Labour’s line on its Head of Operations organising for one hundred staffers to fly to the US to campaign against Trump is that it’s just politics nerds doing politics nerd things – nothing to do with the Party, let alone the government. Must be why the original post was deleted, then…
The government is meant to stay neutral: “Whoever the American people elect, the United Kingdom government will work with them very closely.” Starmer and Lammy have made pains to keep the line impartial…
One minister didn’t get the memo. Kirsty McNeill is hosting an election night “Come on Kamala” Rally on November 5th with the Labour Women’s Network. “Labour For Kamala” badges have been produced to distribute to staffers. The event’s advert says:
“Before the results start to come in and the chaos begins, join LWN and special guests including Kirsty McNeill, MP for Midlothian and the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Scotland and Amy Lamé, broadcaster, performer and outgoing London Night Czar, for an evening of analysis, predictions, taking in the moment and cheering on Kamala.”
Failed London Night Tsar Lamé is jumping back into politics after leaving her politically restricted post in City Hall at the end of October. That must be why only 18 people have bothered to RSVP…
Trump spoke last night at the luxurious annual Al Smith memorial dinner in New York. It rasies money for Catholic charities supporting children…
The candidate, who’s now the bookies’ favourite again, took some time to dig at Harris’ latest campaign effort: winning the white male vote.
“There’s a group called ‘White Dudes for Harris’ have you seen this? White Dudes for Harris… I’m not worried about them at all. Because their wives and their wives lovers are all voting for me every one of those people in.“
It’s tradition that most candidates turn up. Kamala couldn’t find the time…
The ever-insightful News Agents have released a new podcast analysing what Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Kamala Harris means for the US election. For Emily Maitlis, this has completely changed the game in way nothing else could, profoundly stating it “has just fundamentally changed the race” for any voter under 70-years-old. The Swiftie said:
“I mean be in no doubt this will rock the entire electoral axis in the States. This has just fundamentally changed the race, by I’m going to say pretty much anyone under-40, but maybe it’s anyone under-70, I don’t know, but I think it will. Look, this is undoubtedly huge news.”
It’s reminiscent of when Owen Jones (40) stated “Russell Brand has endorsed Labour – and the Tories should be worried”. Sadly for Ed Miliband, the celebrity backing wasn’t quite enough to clinch electoral victory in 2015. Clearly Emily hasn’t learned how overstating the power of a celebrity endorsement can leave a hack red-faced…
Last night’s Trump vs. Harris debate was fairly underwhelming. The commentariat consensus is Harris came off better than expected. The bar was quite low for that…
It’s worth noting she didn’t say much about her own platform during the debate. Little on policy, more on laughing at Trump…
A fired-up Trump, on the other hand, took aim at Harris’ U-turns on key policies, from fracking to police funding, as well as delivering some tough talk on immigration and ‘woke’ ideology. He later blasted the debate as a “three-on-one,” with the TV moderators asking Harris easy questions on democracy while often interrupting Trump (to ‘fact-check’ him). While snap polling suggests Harris won the debate, the question still stands: if she can ‘do great things,’ why hasn’t she?
Last night in Chicago, President Joe Biden struggled to deliver what was supposed to be a fiery speech, ultimately passing the baton to the electoral candidate Kamala Harris. True to form, Biden slurred his way through more anti-Trump jabs, dredging up the tired and discredited claim that Trump called Neo-Nazis and white supremacists “very fine people” after Charlottesville. For those keeping score, Trump was referring to those defending a statue of General Robert E. Lee, not the extremists. Biden also doubled down on the “bloodbath” hoax, whilst saying under Trump, women do not have “electoral” power…
Biden finished strong, welling up as Harris came onto the stage after saying farewell to his party: “I made a lot of mistakes in my career, but I gave my best to you.” Bye-den…
Trump returned to Twitter last night ahead of his major interview with Elon Musk on the platform. After 42 minutes of delay caused by what Musk called a co-ordinated attack on Twitter, Trump launched into all his favourite topics pretty much unabetted by the billionaire. The main points:
Harris’ team attacked the event’s tech problems and Musk: “Trump’s entire campaign is in service of people like Elon Musk and himself — self-obsessed rich guys who will sell out the middle class and who cannot run a livestream in the year 2024.” Let’s see how she performs when she sits down for an interview…
