contradict my view that I’ve had for some time that Vice President was not the right role for her.
She is a world away from that awkward figure who sorta hid away and popped up at the odd event to spout stream of consciousness gobbledygook. She looks like she’s found her stride.
She is never going to be the greatest orator, and don’t get me wrong there’s a lot of road ahead, but the contrast is really stark. Makes you wonder where this Kamala Harris has been hiding for 4 years.
I'm getting a real "Everyone suddenly burst out singing" vibe which I have never had from politics before. Sort of thing the dimmer lefties apparently got from the smarmy murderous Blairfest of 1997.
Some of the tumescent (quite literally in some cases) posts about Kamala Harris on PB today are best read on an empty stomach.
I have nothing against the lady, she seems quite nice. But let's rein it in just a tad.
It is the Kamalagasm. And it’s as awks as anyone climaxing in public
However, in this case it can be forgiven. Whatever your opinions, the prospect of Trump v Biden 2.0 was fucking dismal as shit. So I share some of the ebullient relief
I still deeply dislike both parties. The Dems for their Wokeness, Trump because he’s Trump. But I sense Woke is in retreat and Trump is still an evil old fuck? Who knows…
I’d like a sane hard right but NATO-friendly GOP candidate. That’s not on offer. The offer is Trump
Eesh. I’d reluctantly vote for Kamala
Either way, the incoming President won't dislike the UK as much as the outgoing one, so that's nice.
Is Kamala not a Britophobe then? That'll be a nice change.
Fascinatingly, both her parents (mother India, father Jamaica) were subjects of the British Empire. She’s very British, in a peculiar way
Our rainy archipelago continues to cast an outsize shadow on the world
This does NOT mean she will be Brit-o-philic, of course. Quite possibly the opposite
Yea, it can go either way. Obama had a Kenhan parent didn't he, and hated us. Trump had a Scottish parent, and didn't much like us. Neither of Biden's parents were British, and he loathed us. Maybe it can't go either way.
I think it's more that Britain just isn't considered that important in the U.S., outside very particular areas of intelligencce-sharing and co-operation, and which is a fact that is very difficult for the British Right to accept or integrate with a particular worldview. Almost none of the Presidents listed below have actusally hated Britain, but they just weren't particularly interested.
Ironically it's actually the countries like France, Germany and Italy that always consider Britain important, and we all know where the UK Right has gone with that.
Trump will do whatever he can to WIN so if he calculates dumping LOSER JD Vance would help his chances of re-election he will of course go down that route...
Well, one thing is for sure now. Kamala will bring far more energy and vibrancy to the Dem campaign than Biden had any hope of mustering even on one of his good days.
Just watched the Harris speech.
It’s doing nothing to contradict my view that I’ve had for some time that Vice President was not the right role for her.
She is a world away from that awkward figure who sorta hid away and popped up at the odd event to spout stream of consciousness gobbledygook. She looks like she’s found her stride.
She is never going to be the greatest orator, and don’t get me wrong there’s a lot of road ahead, but the contrast is really stark. Makes you wonder where this Kamala Harris has been hiding for 4 years.
I'm getting a real "Everyone suddenly burst out singing" vibe which I have never had from politics before. Sort of thing the dimmer lefties apparently got from the smarmy murderous Blairfest of 1997.
Some of the tumescent (quite literally in some cases) posts about Kamala Harris on PB today are best read on an empty stomach.
I have nothing against the lady, she seems quite nice. But let's rein it in just a tad.
It is the Kamalagasm. And it’s as awks as anyone climaxing in public
However, in this case it can be forgiven. Whatever your opinions, the prospect of Trump v Biden 2.0 was fucking dismal as shit. So I share some of the ebullient relief
I still deeply dislike both parties. The Dems for their Wokeness, Trump because he’s Trump. But I sense Woke is in retreat and Trump is still an evil old fuck? Who knows…
I’d like a sane hard right but NATO-friendly GOP candidate. That’s not on offer. The offer is Trump
Eesh. I’d reluctantly vote for Kamala
Either way, the incoming President won't dislike the UK as much as the outgoing one, so that's nice.
Is Kamala not a Britophobe then? That'll be a nice change.
Fascinatingly, both her parents (mother India, father Jamaica) were subjects of the British Empire. She’s very British, in a peculiar way
Our rainy archipelago continues to cast an outsize shadow on the world
This does NOT mean she will be Brit-o-philic, of course. Quite possibly the opposite
Yea, it can go either way. Obama had a Kenhan parent didn't he, and hated us. Trump had a Scottish parent, and didn't much like us. Neither of Biden's parents were British, and he loathed us. Maybe it can't go either way.
I think it's more that Britain just isn't considered that important in the U.S., outside very particular areas of intelligencce-sharing and co-operation, and which is a fact that is very difficult for the British Right to accept or integrate with a particular worldview. Almost none of the Presidents listed below have actusally hated Britain, but they just weren't particularly interested.
Ironically it's actually the countries like France, Germany and Italy that always consider Britain important, and we all know where the UK Right has gone with that.
Outside of intelligence-sharing and co-operation?
So outside of the things that matter?
Outside of warm weather and sunshine, people don't really think about summer.
Outside of spending time with family and giving presents, people don't really think about Christmas.
THREE-WAY Kamala Harris 42% Donald Trump 38% RFK Jr. 8%
MoE +/-3%
And we’re off. I do suspect in the end it’s not going to be close. As I’ve always said what does a convicted felon who’s had to pay millions to a woman he’s sexually assaulted and who was prepared to let a mob murder his own running mate have to offer swing voters?
Southern Baptist agency tangles itself in knots over Biden’s ‘selfless act’
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/23/southern-baptist-biden-00170764 In under 48 hours, the head of the staunchly conservative public-policy arm of the Southern Baptist Convention rankled fellow Baptists by applauding President Joe Biden’s “selfless act” of withdrawing his candidacy for reelection. Then, his agency reported he was fired — and now they have reaffirmed his leadership.
