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Trump’s first electoral test sees the Republicans holding on in Kansas with a majority down 20%

Trump’s first electoral test sees the Republicans holding on in Kansas with a majority down 20%

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GOP holds on in Kansas by-election in President Trump's 1st electoral test. Maj down from 27% to 7.2% https://t.co/pSBHzlzf8V pic.twitter.com/nvPaHl9YFv — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) April 12, 2017 The margin down from 27% to 7.2% If the Democrats are to make a dent on the Republican following last year’s presidential election then they are going to need to make 24 gains which would take away the GOP majority in Congress. An opportunity arose last night with a by-election in a Kansas…

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Punters now taking a more positive view of Trump’s survival chances

Punters now taking a more positive view of Trump’s survival chances

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Now he’s odds-on to serve till 2020 or later On the UK betting markets at least punters are taking a more positive view about Donald Trump’s chances of staying in the post till 2020 or beyond. It seems his action on Syria has helped take the edge off the Putin link narrative that was proving to be becoming a problem for him. But the big picture remains negative and his party could still turn on him in the run up…

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BREAKING: Trump orders cruise missile attack on Syria following the chemical weapon attack

BREAKING: Trump orders cruise missile attack on Syria following the chemical weapon attack

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The new President’s first major military intervention Trump said: “Tonight I ordered a targeted military strike on the airfield in Syria from where the chemical attack was launched. It is in this vital national security interest of the United States to prevent and deter the spread and use of deadly chemical weapons. There can be no dispute that Syria used banned chemical weapons, violated its obligations under the chemical weapons convention, and ignored the urging of the UN security council….

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Flynn’s move looks dangerous for Trump and punters make it a 52% chance that the President won’t last the full term

Flynn’s move looks dangerous for Trump and punters make it a 52% chance that the President won’t last the full term

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Breaking: Mike Flynn has offered to be interviewed in probe of Trump team's Russia ties in exchange for immunity https://t.co/8lUo2e92MY — The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) March 30, 2017 Latest @betdatapolitics chart on Trump exit year betting pic.twitter.com/QWfVWo0KgK — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) March 31, 2017 Time to bet on the President’s survival? Maybe. Maybe not Until now I have steadfastly ignored the betting on how long Donald Trump will remain in the White House simply because my own personal feelings…

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If this is accurate, then you might wish to update your Trump impeachment, conviction, resignation, and exit date betting

If this is accurate, then you might wish to update your Trump impeachment, conviction, resignation, and exit date betting

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(THREAD) BREAKING: Harvard professor and @CNN political analyst Juliette Kayyem says, per sources, Michael Flynn may have flipped on Trump. pic.twitter.com/kkG4h4gqvw — Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) March 25, 2017 (1) First, as an attorney I want to make clear that, if this @CNN analyst's sources are correct, the #Russiagate scandal is blown wide open. — Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) March 25, 2017 (2) The FBI flips witnesses, turning them into cooperating individuals, _only_ when they can help secure conviction of a bigger…

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Main polling headlines from the US and in the UK

Main polling headlines from the US and in the UK

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Trump slumps to historic approval rating low less than a month after becoming President Latest Gallup Trump approval ratings have him at historic low for a President within a month of inauguration pic.twitter.com/XzwKhltUeD — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) February 18, 2017 CON lead over LAB up 6% with Opinium Latest @OpiniumResearch GB Wide Westminster VI poll Con 40 (+3) Lab 27 (-3) UKIP 14 (nc) LD 8 (nc) — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) February 18, 2017

Cyclefree on invitations to address Parliament and the latest PB cartoon

Cyclefree on invitations to address Parliament and the latest PB cartoon

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Cartoons by Helen Cochrane and Nicholas Leonard. In June 2012, Nobel Peace Prize winner, Aung San Suu Kyi, gave an address to both Houses of Parliament, with the Speaker of the Commons, one John Bercow, giving a welcoming address.  Nothing very surprising there and surely nothing controversial about such an invitation or speaker.  But even Nobel Peace Prize winners can be criticised and Miss Suu Kyi has, for her reluctance to use her undoubted moral authority within Burma to speak…

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