Sunak, he’s just not up to it
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One of these tweets is a spoof, can you guess which one?
Sunak really does hate the North, understandably Tory MPs are upset at the optics of the first tweet from the Department for Transport which has now been deleted. TSE
The View from South Africa
In a roseate African dusk a skinny teenager ignores the sliding pitch of the lark’s incessant call and shoulders a Mauser Model 1895 rifle. He squints down the crude iron sights, imagines himself to be Yevgeny Maximov and, between heartbeats as his grandfather has taught him, squeezes the trigger. The antique weapon bucks and roars in his hands leaving a choking cloud of white smoke and a ringing noise in his ears. The watermelon, placed on the corner of the…
Another difficult Tory by-election defence
A by-election is expected to take place in 2024 in the UK Parliament constituency of Wellingborough following a 2023 recall petition that removed the incumbent MP Peter Bone. Even though he had a huge majority at GE2019 the Tory record since GE2019 has been dismal. It is hard to see a CON hold. Mike Smithson
Trump will again triumph
Overnight the very fine justices of the Colorado Supreme Court ruled wannabe dictator Donald Trump was ineligible to run for President for his attempted insurrection in January 2021 and at first it seems like bad news for Trump however it might end up helping him. Ultimately the Supreme Court of the United States will decide on whether Trump can stand and I expect the majority will rule in favour of Trump because they are either Trump’s appointees or men of…
Next Sunak will announce water is wet
Last night Rishi Sunak confirmed that the next general election will take place next year, this isn’t a surprise to me or anybody else. Only an idiot would hold a general election in 2025 that would see the election campaign that would straddle the Christmas & New Year period. Only the heir to the throne of the kingdom of idiots would hold a general election in 2025 that would see the election campaign that would straddle the Christmas & New…
Replacing the irreplaceable
With the sad news that Mark Drakeford will stand down as Welsh First Minister and Welsh Labour leader in March there is a market on his replacement. If you think it is going to be Vaughan Gething then you can get a near 62% return in three months. I think Welsh Labour will be using the alternative voting system which may make the voting a bit more complicated but who wins will struggle to replace the real Prince of Wales…
Too many tweets, Part II
David Cameron was right on so many things, his maxim about Twitter was prescient and an indicia of the great man’s brilliance and humour. It has been over fourteen years since those comments and some politicians still haven’t learned the lesson but there’s now a different problem for politicians when it comes Twitter, we shall call this the X rated problem. As we can see in the above Tweets when politicians post palpable nonsense then community notes will appear pointing…