The head-spinning series of events started Sunday, but by Tuesday morning, the SBC’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission announced that no, leader Brent Leatherwood wasn’t fired. Rather, he has the full support of his top board members — though its chair resigned and apologized for the erroneous announcement...
Wow.
Southern Baptist Convention is America's largest Protestant religious denomination, with chuchs and church members everywhere, most especially across the Southern States. Increasingly conservative in theology AND politics.
This is sign that there are still strong voices within even very conservative, Trump-friendly circles, that believe in at least two things
> Resisting turning God's church into political cells for political parties even (or maybe especially) when you agree with them.
> Praying for government leaders even (or perhaps especially) when you do NOT agree with them.
Who has also commented on JD Vance's assaults on Cat Ladies.
Larry the Cat @Number10cat Trump's pet pooch James Vance has attacked cat ladies, which in turn is an attack on cats. I've got bad news for you Jimmy: women vote, cat lovers vote. You need to find some charisma and substance real fast or it's obvious who'll be getting the blame from Daddy in November... https://x.com/Number10cat/status/1815757873818845455
Suspect that Larry the Cat's account has been hacked. Hardly seemingly for a member of HMG to be engaging in a political cat fight beyond the realm.
Trust Larry to maintain a dignified silence, However, IF J,D. Vance ever comes calling in Downing Street, expect the claws to be out. OR at very least a warning hiss.
So those 4 children were all under court orders since April to stay with extended family, and last Thursday was because there was a fear of them being removed from the country.
"The court heard the children were all foreign nationals without settled status in the UK, and it could be difficult for them to return to Britain."
Why are we trying to keep them in the country?, no doubt at taxpayers expense for welfare payments as well as all the agencies time.
Not like they are going to North Korea. I thought Romania are esteemed allies who subscribe to all human rights nostrums as EU members, so let them go, send Romanian Embassy a report that they are going and tell them the Romanian Social Services might want to read it then close the case.
Of course a lot of work and money for various professionals and lawyers at taxpayers expense if they are prevented from leaving.
Romania arrested Andrew Tate. Which gives their justice system a gold star from me.
At least one, for sure. Without justifying the warts on their government, courts, politicos, etc.
Who has also commented on JD Vance's assaults on Cat Ladies.
Larry the Cat @Number10cat Trump's pet pooch James Vance has attacked cat ladies, which in turn is an attack on cats. I've got bad news for you Jimmy: women vote, cat lovers vote. You need to find some charisma and substance real fast or it's obvious who'll be getting the blame from Daddy in November... https://x.com/Number10cat/status/1815757873818845455
Suspect that Larry the Cat's account has been hacked. Hardly seemingly for a member of HMG to be engaging in a political cat fight beyond the realm.
Trust Larry to maintain a dignified silence, However, IF J,D. Vance ever comes calling in Downing Street, expect the claws to be out. OR at very least a warning hiss.
Larry the Cat has been getting involved in quasi-political arguments for quite a while now. I agree that he ought to stick to more usual feline concerns, like catching mice. 😊
Well, one thing is for sure now. Kamala will bring far more energy and vibrancy to the Dem campaign than Biden had any hope of mustering even on one of his good days.
Just watched the Harris speech.
It’s doing nothing to contradict my view that I’ve had for some time that Vice President was not the right role for her.
She is a world away from that awkward figure who sorta hid away and popped up at the odd event to spout stream of consciousness gobbledygook. She looks like she’s found her stride.
She is never going to be the greatest orator, and don’t get me wrong there’s a lot of road ahead, but the contrast is really stark. Makes you wonder where this Kamala Harris has been hiding for 4 years.
With a "hung" Senate, including a couple of unreliable "Independents", she had to hang around there in case her casting vote was needed.
Oh dear oh dear - the media doing such a horrendous job on reporting the child benefit situation has had people apparently not claiming child benefit for their third child. All over the comments of Martin Lewis Facebook.
A British soldier has been rushed to hospital by air ambulance after a 'serious stabbing' close to an army barracks.
The man, who is in his 40s, was found seriously injured less than 200 metres from Brompton Barracks in Chatham, Kent, at around 6pm on Tuesday evening.
A horrified witness said the attacker, hidden by a ski mask and in a NASA bomber jacket, leapt off a moped and ran towards the uniformed soldier.
The serviceman managed to get away but was chased down and attacked once more by the assailant who was brandishing two kitchen knifes, the onlooker claimed.
It is claimed moments later the knifeman held up one of the bloodied weapons and licked it in front of terrified locals who had rushed out of their homes to help the serviceman.
Southern Baptist agency tangles itself in knots over Biden’s ‘selfless act’
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/23/southern-baptist-biden-00170764 In under 48 hours, the head of the staunchly conservative public-policy arm of the Southern Baptist Convention rankled fellow Baptists by applauding President Joe Biden’s “selfless act” of withdrawing his candidacy for reelection. Then, his agency reported he was fired — and now they have reaffirmed his leadership.
The head-spinning series of events started Sunday, but by Tuesday morning, the SBC’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission announced that no, leader Brent Leatherwood wasn’t fired. Rather, he has the full support of his top board members — though its chair resigned and apologized for the erroneous announcement...
Sounds exactly like the Green Party and its giving in to its influx of cranks.
Who has also commented on JD Vance's assaults on Cat Ladies.
Larry the Cat @Number10cat Trump's pet pooch James Vance has attacked cat ladies, which in turn is an attack on cats. I've got bad news for you Jimmy: women vote, cat lovers vote. You need to find some charisma and substance real fast or it's obvious who'll be getting the blame from Daddy in November... https://x.com/Number10cat/status/1815757873818845455
Suspect that Larry the Cat's account has been hacked. Hardly seemingly for a member of HMG to be engaging in a political cat fight beyond the realm.
Trust Larry to maintain a dignified silence, However, IF J,D. Vance ever comes calling in Downing Street, expect the claws to be out. OR at very least a warning hiss.
