Spent a fair bit of time in the Mid-West, lovely people, very safe and actually a great place to raise kids. But very narrow view of the world and I trying getting a friggin beer in places
The US has had a strong economy and it sounds like the Dems failed to share the gains among the right people.
In the UK we have a weak economy, Labour have their work cut out. 1997 it ain't, its a 10-15 year re-build
I'm inclined to agree to some extent.
51% aren't stupid, but there a good few who feel desperate leaving them vulnerable to the populist. This still needs to be addressed, the boil from 2016 was not lanced.
In America 800 billionaires and a GDP per capita a lot higher than the UK has still...
I guess some people are just old fashioned with felony, rape and fraud viewed as red lines. For others they look the other way if they are convinced they will get what they want. Welcome to America 2.0
My own kids listen to this stuff and at times I see misogyny slipping into their language toward their own mother. This doesn't mean they agree with the likes of Tate and company. Farage was targeting this age group at the last election, wait till the dark money starts hitting Reform.
Its an...
We all know this election is only been accepted because by Trump and co. because they won. They were ready to block things at every turn if the other side had won.
In 2020 they lost and without Pence's respect for the rule of law it wouldn't have been certified, many wanted to kill him.
The...
In the cold light of day the 5th November 2024 was a referendum on democracy over autocracy in the USA
51% of the population chose the latter. It remains to be seen if they will have another relatively free and fair election again.
Welcome to the new America everyone, it will never be the same...
You have a point, there could have been more positive messaging
But still not really an excuse for falling for Trump's BS again. Its a great day for billionaires and autocrats, but not so for many screwed by US inequality over and over again. Some people don't learn
US inflation has been below 4% for the past 18 months, ours lasted 6 month longer and they had stronger economic growth to counter it. They're effing idiots
Indeed, though Johnson had a good go at trying to undermine things with rule breaking, shutting down parliament etc
The world democratic index classifies the US as a "flawed democracy", I expect it to slip to a "hybrid regime" such as Turkey, Argentina and most recently Hong Kong