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“If anyone concludes that Britain is back to normal, however, they should think again. The electorate has become extraordinarily volatile. This has been one of the biggest swings in a single Parliament; the very idea of safe seats is increasingly questionable. Voters are disenchanted with establishment politicians. According to the latest British Social Attitudes Survey, […]

“There is another option. Mr Biden should withdraw from the campaign. That way, the election might refresh the body politic. The virtue of democracy is that voters can choose their rulers, but Mr Biden and Mr Trump offer a choice between the incapable and the unspeakable. Americans deserve better.” Fonte: The Economist Link: Why Biden […]

“The Labour leader told reporters on Wednesday he did not think Britain would go back into any of the three blocs while he was alive, all but ruling out rejoining even if he wins a second term in office.” Fonte: The Guardian Autore: Kiran Stacey Link: Britain will not rejoin EU in my lifetime, says […]

A far more dangerous, because far more politically potent, response to this than that of “de-growthers” comes from their opposites — the free-marketeers and nationalists. This is: “Who cares? Let the fossil-fuel economy rip.” Fonte: Financial Times Autore: Martin Wolf Link: Market forces are not enough to halt climate change

“The problem is that Donald Trump is not any other president, and we are living in an era that could see a man who has vowed to use the power of the US government to take revenge against his political enemies, and rule as a dictator for at least a day, returned to office in […]

“Unlike in parliamentary systems, there is no real mechanism to dethrone him. Mr Biden and his surrogates have realised that the fear of division if he stepped aside is enough, for now, to keep the party in line.” Fonte: The Economist Link: Why Joe Biden won’t go

“Despite the duo’s polished sales pitch, Le Pen and Bardella still have a radical agenda that would roil French society. It includes policies such as slashing immigration, ending birthright citizenship and creating a “national preference” for French citizens on social housing and welfare programmes.” Fonte: Financial Times Autore: Leila Abboud Link: Marine Le Pen and […]

“If the country is “failing,” it’s because it is experiencing a relentless, disciplined and coordinated attack on everything that is true — and because the one person the reality-based community was counting on to save us has just shown himself to be unequal to the task.” Fonte: The Washington Post Autore: Dana Milbank Link: If […]

“I watched the Biden-Trump debate alone in a Lisbon hotel room, and it made me weep. I cannot remember a more heartbreaking moment in American presidential campaign politics in my lifetime — precisely because of what it revealed: Joe Biden, a good man and a good president, has no business running for re-election.” Fonte: The […]

“Biden’s most remarkable achievement as president has been to produce “Trump nostalgia.” Analyst Charlie Cook notes that when Donald Trump left Washington 14 days after the Jan. 6, 2021, debacle, 55 percent of people polled by CNN considered his presidency a failure. Trump is the only president in more than 70 years of modern Gallup […]