Yes I was concerned about that. @Number10cat is a light comedy twitter that humanises the institution and the PM. That's incompatible with partisanship, and even worse when referring to foreign dignitaries, especially allies. This is just stupid.
Southern Baptist agency tangles itself in knots over Biden’s ‘selfless act’
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/23/southern-baptist-biden-00170764 In under 48 hours, the head of the staunchly conservative public-policy arm of the Southern Baptist Convention rankled fellow Baptists by applauding President Joe Biden’s “selfless act” of withdrawing his candidacy for reelection. Then, his agency reported he was fired — and now they have reaffirmed his leadership.
The head-spinning series of events started Sunday, but by Tuesday morning, the SBC’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission announced that no, leader Brent Leatherwood wasn’t fired. Rather, he has the full support of his top board members — though its chair resigned and apologized for the erroneous announcement...
Sounds exactly like the Green Party and its giving in to its influx of cranks.
Useless fact: 1% of Labour's 5 year mandate in office has been used up. 18.5 days out of around 1826.25 days.
It amazing how fast time flies...
It is why parties need to hit the ground running. If you don't start pushing through your big policy ideas straight away, they won't get actually to the coalface until end of year 1 and little chance you can claim any benefits from them by year 5.
Harry Cole @MrHarryCole · 2h Ruthless Starmer strikes again.
And rightly so to secure his authority. Clown days are over.
Apsana Begum, Richard Burgon, Ian Byrne, Imran Hussain, Rebecca Long-Bailey, John McDonnell and Zarah Sultana all suspended for six months.
Fair play…
It seems highly probable that Corbyn's pro gaza group and Ref UK will start to pick up defections.
I can't see any of that rabble having common cause with Ref UK... On the other hand, it looks like a nearly clean sweep of all Corbin's idiot mates (although thin ice skating specialist, Ms D Abbot seems to have had a particularly convenient immovable prior engagement).
Well, one thing is for sure now. Kamala will bring far more energy and vibrancy to the Dem campaign than Biden had any hope of mustering even on one of his good days.
Just watched the Harris speech.
It’s doing nothing to contradict my view that I’ve had for some time that Vice President was not the right role for her.
She is a world away from that awkward figure who sorta hid away and popped up at the odd event to spout stream of consciousness gobbledygook. She looks like she’s found her stride.
She is never going to be the greatest orator, and don’t get me wrong there’s a lot of road ahead, but the contrast is really stark. Makes you wonder where this Kamala Harris has been hiding for 4 years.
I'm getting a real "Everyone suddenly burst out singing" vibe which I have never had from politics before. Sort of thing the dimmer lefties apparently got from the smarmy murderous Blairfest of 1997.
Some of the tumescent (quite literally in some cases) posts about Kamala Harris on PB today are best read on an empty stomach.
I have nothing against the lady, she seems quite nice. But let's rein it in just a tad.
It is the Kamalagasm. And it’s as awks as anyone climaxing in public
However, in this case it can be forgiven. Whatever your opinions, the prospect of Trump v Biden 2.0 was fucking dismal as shit. So I share some of the ebullient relief
I still deeply dislike both parties. The Dems for their Wokeness, Trump because he’s Trump. But I sense Woke is in retreat and Trump is still an evil old fuck? Who knows…
I’d like a sane hard right but NATO-friendly GOP candidate. That’s not on offer. The offer is Trump
Eesh. I’d reluctantly vote for Kamala
It's notable how she seemed like such a boring person as VP, whereas now seems much more interesting.
Simple, no? The VP serves the president and has to follow his lead - with the exception of Cheney. Unless they are already a nationally established figure, like Biden was under Obama, they're always going to seem entirely on the undercard. As are following the principal's strategy not their own.
That goes doubly for Biden/Harris as due to age and strategy Biden's team's plan was to offer him as a softly spoken father of the nation figure, which necessitated Harris not really doing or saying much. As you couldn't have Harris going round attracting attention and speculation she was the real one in charge or that she was being silly.
Now she can play to what her perceived strengths are - some of which is having something more of a cultural and personal hinterland than many politicians - which might not win her the thing but make her much more interesting to watch.
New article from one of the best essayists out there imo, Theodore Dalrymple.
"The proportion of the total electorate that abstained, 40 percent, was the second highest since the 1880s. This didn’t really surprise me. No doubt there were many among the 40 percent who simply, or habitually, could not be bothered to cast their vote; but before the election, I heard many people who usually voted say that they would not vote this time because of their disenchantment with the political class as a whole (not that they have been exactly enchanted with it for a long time). In vain did I argue that, bad as politicians might be as a class of human beings, there were always better and worse among them, even if marginally so: it is not possible for everyone at the same time to be the worst. I found, however, that the disgust ran so deep that there was no convincing them that they ought to vote."
Who has also commented on JD Vance's assaults on Cat Ladies.
Larry the Cat @Number10cat Trump's pet pooch James Vance has attacked cat ladies, which in turn is an attack on cats. I've got bad news for you Jimmy: women vote, cat lovers vote. You need to find some charisma and substance real fast or it's obvious who'll be getting the blame from Daddy in November... https://x.com/Number10cat/status/1815757873818845455
Suspect that Larry the Cat's account has been hacked. Hardly seemingly for a member of HMG to be engaging in a political cat fight beyond the realm.
Trust Larry to maintain a dignified silence, However, IF J,D. Vance ever comes calling in Downing Street, expect the claws to be out. OR at very least a warning hiss.
Yes I was concerned about that. @Number10cat is a light comedy twitter that humanises the institution and the PM. That's incompatible with partisanship, and even worse when referring to foreign dignitaries, especially allies. This is just stupid.
Someone, I forget who, once remarked: "Every popular twitter account, if it is not explicitly rightwing, will eventually become explicitly leftwing."
Well, one thing is for sure now. Kamala will bring far more energy and vibrancy to the Dem campaign than Biden had any hope of mustering even on one of his good days.
Just watched the Harris speech.
It’s doing nothing to contradict my view that I’ve had for some time that Vice President was not the right role for her.
