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Someone is trying to persuade me that Trump is ill and might not stand in November

Someone is trying to persuade me that Trump is ill and might not stand in November

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But I can’t believe that PB has a world exclusive Yesterday I received an email from someone I have never been in contact with before or have any familiarity with which suggested that something might be happening in American politics less than 5 months before the presidential election. This is what it said: I’m passing on to you what a colleague has learnt from a source in the military. The story about Trump visiting the Sterling golf course yesterday, illustrated…

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Harris retains her strong favourite position in the Democratic VP betting with Susan Rice now second favourite

Harris retains her strong favourite position in the Democratic VP betting with Susan Rice now second favourite

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I have a very long history of always losing money on the vice presidential choices in American election campaigns. This is not something that is decided by primaries or elections of some form but is the personal choice of the presumptive nominee in this case Joe Biden. I’ve moved around so much in the betting on this that I have now cashed out on Betfair making a small profit whatever happens. I have another bet on Susan Rice at Ladbrokes…

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Could it be even at this late stage that Trump doesn’t become the nominee?

Could it be even at this late stage that Trump doesn’t become the nominee?

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The above video is one of a series of hard attacking ads against Donald Trump that are being produced by an apparently well funded Republican organisation called the Lincoln Project. They are aimed at the Republicans and the aim is to raise doubts about the incumbent’s fitness to continue in office and so preventing a second term. What is particularly intriguing about them is that they are more powerful than just about anything that is being produced by Joe Biden…

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Safe as houses?

Safe as houses?

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Housing has long had a special place in the Tory party’s heart. A “property owning democracy” in Mrs Thatcher’s vision. It has also proved a nightmare as the rises in interest rates, negative equity and repossessions in the 1990’s showed. Now the problem is different: people desperate to own a home (the young) are shut out by sky high prices (at least in some places), the difficulties of saving for a deposit while renting and the lack of sufficient affordable…

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The reality is that life won’t get back to normal until a vaccine or palliative is widely available

The reality is that life won’t get back to normal until a vaccine or palliative is widely available

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During the day I had a call from an old friend who told me she had recently come out of hospital after getting COVID19. Her story was, no doubt, very similar to what many of the hundreds of thousands who have been struck down with the disease have experienced. The sheer awfulness of gasping for breath and then the incredible joy after arriving in hospital and getting oxygen. The totality of the pain, the physical discomfort when our organs aren’t…

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Facebook takes down Trump ads for violating policy against organised hate

Facebook takes down Trump ads for violating policy against organised hate

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In a move that seems unprecedented Facebook has taken down Trump ads infringing the sites policies against organized hate. This looks like a big pointer to how it will operate at WH2020 where the giant social media site was expected to play a huge role. The ads involved are said to have attacked what the Trump campaign described as “Dangerous MOBS of far-left groups,” featured an upside-down triangle. It is said the triangle “is practically identical to that used by…

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The latest ads from a campaign to turn Republicans against Trump

The latest ads from a campaign to turn Republicans against Trump

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This one is particularly important because Senator Lindsay Graham has emerged as the main attack dog for Trump. It very much undermines what he is trying to do now as part of helping the President get re-elected. This is potentially a powerful line of attack on Trump raising questions over the President’s health and ,mental capacity.

On the day the Premiership returns the big political story is the Johnson meal voucher U-turn following a campaign by a leading footballer

On the day the Premiership returns the big political story is the Johnson meal voucher U-turn following a campaign by a leading footballer

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And Cameron’s GE2010 pension “triple lock” could be suspended The big political news for the tabloids is the huge concession that Boris Johnson has made over the provision of meal vouchers to a million plus poor children. This followed an intervention by the Manchester United footballer Marcus Rashford. The move coincides with the resumption of professional football today albeit with the remaining Premiership matches being played behind closed doors. The climb down from the government followed an emotional letter to…

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