Recent content by iupius

Extremely interesting scenario (British National Congress!), @Thande, but frankly shocking levels of 1966 election erasure.

Mogul Trump is convicted in all four of the federal and state cases against him, including in the Florida classified documents case, where most observers had anticipated a hung jury. His legal team - which, having shed lawyers over the next eighteen months, looks entirely different to today -...

Sam's Town 2001-2009: Al Gore (Democratic) 2000 (with John Edwards) def. George W. Bush / Dick Cheney (Republican) 2004 (with John Edwards) def. John McCain / John Engler (Republican) 2009-2012: Oscar Goodman (Republican) † 2008 (with Mark Sanford) def. John Edwards / Antonio Villaraigosa...

The Green Fairways of Indifference 1953-1956: Dwight Eisenhower (Republican) † 1952 (with Bill Knowland) def. Adlai Stevenson / John Sparkman (Democratic) 1956-1957: Bill Knowland (Republican) 1957-1961: Charles Halleck (Republican) 1956 (with Milton Eisenhower) def. Adlai Stevenson / John...

Don't Blame Me, I Voted for Bulworth 1989-1997: George H. W. Bush (Republican) 1988 (with Dan Quayle) def. Michael Dukakis / Lloyd Bentsen (Democratic) 1992 (with Dan Quayle) def. Bill Clinton / Al Gore (Democratic), Ross Perot / James B. Stockdale (Independent) 1997-2001: James Baker...

The Powers That Be 1953-1957: Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower (R-KS) / Sen. William F. Knowland (R-CA) 1952 def. Gov. Adlai Stevenson (D-IL) / Sen. John Sparkman (D-AL) 1957-1962: Fmr. Gov. Adlai Stevenson (D-IL) † / Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN) 1956 def. Fmr. Amb. Milton Eisenhower (R-MD) / Rep...

We Will All Go Together When We Go List of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom since 2019 2019-2022: Boris Johnson (Conservative) 2019 Conservative leadership election def. Jeremy Hunt, Michael Gove, Sajid Javid, Rory Stewart, and Others 2019 (majority) def. Jeremy Corbyn (Labour), Nicola...

I don't think you can blame @Comrade Izaac - or anyone, for that matter - for being jumpy about this. Not being sure which ideas to take in good faith and which were lifted from elsewhere poisoned the atmosphere here for a while. These things leave a legacy.

The Brothers Eisenhower 34/36. 1953-1957: General Dwight D. Eisenhower of Kansas / Senator Richard Nixon of California (Republican) 1952 def. Governor Adlai Stevenson of Illinois / Senator John Sparkman of Alabama (Democratic) 35/37. 1957-1961: Former United Nations Ambassador Milton...

I don’t think it’s too edgy. My biggest gripe is that Mountbatten survives the 1979 bombing, gets Gaged, and seizes power... in 1977?

Doubtful, it's in line with the Lascelles Principles.

Untenable Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom since September 2022 2022-2022: Foreign Secretary Liz Truss | South West Norfolk (Conservative majority) Sep. 2022 Conservative leadership election (57.4%) def. Former Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak | Richmond, Yorks. (42.6%) 09/2022...

Not quite, Orpington and Bexley are both still blue right there on the map!

Given the ugly mood in the party after Hartlepool, I think it's pretty clear that a defeat in Batley - let alone a third place finish - would spell the end of Starmer's leadership. At the very least he faces a bruising challenge from Angela Rayner over the summer.