Absolutely. I think one of the most extraordinary things that's happened to the United States in recent years is that this demonization of "liberalism" that I associate with, let's say with Ronald Reagan-people saying "liberal, liberal, liberal," in order to say liberals and namby-pamby people are against our values, that started out as a political strategy. And it was about gaining short-term power by demonizing a certain sort of people, but then they tended to be fairly patrician elites.
Ed Davey has sought to cast Liberal Democrat wins in England's local elections as proof his party is best positioned to confront what he described as the extreme populist change offered by Reform UK and the Greens. As Labour assessed a disastrous set of results, the Lib Dems could claim they had been able to fend off Reform challenges in areas including Portsmouth, where they made gains to seize the city council, which had been under no overall control.
Kash Patel's comments during a press conference about Jim Comey's indictment may provide grounds for Comey to request grand jury transcripts, potentially implicating Patel in legal violations.
Charlamagne stated, 'It doesn't matter if he's sincere. Democrats got what they need. They should be clipping that up and getting ready to run that in campaign ads for the midterms and in 2028.'
Zack Polanski has kicked off a charm offensive designed to convince trade unions to stop funding Labour and throw their weight behind the Green party, as he delivered the first in a series of speeches to union conferences.