Trouble over bridged waters. Boris Johnson’s plan to link Scotland and Northern Ireland

Trouble over bridged waters. Boris Johnson’s plan to link Scotland and Northern Ireland

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While love can build a bridge, it’s far from clear that Boris Johnson can.  He planned one across the Thames, but that was scrapped.  Then he mooted one across the English Channel, to be shot down quickly.  Now he is shelling out public money to investigate the possibility of a bridge across the North Channel between Larne (half an hour from Belfast) and Portpatrick (50 lightyears from anywhere).  Is it going to be third time a charm for Boris Johnson?…

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Bernie just squeezes it in New Hampshire but Buttigieg retains overall delegate lead

Bernie just squeezes it in New Hampshire but Buttigieg retains overall delegate lead

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Another big disappointment for one-time favourite Biden The CNN results above are just about in and the final outcome in New Hampshire is shown above. Bernie topped on votes but is having to share the delegates with Pete Buttigieg. Amy Klobuchar had a really great night doing far better with her third place than looked possible only a week or so ago. Question marks must now hang over Elizabeth Warren who was once evens favourite for the nomination. Her speech…

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Bernie heading for New Hampshire victory with Biden in single figures

Bernie heading for New Hampshire victory with Biden in single figures

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At this stage none of the networks has been ready to call the New Hampshire primary but it’s looking as though this is going to go with the final polling. Bernie Sanders winning but with nothing like the margin that he had over Hillary Clinton in the same state 4 years ago. What’s clear is that 77 year old Sanders has been helped by the rise of Amy Klobuchar who was judged to have had by the the best TV…

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And so to New Hampshire – the first full primary

And so to New Hampshire – the first full primary

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It should be just after midnight in the UK when we will start to get information on how this crucial election is going. One of the best places to look is the New York Times which will be keeping an up to data record of the voting throughout the night. If the polls and betting have this right then this is one for Bernie Sanders who is a Senator for the neighbouring state of Vermont. A big question is how…

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Starmer gets the best ratings from both all voters and LAB members in new large sample Ashcroft poll

Starmer gets the best ratings from both all voters and LAB members in new large sample Ashcroft poll

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He’s the only leader or deputy contender in positive territory There’s a new large sample Lord Ashcroft poll that’s been published overnight that looks back at the general election particularly the reasons for the LAB defeat and looks forward to the coming LAB leadership ballot which starts later this month. The full report is well worth downloading. The report also includes the findings of a series of focus groups which are worthy of a separate header in themself. The part…

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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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