2024 US Election

[capitalomnibus]

Democrats had bet on women showing up in force. They didn’t
In an election full of uncertainties, one thing at least felt likely - women across the US were going to turn out for Kamala Harris.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3e8z53qyd5o

[busman]

Nov 8, 2024 18:55:32 GMT joefrombow said:

Nov 8, 2024 11:27:41 GMT southlondon413 said:

Trump doesn’t strike me as a person who forgives easily and the foolish comments Lammy made may still come back to haunt him.

Lammy will be gone from his role by January , Starmer doesn't have a backbone as it is and Farage will push for it .

Farage isn’t the government puppet master in the same way he was with the Tories. Lammy might be a better fit than people give him credit for. Not only is he a Harvard graduate (so has actually experienced and benefited from life and education in America, but he has also evolved his thinking and rhetoric on America and other issues. If Trump can forgive JD Vance, he can certainly do the same for David Lammy.

[capitalomnibus]

Democrats' bet on a generation of liberal voters has backfired badly
Donald Trump swept to victory on Tuesday by chipping away at groups of voters which Democrats once believed would help them win the White House for a generation.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0mzl7zygpmo

[capitalomnibus]

Makes me laugh at the staff there crying at the Donald Trump election win, get over it. All the stuff they did to discourage the election in Trumps favour backfired massively.


The downfall of The Guardian
With Labour in power, the paper should be driving the agenda – instead, it’s at war with itself
www.standard.co.uk/business/guardian-observer-downfall-elon-musk-twitter-x-donald-trump-election-b1194007.html

[buspete]

Which is a bit rich from the now once a week Standard! The new look Standard is awful and is opinion based, it won’t be around for too long.

[southlondonbus]

Nov 17, 2024 0:13:33 GMT buspete said:

Which is a bit rich from the now once a week Standard! The new look Standard is awful and is opinion based, it won’t be around for too long.

I haven't seen it yet. Is it only given out once a week or can you get the same copy over a few days?

[Eastlondoner62]

Nov 17, 2024 9:47:39 GMT southlondonbus said:

Nov 17, 2024 0:13:33 GMT buspete said:

Which is a bit rich from the now once a week Standard! The new look Standard is awful and is opinion based, it won’t be around for too long.

I haven't seen it yet. Is it only given out once a week or can you get the same copy over a few days?

It's effectively a week long edition. 

I did always like the Standard as it was a relatively London centric paper so I could see the information I wanted to see. However the new paper itself is disastrous and is more like a tabloid as opposed to a newspaper. I can't see it lasting much longer in print now which would be a huge shame.