People putting themselves forward had to secure the backing of 20 Tory MPs – a higher threshold than in previous contests. Former Health Secretary Sajid… Read More »Conservative leadership: Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak policy guide
“Justice has been delivered,” President Joe Biden https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1554253735911718913″>said from the White House yesterday, announcing that the U.S. had “successfully conducted an airstrike in Kabul, Afghanistan… Read More »U.S. kills Al Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri. Will it matter?
Earlier this year I wrote a Twitter thread explaining why the profits of energy companies would rise dramatically this year as a result of the… Read More »Knew he would get this one wrong
https://www2.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Screenshot-2022-08-02-06.05.09.png”> Truss will never have a better opportunity Looking back to the last time a PM was replaced between elections, 2007, I often wonder whether… Read More »Why I’m betting on a 2022 general election – politicalbetting.com
Rachel Maddow answered Donald Trump’s claim that nobody has gotten to the bottom of 9/11 by pointing to Biden taking out the leader of al-Qaeda.… Read More »Rachel Maddow Burns Trump To The Ground After Biden Gets The Leader Of al-Qaeda
Labour’s Lucy Powell has urged the government not to miss the “open-goal opportunity” of England winning the 2022 Euros, declaring the team’s success a “potential… Read More »Powell urges ministers not to miss “open-goal opportunity” of women’s Euros win – LabourList
WATCH: When Liz Hit the Dance Floor… Who doesn’t like a bit of Beyoncé? Though no video exists, Guido can recall the vision of party… Read More »WATCH: When Liz Hit the Dance Floor…
Cast your minds back through the eons to a week or two ago, and you may remember that ConservativeHome was compiling a list of which… Read More »Truss may be winning among Party members, but Sunak continues to lead among MPs | Conservative Home
A roundup of progressive news… 1.Liz Truss met with US lobbyists who tanked Obama’s Clean Energy Act-openDemocracy https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/liz-truss-heritage-foundation-lobbyists-climate-obama/?utm_source=SEGMENT%20-%20Newsletter%3A%20oD%20weekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Liz%20Truss”>OpenDemocracy has an important piece on how Tory… Read More »Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week
During the conflict between Israel and Hamas in May 2021, the Israelis often found themselves needing to hit Hamas hideouts – for both weapons and… Read More »Israel Displays Evidence of Hamas’ Use of Civilian Sites
