The one thing worth considering from the American system is the forward date for politicians' taking office. OK, they do it so the new guys can sack all the staff and stuff the offices with all … (View Post)

Looks like Normandy has taken the worse of the storm, with widespread loss of power there, and a wind gust there of 132 mph - which if confirmed tops England’s wind speed record of 122mph at the Need… (View Post)

It’s been a rough night, but according to windy.com the worst of it is out in the Channel. Although I am almost as close on land as it’s possible to get to being out there, the wind has swung round t… (View Post)

Number 25 in an ongoing series of reasons why Labour will come to regret Reeves’s chickening out from the 1/2p tax increase she widely trailed last year…. (View Post)

Trump’s cronies will grift and monetise anything, so the likely answer is yes. Meanwhile they’re trying to persuade their half of the US that the now dead female driver in Minneapolis was engaged in … (View Post)