She is a world away from that awkward figure who sorta hid away and popped up at the odd event to spout stream of consciousness gobbledygook. She looks like she’s found her stride.
She is never going to be the greatest orator, and don’t get me wrong there’s a lot of road ahead, but the contrast is really stark. Makes you wonder where this Kamala Harris has been hiding for 4 years.
I'm getting a real "Everyone suddenly burst out singing" vibe which I have never had from politics before. Sort of thing the dimmer lefties apparently got from the smarmy murderous Blairfest of 1997.
Some of the tumescent (quite literally in some cases) posts about Kamala Harris on PB today are best read on an empty stomach.
I have nothing against the lady, she seems quite nice. But let's rein it in just a tad.
It is the Kamalagasm. And it’s as awks as anyone climaxing in public
However, in this case it can be forgiven. Whatever your opinions, the prospect of Trump v Biden 2.0 was fucking dismal as shit. So I share some of the ebullient relief
I still deeply dislike both parties. The Dems for their Wokeness, Trump because he’s Trump. But I sense Woke is in retreat and Trump is still an evil old fuck? Who knows…
I’d like a sane hard right but NATO-friendly GOP candidate. That’s not on offer. The offer is Trump
Eesh. I’d reluctantly vote for Kamala
Either way, the incoming President won't dislike the UK as much as the outgoing one, so that's nice.
Is Kamala not a Britophobe then? That'll be a nice change.
Fascinatingly, both her parents (mother India, father Jamaica) were subjects of the British Empire. She’s very British, in a peculiar way
Our rainy archipelago continues to cast an outsize shadow on the world
This does NOT mean she will be Brit-o-philic, of course. Quite possibly the opposite
Yea, it can go either way. Obama had a Kenhan parent didn't he, and hated us. Trump had a Scottish parent, and didn't much like us. Neither of Biden's parents were British, and he loathed us. Maybe it can't go either way.
I disagree. I think Trump is quite the Anglophile
The others, yes
Well, it's certainly not nutual, is it?
Trump represents most of the human failings particularly loathed in Btitain. Charmless, graceless, humourless, a bully and a coward. A crook, a coarse and vulgar braggart who would never stand his round...the list is long.
Well, one thing is for sure now. Kamala will bring far more energy and vibrancy to the Dem campaign than Biden had any hope of mustering even on one of his good days.
Just watched the Harris speech.
It’s doing nothing to contradict my view that I’ve had for some time that Vice President was not the right role for her.
She is a world away from that awkward figure who sorta hid away and popped up at the odd event to spout stream of consciousness gobbledygook. She looks like she’s found her stride.
She is never going to be the greatest orator, and don’t get me wrong there’s a lot of road ahead, but the contrast is really stark. Makes you wonder where this Kamala Harris has been hiding for 4 years.
I'm getting a real "Everyone suddenly burst out singing" vibe which I have never had from politics before. Sort of thing the dimmer lefties apparently got from the smarmy murderous Blairfest of 1997.
Some of the tumescent (quite literally in some cases) posts about Kamala Harris on PB today are best read on an empty stomach.
I have nothing against the lady, she seems quite nice. But let's rein it in just a tad.
It is the Kamalagasm. And it’s as awks as anyone climaxing in public
However, in this case it can be forgiven. Whatever your opinions, the prospect of Trump v Biden 2.0 was fucking dismal as shit. So I share some of the ebullient relief
I still deeply dislike both parties. The Dems for their Wokeness, Trump because he’s Trump. But I sense Woke is in retreat and Trump is still an evil old fuck? Who knows…
I’d like a sane hard right but NATO-friendly GOP candidate. That’s not on offer. The offer is Trump
Eesh. I’d reluctantly vote for Kamala
Either way, the incoming President won't dislike the UK as much as the outgoing one, so that's nice.
Is Kamala not a Britophobe then? That'll be a nice change.
Fascinatingly, both her parents (mother India, father Jamaica) were subjects of the British Empire. She’s very British, in a peculiar way
Our rainy archipelago continues to cast an outsize shadow on the world
This does NOT mean she will be Brit-o-philic, of course. Quite possibly the opposite
Yea, it can go either way. Obama had a Kenhan parent didn't he, and hated us. Trump had a Scottish parent, and didn't much like us. Neither of Biden's parents were British, and he loathed us. Maybe it can't go either way.
I think it's more that Britain just isn't considered that important in the U.S., outside very particular areas of intelligencce-sharing and co-operation, and which is a fact that is very difficult for the British Right to accept or integrate with a particular worldview. Almost none of the Presidents listed below have actusally hated Britain, but they just weren't particularly interested.
Ironically it's actually the countries like France, Germany and Italy that always consider Britain important, and we all know where the UK Right has gone with that.
Yes, there's a desperate neediness to our end of "the Special Relationship".
The quality of the attack ads is top drawer. You like yours, I particularly like Lincoln Project ads. Do they change the narrative? I suspect the Border might be the most effective.
On the other hand Kamala's USP is she's not 80 and she's Trump or Biden.
Well, one thing is for sure now. Kamala will bring far more energy and vibrancy to the Dem campaign than Biden had any hope of mustering even on one of his good days.
Just watched the Harris speech.
It’s doing nothing to contradict my view that I’ve had for some time that Vice President was not the right role for her.
She is a world away from that awkward figure who sorta hid away and popped up at the odd event to spout stream of consciousness gobbledygook. She looks like she’s found her stride.
She is never going to be the greatest orator, and don’t get me wrong there’s a lot of road ahead, but the contrast is really stark. Makes you wonder where this Kamala Harris has been hiding for 4 years.
I'm getting a real "Everyone suddenly burst out singing" vibe which I have never had from politics before. Sort of thing the dimmer lefties apparently got from the smarmy murderous Blairfest of 1997.
Some of the tumescent (quite literally in some cases) posts about Kamala Harris on PB today are best read on an empty stomach.
I have nothing against the lady, she seems quite nice. But let's rein it in just a tad.
