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Labour Live Is Merely Pining for the Fjords

There’s a “Labour Live” event going on North London right now. It evidently hasn’t been a huge success: LABOUR Live – the troubled Glastonbury-style festival where the party was hoping to recreate the success of their rousing General Election rallies … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for March 2, 2018

Happy Texas Independence Day! I keep waiting for things to slow down, and they keep not slowing down. And the Texas primary election is next week… Eric S. Raymond discusses elite blindness about immigration. Diversity erodes social trust, trust being … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for June 12, 2017

Enjoy a late, out-of-band LinkSwarm to start your week: Attorney General Jeff Sessions is serious about border control: Sessions said 25 judges have already been deployed to detention centers on the U.S.-Mexico border, according to Politico. Another 50 judges will … Continue reading →

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Theresa May Screws Up

Despite having an absolute majority in Parliament, Prime Minister Theresa May gambled she could increase Tory numbers in Parliament, strengthen her hand in Brexit negotiations, and KO the Jeremy Corbyn-led Labour Party by calling a snap election. The result: the … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for May 19, 2017

Another eventful week, and not just for the special-prosecutor and impeachment talk freakout Democrats are having. (Looks like they failed to learn the lesson of “Fitzmas.”) Now the LinkSwarm: “Almost every promise made eight years ago about Obamacare turned out … Continue reading →

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UK: Tories Clean Up, Labour Crushed

Here’s a story that isn’t getting much play on this side of the pond. The UK held it’s regular yearly local council elections May 4, which fell in advance of Theresa May’s national snap election coming June 8. The Tories … Continue reading →

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UK PM Theresa May Calls Early Elections

This is unexpected (at least to me): UK Prime Minister Theresa May announced a plan to call a snap general election on June 8, despite the ruling Tories already having won an absolute parliamentary majority in 2015. Her statement: I … Continue reading →

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Johnny Rotten Backs Brexit, Trump

I’ll take things likely to make liberals heads explode for $200, Alex: British cultural icon and punk rock godfather John Lydon (Johnny Rotten) has hailed the “joy” of populist, anti-establishment movements across the West. Mr Lydon backed Brexit, claimed President … Continue reading →

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John Gray on Brexit

If you’re not already suffering from Brexit fatigue by now, this John Gray piece in the New Statesmen has more than enough pith and insight to make it worth your time. A lesson of the past few days is the … Continue reading →

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The Knives Comes Out For Corbyn

After Brexit’s passage, Labour MPs decided to take their frustrations out on their own leader: A motion of no confidence in Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has been passed by the party’s MPs. The 172-40 vote, which is not binding, follows … Continue reading →

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