How come everyone who was furious last week about the US government being shut down and not paying salaries or food stamps, is also now furious that it will shortly reopen? https://x.com/steveguest/s… (View Post)

Those are all worth a couple of quid at long odds, as are any other Dem Sens and Govs aged 45-60. Last I looked, the three favourites were Newsom, AOC, and a retread Kamala Harris, none of which IMHO… (View Post)

A rare point of agreement there. I wish we knew nothing about the Budget as the Chancellor stood up, and I wish that the morning’s media would concentrate on things that have been announced rather th… (View Post)

The suggestion of the 20% exit tax was on the news headlines and discussed on the breakfast radio show in the sandpit this morning. That’s how much of an effect it’s having already, people are making… (View Post)

The two halves of the sentence in the BBC documentary were 45 minutes apart in his speech, he was saying at the end that the (political) fight goes on. The BBC (and other US channels) have edited the… (View Post)