It is the Kamalagasm. And it’s as awks as anyone climaxing in public
However, in this case it can be forgiven. Whatever your opinions, the prospect of Trump v Biden 2.0 was fucking dismal as shit. So I share some of the ebullient relief
I still deeply dislike both parties. The Dems for their Wokeness, Trump because he’s Trump. But I sense Woke is in retreat and Trump is still an evil old fuck? Who knows…
I’d like a sane hard right but NATO-friendly GOP candidate. That’s not on offer. The offer is Trump
Eesh. I’d reluctantly vote for Kamala
Either way, the incoming President won't dislike the UK as much as the outgoing one, so that's nice.
Is Kamala not a Britophobe then? That'll be a nice change.
Fascinatingly, both her parents (mother India, father Jamaica) were subjects of the British Empire. She’s very British, in a peculiar way
Our rainy archipelago continues to cast an outsize shadow on the world
This does NOT mean she will be Brit-o-philic, of course. Quite possibly the opposite
Yea, it can go either way. Obama had a Kenhan parent didn't he, and hated us. Trump had a Scottish parent, and didn't much like us. Neither of Biden's parents were British, and he loathed us. Maybe it can't go either way.
I think it's more that Britain just isn't considered that important in the U.S., outside very particular areas of intelligencce-sharing and co-operation, and which is a fact that is very difficult for the British Right to accept or integrate with a particular worldview. Almost none of the Presidents listed below have actusally hated Britain, but they just weren't particularly interested.
Ironically it's actually the countries like France, Germany and Italy that always consider Britain important, and we all know where the UK Right has gone with that.
Yes, there's a desperate neediness to our end of "the Special Relationship".
They're just not that into us.
It would be lovely if that were in any way true, but it isn't. From John Kerry coming here to 'warn' us not to open a new coking coal mine (when the USA has hundreds of coal mines), to Joe Biden making astonishing snarling public interventions about Liz Truss's changes to the top rate of tax (when it would still have been more than America's top rate of tax), US politicians seem to take a close and incredibly overbearing interest in British domestic policy.
Well, one thing is for sure now. Kamala will bring far more energy and vibrancy to the Dem campaign than Biden had any hope of mustering even on one of his good days.
Just watched the Harris speech.
It’s doing nothing to contradict my view that I’ve had for some time that Vice President was not the right role for her.
She is a world away from that awkward figure who sorta hid away and popped up at the odd event to spout stream of consciousness gobbledygook. She looks like she’s found her stride.
She is never going to be the greatest orator, and don’t get me wrong there’s a lot of road ahead, but the contrast is really stark. Makes you wonder where this Kamala Harris has been hiding for 4 years.
I'm getting a real "Everyone suddenly burst out singing" vibe which I have never had from politics before. Sort of thing the dimmer lefties apparently got from the smarmy murderous Blairfest of 1997.
Some of the tumescent (quite literally in some cases) posts about Kamala Harris on PB today are best read on an empty stomach.
I have nothing against the lady, she seems quite nice. But let's rein it in just a tad.
It is the Kamalagasm. And it’s as awks as anyone climaxing in public
However, in this case it can be forgiven. Whatever your opinions, the prospect of Trump v Biden 2.0 was fucking dismal as shit. So I share some of the ebullient relief
I still deeply dislike both parties. The Dems for their Wokeness, Trump because he’s Trump. But I sense Woke is in retreat and Trump is still an evil old fuck? Who knows…
I’d like a sane hard right but NATO-friendly GOP candidate. That’s not on offer. The offer is Trump
Eesh. I’d reluctantly vote for Kamala
Either way, the incoming President won't dislike the UK as much as the outgoing one, so that's nice.
Is Kamala not a Britophobe then? That'll be a nice change.
Fascinatingly, both her parents (mother India, father Jamaica) were subjects of the British Empire. She’s very British, in a peculiar way
Our rainy archipelago continues to cast an outsize shadow on the world
This does NOT mean she will be Brit-o-philic, of course. Quite possibly the opposite
Yea, it can go either way. Obama had a Kenhan parent didn't he, and hated us. Trump had a Scottish parent, and didn't much like us. Neither of Biden's parents were British, and he loathed us. Maybe it can't go either way.
I think it's more that Britain just isn't considered that important in the U.S., outside very particular areas of intelligencce-sharing and co-operation, and which is a fact that is very difficult for the British Right to accept or integrate with a particular worldview. Almost none of the Presidents listed below have actusally hated Britain, but they just weren't particularly interested.
Ironically it's actually the countries like France, Germany and Italy that always consider Britain important, and we all know where the UK Right has gone with that.
Yes, there's a desperate neediness to our end of "the Special Relationship".
They're just not that into us.
We suffer from not telling them to piss off more frequently.
Well, one thing is for sure now. Kamala will bring far more energy and vibrancy to the Dem campaign than Biden had any hope of mustering even on one of his good days.
Just watched the Harris speech.
It’s doing nothing to contradict my view that I’ve had for some time that Vice President was not the right role for her.
She is a world away from that awkward figure who sorta hid away and popped up at the odd event to spout stream of consciousness gobbledygook. She looks like she’s found her stride.
She is never going to be the greatest orator, and don’t get me wrong there’s a lot of road ahead, but the contrast is really stark. Makes you wonder where this Kamala Harris has been hiding for 4 years.
I'm getting a real "Everyone suddenly burst out singing" vibe which I have never had from politics before. Sort of thing the dimmer lefties apparently got from the smarmy murderous Blairfest of 1997.
Some of the tumescent (quite literally in some cases) posts about Kamala Harris on PB today are best read on an empty stomach.
I have nothing against the lady, she seems quite nice. But let's rein it in just a tad.
It is the Kamalagasm. And it’s as awks as anyone climaxing in public
However, in this case it can be forgiven. Whatever your opinions, the prospect of Trump v Biden 2.0 was fucking dismal as shit. So I share some of the ebullient relief
I still deeply dislike both parties. The Dems for their Wokeness, Trump because he’s Trump. But I sense Woke is in retreat and Trump is still an evil old fuck? Who knows…
I’d like a sane hard right but NATO-friendly GOP candidate. That’s not on offer. The offer is Trump
Eesh. I’d reluctantly vote for Kamala
Either way, the incoming President won't dislike the UK as much as the outgoing one, so that's nice.
