The multi-billionaire who has ignored the first primary states now second place in the betting

The multi-billionaire who has ignored the first primary states now second place in the betting

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More and more money goes on 77 year old Bloomberg On the eve of the first full primary, New Hampshire, the person who’ll become the stop Bernie contender has yet to emerge which is one reason why Sanders looks set to follow his tie in Iowa with a victory in New Hampshire. Bloomberg, one of the richest people in the world, is determined to do what he can to stop Trump and is spending hundreds of millions of dollars on…

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The Boris Bridge to Ireland plan – the ultimate vanity project?

The Boris Bridge to Ireland plan – the ultimate vanity project?

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Reminder what engineers think of building a 22 mile bridge through a deep and stormy munitions dump pic.twitter.com/odNFyZD87E — James Felton (@JimMFelton) February 10, 2020 There are surely better ways of improving the UK’s travel infrastructure If/when @theSNP achieve independence, who picks up the tab for the committed-to-but-not-yet-built bridge between Scotland and Northern Ireland proposed by @BorisJohnson ? Sadly, I think I know the answer! PS it would have been closed for the last 2 days because of Storm Ciara…

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Amy Klobuchar edging up in New Hampshire ahead of tomorrow’s primary

Amy Klobuchar edging up in New Hampshire ahead of tomorrow’s primary

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Now third in two latest polls on tomorrow’s primary So far in the race for the Democratic nomination the field has tended to split into two groups: the super young people represented by 38 year old Pete Buttigieg and the very old with Michael Bloomberg, Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders who are all heading for their 80s. One person who has not really had a breakout moment is the Senator from Minnesota Amy klobuchar who is 59 who really needs…

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The world is becoming even more partisan

The world is becoming even more partisan

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Every so often we see some polling that much like the polling of Tory Party members last summer that saw a majority of Tory members will to countenance the destruction of the United Kingdom as well as significant damage to the economy to ensure their Brexit is delivered makes you go wow. This polling from America which sees 62% of New Hampshire Democratic Party primary voters would prefer a meteor strike to wipe out all human life over Trump winning…

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Ethics man. God, mammon and investing

Ethics man. God, mammon and investing

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Those snowflakes are at it again.  Students of St John’s college, Oxford, have called upon their college to disinvest from companies that extract fossil fuels and thus contribute to global warming.  In response, the principal bursar has told them that could not be done at a drop of a hat, but he’d gladly turn off the gas in their halls of residence if that would make them feel better.  It seems that it would not. Contrary to the implication of…

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The New Hampshire polling looks almost solid for Bernie – but then so did Iowa

The New Hampshire polling looks almost solid for Bernie – but then so did Iowa

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Given the delays in getting a firm result from Iowa I wonder whether our first clear cut outcome could happen on Tuesday night in New Hampshire. For even when the Iowa party gets all the outstanding data in on Monday then it is far from clear that this will be the end of the matter. All this is because with caucuses it is the party machines that handles the election and the counting unlike where you have full primaries like…

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Public standards mean nothing if the public won’t own them

Public standards mean nothing if the public won’t own them

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Trump’s failed impeachment is a reflection of the nation’s civil standards Why is Mike Pence not now the President of the United States? The immediate answer is, of course, that there weren’t 67 members of the Senate willing to vote to convict him of the charges brought by the House. But to get to the deeper answers we have to ask: why not? It was not for lack of evidence – though of course the Republican senators went out of…

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Whoever ends up winning Iowa the WH2020 Dem nomination battle is now framed as between Bernie and Buttigieg

Whoever ends up winning Iowa the WH2020 Dem nomination battle is now framed as between Bernie and Buttigieg

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The big question mark is over Bloomberg Although the Iowa result has not yet been finalised and it might be a few days before we know, there’s little doubt that what happened on Monday will have a major impact on the race from here. We are already seeing this in polls for the New Hampshire Primary which takes place next Tuesday. It is a big ask to expect Pete to achieve victory in New Hampshire but some polls have him…

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