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Last week’s UK local elections humiliated the Conservative-Labour duopoly and showed Nigel Farage’s Reform UK is no longer just a protest vote. iPINIONS argues that Britain is relapsing into Brexit politics just as America relapsed into MAGA politics … voters choosing entertainment over governance, their own welfare be damned. Read my full take on Substack:… Read more.
I am shocked, shocked! Elon Musk is breaking up with Nigel Farage! Why? Because Nigel dared to tell Elon to stop championing the lost cause of British White supremacist Tommy Robinson. Frankly, Musk’s nostalgia for the good old days of Apartheid South Africa has him fraternizing with far-right demagogues worldwide. And it’s troubling enough that… Read more.
As of this posting, there’s still one seat outstanding. But here are the final results for all intents and purposes: Conservatives: 364 up from 318 Labour: 203 down from 262 SNP: 48 up from 35 Lib Dems: 11 down from 12 Of course, this election was a de facto referendum on the Conservatives’ promise to… Read more.
But, if you thought Blair was Bush’s poodle, watch how Johnson laps it up with Trump. Boris Johnson will become Britain’s next prime minister after winning a convincing victory over Jeremy Hunt in the Conservative party leadership race. … Saying ‘some wag’ had pointed out that [deliver Brexit, unite the country and defeat Jeremy Corbyn]… Read more.
Diplomatic cables sent from the United Kingdom’s ambassador to the United States [Kim Darroch] back to London describe President Donald Trump as ‘inept,’ ‘insecure’ and ‘incompetent.’ … Darroch used secret cables and briefing notes to warn the UK government that Trump’s ‘career could end in disgrace,’ and described conflicts within the White House as ‘knife… Read more.