Is Kamala not a Britophobe then? That'll be a nice change.
Fascinatingly, both her parents (mother India, father Jamaica) were subjects of the British Empire. She’s very British, in a peculiar way
Our rainy archipelago continues to cast an outsize shadow on the world
This does NOT mean she will be Brit-o-philic, of course. Quite possibly the opposite
Yea, it can go either way. Obama had a Kenhan parent didn't he, and hated us. Trump had a Scottish parent, and didn't much like us. Neither of Biden's parents were British, and he loathed us. Maybe it can't go either way.
I disagree. I think Trump is quite the Anglophile
The others, yes
Well, it's certainly not nutual, is it?
Trump represents most of the human failings particularly loathed in Btitain. Charmless, graceless, humourless, a bully and a coward. A crook, a coarse and vulgar braggart who would never stand his round...the list is long.
The quality of the attack ads is top drawer. You like yours, I particularly like Lincoln Project ads. Do they change the narrative? I suspect the Border might be the most effective.
On the other hand Kamala's USP is she's not 80 and she's Trump or Biden.
The biggest opportunity is to project a message of hope (cf. Obama). Trump won’t be able to cope with that; his message is essentially negative and destructive.
Well, one thing is for sure now. Kamala will bring far more energy and vibrancy to the Dem campaign than Biden had any hope of mustering even on one of his good days.
Just watched the Harris speech.
It’s doing nothing to contradict my view that I’ve had for some time that Vice President was not the right role for her.
She is a world away from that awkward figure who sorta hid away and popped up at the odd event to spout stream of consciousness gobbledygook. She looks like she’s found her stride.
She is never going to be the greatest orator, and don’t get me wrong there’s a lot of road ahead, but the contrast is really stark. Makes you wonder where this Kamala Harris has been hiding for 4 years.
I'm getting a real "Everyone suddenly burst out singing" vibe which I have never had from politics before. Sort of thing the dimmer lefties apparently got from the smarmy murderous Blairfest of 1997.
Some of the tumescent (quite literally in some cases) posts about Kamala Harris on PB today are best read on an empty stomach.
I have nothing against the lady, she seems quite nice. But let's rein it in just a tad.
It is the Kamalagasm. And it’s as awks as anyone climaxing in public
However, in this case it can be forgiven. Whatever your opinions, the prospect of Trump v Biden 2.0 was fucking dismal as shit. So I share some of the ebullient relief
I still deeply dislike both parties. The Dems for their Wokeness, Trump because he’s Trump. But I sense Woke is in retreat and Trump is still an evil old fuck? Who knows…
I’d like a sane hard right but NATO-friendly GOP candidate. That’s not on offer. The offer is Trump
Eesh. I’d reluctantly vote for Kamala
Either way, the incoming President won't dislike the UK as much as the outgoing one, so that's nice.
Is Kamala not a Britophobe then? That'll be a nice change.
Fascinatingly, both her parents (mother India, father Jamaica) were subjects of the British Empire. She’s very British, in a peculiar way
Our rainy archipelago continues to cast an outsize shadow on the world
This does NOT mean she will be Brit-o-philic, of course. Quite possibly the opposite
Yea, it can go either way. Obama had a Kenhan parent didn't he, and hated us. Trump had a Scottish parent, and didn't much like us. Neither of Biden's parents were British, and he loathed us. Maybe it can't go either way.
I think it's more that Britain just isn't considered that important in the U.S., outside very particular areas of intelligencce-sharing and co-operation, and which is a fact that is very difficult for the British Right to accept or integrate with a particular worldview. Almost none of the Presidents listed below have actusally hated Britain, but they just weren't particularly interested.
Ironically it's actually the countries like France, Germany and Italy that always consider Britain important, and we all know where the UK Right has gone with that.
Yes, there's a desperate neediness to our end of "the Special Relationship".
They're just not that into us.
We suffer from not telling them to piss off more frequently.
Door mats dont get respect.
The unbalanced extradition issue that David Davis does so much to challenge is a most egregious example.
Really not a fan of the new intolerance in British politics. Dissent has always been a legitimate element of parliamentary politics and in the past was indulged. The ongoing war on the left will ultimately hurt Labour, just as the Tory war on the wets hurt them. A high proportion of core Labour supporters will have a degree of sympathy with the rebels.
So those 4 children were all under court orders since April to stay with extended family, and last Thursday was because there was a fear of them being removed from the country.
"The court heard the children were all foreign nationals without settled status in the UK, and it could be difficult for them to return to Britain."
Why are we trying to keep them in the country?, no doubt at taxpayers expense for welfare payments as well as all the agencies time.
Not like they are going to North Korea. I thought Romania are esteemed allies who subscribe to all human rights nostrums as EU members, so let them go, send Romanian Embassy a report that they are going and tell them the Romanian Social Services might want to read it then close the case.
Of course a lot of work and money for various professionals and lawyers at taxpayers expense if they are prevented from leaving.
Because - and I don’t know the facts of this case - they are vulnerable children at risk.
There is a moral duty to intervene to protect them
The UK government also has a moral duty to not impoverish the citizens of the UK by pointlessly and expensively trying to better the lives of everyone in the world; and also to not destroy the urban culture and trust of UK society by importing seven billion people a year, many of them openly contemptuous of our values
I fear these other duties have been forgotten to such an extent the UK is now beyond saving - for its own citizens
Don't be silly. You really, really can judge a society by how it treats its prisoners and a fortiori by what lengths it goes to to prevent the abuse, torture, murder etc of its children (and these children are as much citizens as anyone else is)
Yes indeed. We allowed 100,000+ underage white girls to be raped by racist Muslim grooming gangs, because we were afraid of “inflaming community tensions”. THAT is how Britain tries to “prevent the abuse of its children”. By literally ignoring the greatest crime in a century
100,000+ is quite the claim. And a fairly unsubstantiated one I suspect.
