The British Conservatives are in complete disarray with vicious infighting and doubling-down on unpopular extremism. They are headed toward an absolute electoral wipeout next year.
-- one House R accused another of sucker punching him -- a senator challenged a witness to a fistfight as people gasped -- the Oversight chair called a Dem member a 'smurf' and repeatedly called his line of questioning 'bullshit'
Every time you prise up a stone in the garden of earthly delights known as this 13-year Tory rule, you find the nastiest of creepy crawlies. Secret deals, abandoned promises, self-preservation, magic thinking, cronyism, inappropriate lobbying.
This is the second resignation letter Suella has written inside a year. So she's had some practice. This one accuses Sunak of breaking promises he had signed in a document. So much for Mr Integrity. The Tory party is in a civil war. Send for the popcorn.
The best bit in Braverman's letter is where she says she was prepared to accept Sunak despite him having no public mandate as long as he agreed to her secret deal the public didn't even know about.
What's happening in France is absolutely stunning. You now have major figures of the country's Jewish community, like movie director Élie Chouraqui 👇, backing Le Pen's Front National and going as far as suggesting he'd vote for them because they showed up at a march against…
This is devastating in my view. Trump never had any intention of complying with the election results. He was told repeatedly in the presence of a convicted co-defendant that he had lost. He ignored it and conspired with his lawyers to overthrow the election anyway.
It may not be Watergate, but the issue of Sir Robbie Gibb trying to get the” right “ person to head OfCom throws a spotlight on the ugly right wing political and media ecosystem that dominates our political culture. Good questions . Answers are needed.