The legal effort by the Dominion voting machine firm is starting to have a big impact

The legal effort by the Dominion voting machine firm is starting to have a big impact

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Could Trump have to do something similar? The big lie of the post WH2020 US political world has been that repeated endlessly by Trump about voting fraud and how the Dominion voting machines were set up. Much of the Trump supporting media has gone along with this though the incumbent’s efforts in the courts have all flopped. Now as we get to just five days before Trump departs those who have been on the wrong side of legal action by…

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Now Trump is struggling to find lawyers who’ll defend him at the impeachment proceedings

Now Trump is struggling to find lawyers who’ll defend him at the impeachment proceedings

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This is from Bloomberg: “President Trump, on the eve of facing a historic second impeachment trial for inciting the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol last week, is having trouble finding a legal team to defend him. Allies of the outgoing president have been canvassing Washington’s legal landscape looking for representation but so far are coming up short. Lawyers who defended him in the previous impeachment trial, including Jay Sekulow and White House Counsel Pat Cipollone, have said no this time….

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Back to British politics for a change and a possible threat to Boris

Back to British politics for a change and a possible threat to Boris

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Making such a call at “peak COVID” appears naive The problem with this attack by Steve Baker is that all the efforts to control the pandemic according to the polling are supported by significant numbers. This to the question “Do you think that the UK Government is currently overreacting, or underreacting, to the Coronavirus?” Opinium found last week just 15% saying the former with 44% saying “underreacting”. By 72% of those in the same poll thought that the government hadn’t…

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McConnell’s impeachment move means Trump looks set to serve a full term and there’ll be no President Pence

McConnell’s impeachment move means Trump looks set to serve a full term and there’ll be no President Pence

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The Smarkets Exchange trend chart above reflects the end of the Trump era and the little betting spurt that he might be forced out early. This has effectively come to an end following the overnight events in Washington DC where the House has voted to impeach Trump again but Mitch McConnell has stated that there’ll be no pre-January 20th move for the Senate to come to its decision. So the controversial President who has lost every major election he has…

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The speculation mounts that McConnell could support the impeachment move

The speculation mounts that McConnell could support the impeachment move

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The big development overnight on Trump is a report in the New York Times that Senate Majority leader, Mitch McConnell could just possibly support the Democratic move to impeach. This comes as the House prepares to debate a move later today to impeach the President which looks as though it will go through. The big doubt that existed was whether the Republicans who still control the Senate would support the move. It will be recalled that an earlier attempt by…

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Leave looks like…Has Brexit met Vote Leave’s prospectus?

Leave looks like…Has Brexit met Vote Leave’s prospectus?

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Has Brexit matched your expectations?  Let’s start by considering what your expectations should have been.  Shortly before the referendum in 2016, Vote Leave issued a document called Leave Looks Like… which is the closest thing they had to a manifesto.  Their bullet point commitments were as follows: We end the supremacy of EU law and the European Court. We will be able to kick out those who make our laws. Europe yes, EU no. We have a new UK-EU Treaty based on…

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