So those 4 children were all under court orders since April to stay with extended family, and last Thursday was because there was a fear of them being removed from the country.
"The court heard the children were all foreign nationals without settled status in the UK, and it could be difficult for them to return to Britain."
Why are we trying to keep them in the country?, no doubt at taxpayers expense for welfare payments as well as all the agencies time.
Not like they are going to North Korea. I thought Romania are esteemed allies who subscribe to all human rights nostrums as EU members, so let them go, send Romanian Embassy a report that they are going and tell them the Romanian Social Services might want to read it then close the case.
Of course a lot of work and money for various professionals and lawyers at taxpayers expense if they are prevented from leaving.
Because - and I don’t know the facts of this case - they are vulnerable children at risk.
There is a moral duty to intervene to protect them
The UK government also has a moral duty to not impoverish the citizens of the UK by pointlessly and expensively trying to better the lives of everyone in the world; and also to not destroy the urban culture and trust of UK society by importing seven billion people a year, many of them openly contemptuous of our values
I fear these other duties have been forgotten to such an extent the UK is now beyond saving - for its own citizens
Don't be silly. You really, really can judge a society by how it treats its prisoners and a fortiori by what lengths it goes to to prevent the abuse, torture, murder etc of its children (and these children are as much citizens as anyone else is)
Yes indeed. We allowed 100,000+ underage white girls to be raped by racist Muslim grooming gangs, because we were afraid of “inflaming community tensions”. THAT is how Britain tries to “prevent the abuse of its children”. By literally ignoring the greatest crime in a century
100,000+ is quite the claim. And a fairly unsubstantiated one I suspect.
Quite, but never let the facts get in the way of a good story.
THREE-WAY Kamala Harris 42% Donald Trump 38% RFK Jr. 8%
MoE +/-3%
And we’re off. I do suspect in the end it’s not going to be close. As I’ve always said what does a convicted felon who’s had to pay millions to a woman he’s sexually assaulted and who was prepared to let a mob murder his own running mate have to offer swing voters?
So those 4 children were all under court orders since April to stay with extended family, and last Thursday was because there was a fear of them being removed from the country.
"The court heard the children were all foreign nationals without settled status in the UK, and it could be difficult for them to return to Britain."
Why are we trying to keep them in the country?, no doubt at taxpayers expense for welfare payments as well as all the agencies time.
Not like they are going to North Korea. I thought Romania are esteemed allies who subscribe to all human rights nostrums as EU members, so let them go, send Romanian Embassy a report that they are going and tell them the Romanian Social Services might want to read it then close the case.
Of course a lot of work and money for various professionals and lawyers at taxpayers expense if they are prevented from leaving.
Because - and I don’t know the facts of this case - they are vulnerable children at risk.
There is a moral duty to intervene to protect them
The UK government also has a moral duty to not impoverish the citizens of the UK by pointlessly and expensively trying to better the lives of everyone in the world; and also to not destroy the urban culture and trust of UK society by importing seven billion people a year, many of them openly contemptuous of our values
I fear these other duties have been forgotten to such an extent the UK is now beyond saving - for its own citizens
Don't be silly. You really, really can judge a society by how it treats its prisoners and a fortiori by what lengths it goes to to prevent the abuse, torture, murder etc of its children (and these children are as much citizens as anyone else is)
Yes indeed. We allowed 100,000+ underage white girls to be raped by racist Muslim grooming gangs, because we were afraid of “inflaming community tensions”. THAT is how Britain tries to “prevent the abuse of its children”. By literally ignoring the greatest crime in a century
There are 220,000 people in Rochdale, more or less. Are you suggesting nearly half its population are survivors of this sexual abuse case or are you pulling figures out of your arse for effect, to inflame tensions yourself? I’m going to assume the latter.
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https://x.com/ProjectLincoln/status/1815492314283872582
But I can’t help but say what I see, which is that she is much more fired up and comes across much better as a candidate than she has ever been able to demonstrate in her time as VP. I’m speaking as I find.
Even though there seem to be some somewhat dodgy stats in it.
Harry Cole
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Ruthless Starmer strikes again.
And rightly so to secure his authority. Clown days are over.
Apsana Begum, Richard Burgon, Ian Byrne, Imran Hussain, Rebecca Long-Bailey, John McDonnell and Zarah Sultana all suspended for six months.
Fair play…
Of course always prospect of advancement thanks to some mad gunman, or even less violent ways. PLUS since 1952 when "I Like Ike" lead to Ike picks Dick, the Vice Presidency has been seen as a viable path to the White House, which it really wasn't before.
SO severe constraint and constant boredom combined with high stress and weird hours. Generally NOT much mitigated by efforts to make the job of VP be more consequential, or at least to appear that way.
And Trump’s across the board tariff proposals are nonsense.
We share a vividly surreal sense of humour. Which is quite crucial. There aren’t many better things than riffing comedically and effectively with your own kids
Too soon to tell, but early polling for Harris not looking too shabby.
Because the "Easy Boss" of New York State GOP politics at the turn of 19th > 20th century was US Sen. Tom Platt, wanted to get newly-elected Gov. Theodore Roosevelt the hell out of Albany, where the Gov was opposing, hindering, exposing dirty deals by many of Platt's corporate donors & henchpeople.
McKinley's first VP had died in office, so he needed another. Platt argued that TR would not only help carry NY State THE battleground state of the epoch. AND that the Hero of San Juan Hill would add luster and vigor to the ticket. Essentially a Mini-Me for McKinley.
Political backer and campaign manager Mark Hanna famously warned WMcK that he should NOT pick Roosevelt, and put a "cowboy" within a heart beat of the Presidency. But he did . . . and the rest is history.
But it did get TR out of Tom Platt's hair up in Albany.
