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Allies of Boris worried that Tory MPs will practice safe X to avoid waking up with a dumb blonde

Allies of Boris worried that Tory MPs will practice safe X to avoid waking up with a dumb blonde

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Tory bosses urged to change leadership rules so Boris Johnson will have a better chance of being next PM https://t.co/NJvTscWK9n — Sun Politics (@SunPolitics) August 19, 2018 As long as MPs exclusively control who the final two candidates sent to the members are the leadership ambitions of Boris are set to be unfulfilled. For me the most interesting political story this week from a British standpoint was the desire of some supporters of Boris wishing to change the Tory leadership…

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An awful amount of excrement has just hit the fan for Trump

An awful amount of excrement has just hit the fan for Trump

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BREAKING: Michael Cohen says he was directed to violate campaign law at the direction of a candidate for federal office https://t.co/kVdINYkpI3 pic.twitter.com/xa4XAexv1V — Bloomberg Politics (@bpolitics) August 21, 2018 Prosecutor says purpose of Michael Cohen's payments was to ensure individuals didn't disclose "alleged affairs with the candidate" https://t.co/PonBO1JIy2 — Bloomberg Politics (@bpolitics) August 21, 2018 Besides the $130,000 payment, Cohen admitted to making an illegal contribution of $150,000, which was how much Karen McDougal got from the National Enquirer’s publisher to quash…

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The rise of cultural leftism

The rise of cultural leftism

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From ex-LAB MP Nick Palmer Traditionally, the left has always put inequality of income and wealth at the core of its appeal. All the way back to Marx, the argument was that a small number of rich people were rigging the system to benefit themselves, and if you are working-class and on a stagnating income, you need to band together with other working-class people through Labour and the unions to change matters. With middle-class sympathisers, this would potentially make up…

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Good Queen Tess

Good Queen Tess

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Picture credit: Pulpstar The country is divided into two fiercely-opposed camps. One group wants to free the country completely from European control, completing a process begun under a previous leader, whereas the other group wants to reverse the break from Europe altogether. In parliament the latter group has the majority, but the real levers of power are held – somewhat precariously – by a woman who, nominally at least, favours the break. But does she? There is suspicion amongst the…

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A bet that seems like a guaranteed 14% return in just over 4 months

A bet that seems like a guaranteed 14% return in just over 4 months

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Video: Footage of Jeremy Corbyn, in yellow, taking on his critics in the Parliamentary Labour Party. NSFW As long as Labour members see Corbyn as the Messiah & not a very naughty boy there won’t be a Labour leadership contest. Paddy Power’s market on whether there’ll be a Labour leadership contest in 2018 seems like an absolute slam dunk for backers of the 1/7 for the following reasons. Whilst Corbyn appears to have better relationships with terrorists and anti Semites…

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Last rights? Are UKIP set to revive?

Last rights? Are UKIP set to revive?

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It is a regular feature of horror films that, just when you think it has been destroyed, the monster lurches back into life one last time to terrorise the valiant hero.  Right now the corpse of UKIP is lying slouched in the corner but with its poll ratings a quantum level higher than they were two months ago its body is twitching as if an electrical stimulus is being pumped through it.  Can it return from the dead? Following the…

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NEW PB / Polling Matters podcast: Silly season. What conspiracy theories do Brits believe? Plus Boris makes tea and “wreath-gate”

NEW PB / Polling Matters podcast: Silly season. What conspiracy theories do Brits believe? Plus Boris makes tea and “wreath-gate”

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On this week’s PB / Polling Matters show Keiran Pedley and Leo Barasi take a different approach to the podcast and look at public opinion on conspiracy theories using some exclusive polling from Opinium. How many Brits think the earth is flat? Is Elvis alive? Were the mood landings faked? Is Paul dead? Is Nessie real? Our podcasters find out the answers, plus which conspiracy theory has less than half thinking it is false…you can listen to the conspiracy theory…

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Numerology. The next Conservative leader

Numerology. The next Conservative leader

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Let me let you in on a dirty secret.  An awful lot of lawyers are terrified of maths.  They can make words sit up and beg, but put them in front of a formula and they quiver.  When the rate of VAT rose to 20%, many lawyers were privately delighted because the calculation was so much easier to do.  Nevertheless, I have maths ahead.  You have been warned. The Conservative party leadership race is conducted under unusual rules.  The Parliamentary…

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