Our rainy archipelago continues to cast an outsize shadow on the world
This does NOT mean she will be Brit-o-philic, of course. Quite possibly the opposite
It would be historically stupid for Trump to allow Chinese factories on American soil: it would just reduce American workers to the status of Chinese workers, with all the care that implies.
Or is the EHCR utterly meaningless?
Maybe it can't go either way.
The others, yes
Children returned to extended family after Leeds disorder - BBC News
Possibly the headline was cut for length.
(This is post is not to be interpreted as expressing any opinion upon anyone or anything other than things that amuse me)
Those two outcomes in quick succession nixed the winner + runner up deal for good. Or ill.
Sidebar - IF you ever find yourself in Parkersburg, West Virginia on the banks of the mighty Ohio River, take the paddle-wheeler over to Blennerhasset Island, which in first decade of 19th century was site of an impressive mansion in the howling wilderness. AND major staging area for Burr's Conspiracy. W
Whatever it was Aaron Burr was actually conspiring to do? Thomas Jefferson thought it was treason against the United States, but Burr was acquitted of that crime in federal court trial, so who knows?
Almost none of the Presidents listed below have actusally hated Britain, but they just weren't particularly interested.
Ironically it's actually the countries like France, Germany and Italy that always consider Britain important, and we all know where the UK Right has gone
with that.
My new favourite genre:
Americans trying Coleman's English Mustard
https://x.com/Zaphod2042/status/1812541685840089419
via Larry the Cat.
Who has also commented on JD Vance's assaults on Cat Ladies.
Larry the Cat @Number10cat
Trump's pet pooch James Vance has attacked cat ladies, which in turn is an attack on cats. I've got bad news for you Jimmy: women vote, cat lovers vote. You need to find some charisma and substance real fast or it's obvious who'll be getting the blame from Daddy in November...
https://x.com/Number10cat/status/1815757873818845455
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nzQsSbq-pk
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/23/southern-baptist-biden-00170764
In under 48 hours, the head of the staunchly conservative public-policy arm of the Southern Baptist Convention rankled fellow Baptists by applauding President Joe Biden’s “selfless act” of withdrawing his candidacy for reelection. Then, his agency reported he was fired — and now they have reaffirmed his leadership.
The head-spinning series of events started Sunday, but by Tuesday morning, the SBC’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission announced that no, leader Brent Leatherwood wasn’t fired. Rather, he has the full support of his top board members — though its chair resigned and apologized for the erroneous announcement...
So outside of the things that matter?
Outside of warm weather and sunshine, people don't really think about summer.
Outside of spending time with family and giving presents, people don't really think about Christmas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KP_Ibr-g5U
Southern Baptist Convention is America's largest Protestant religious denomination, with chuchs and church members everywhere, most especially across the Southern States. Increasingly conservative in theology AND politics.
This is sign that there are still strong voices within even very conservative, Trump-friendly circles, that believe in at least two things
> Resisting turning God's church into political cells for political parties even (or maybe especially) when you agree with them.
> Praying for government leaders even (or perhaps especially) when you do NOT agree with them.
Trust Larry to maintain a dignified silence, However, IF J,D. Vance ever comes calling in Downing Street, expect the claws to be out. OR at very least a warning hiss.
Same as in USA or UK or where ever.
The man, who is in his 40s, was found seriously injured less than 200 metres from Brompton Barracks in Chatham, Kent, at around 6pm on Tuesday evening.
A horrified witness said the attacker, hidden by a ski mask and in a NASA bomber jacket, leapt off a moped and ran towards the uniformed soldier.
The serviceman managed to get away but was chased down and attacked once more by the assailant who was brandishing two kitchen knifes, the onlooker claimed.
It is claimed moments later the knifeman held up one of the bloodied weapons and licked it in front of terrified locals who had rushed out of their homes to help the serviceman.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13664985/Soldier-Army-barracks-stabbing-Gillingham-man-arrested.html
It is why parties need to hit the ground running. If you don't start pushing through your big policy ideas straight away, they won't get actually to the coalface until end of year 1 and little chance you can claim any benefits from them by year 5.
That goes doubly for Biden/Harris as due to age and strategy Biden's team's plan was to offer him as a softly spoken father of the nation figure, which necessitated Harris not really doing or saying much. As you couldn't have Harris going round attracting attention and speculation she was the real one in charge or that she was being silly.
Now she can play to what her perceived strengths are - some of which is having something more of a cultural and personal hinterland than many politicians - which might not win her the thing but make her much more interesting to watch.
"The proportion of the total electorate that abstained, 40 percent, was the second highest since the 1880s. This didn’t really surprise me. No doubt there were many among the 40 percent who simply, or habitually, could not be bothered to cast their vote; but before the election, I heard many people who usually voted say that they would not vote this time because of their disenchantment with the political class as a whole (not that they have been exactly enchanted with it for a long time). In vain did I argue that, bad as politicians might be as a class of human beings, there were always better and worse among them, even if marginally so: it is not possible for everyone at the same time to be the worst. I found, however, that the disgust ran so deep that there was no convincing them that they ought to vote."
https://lawliberty.org/a-crisis-of-democratic-legitimacy/
https://uselectionatlas.org/PRED/PRESIDENT/2024/pred.php
https://x.com/davemccormickpa/status/1815894904650047929
Trump represents most of the human failings particularly loathed in Btitain. Charmless, graceless, humourless, a bully and a coward. A crook, a coarse and vulgar braggart who would never stand his round...the list is long.
They're just not that into us.
The quality of the attack ads is top drawer. You like yours, I particularly like Lincoln Project ads. Do they change the narrative? I suspect the Border might be the most effective.
On the other hand Kamala's USP is she's not 80 and she's Trump or Biden.
Door mats dont get respect.
https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/pollsters-were-so-wrong-they-need-a-rethink-l9f0w3zlk
Mr. Monksfield, was it a three line whip? I would've thought backing a finance measure in the Labour manifesto would be.
Still, the Witless Whipless Wonders have got the publicity and irrelevance they crave, and now they can say whatever they like.