Well, Kier Starmer and his Starmertroopers have sized Westminster and look like a competent government so far, which is a refreshing change. I think that it's worth pointing out that in addition to the Tories getting creamed, the Scottish National Party also lost nearly all of its seats (in Westminster, anyway), with most of the Lowlands going to Labour. The Liberal Democrats also expanded their share quite a bit -- but with Labour's majority being so large, not enough to be relevant. Sinn Fein is the biggest party from Northern Ireland now, which means fuck all because they never show up to vote. And to wrap things up, newspapers are looking into whether or not all of the Reform UK candidates are real people.
On to France, where the snap election there produced unclarity, with a leftist coalition coming out on top despite a surge in right populists. Also, being typical leftists, they don't even like to work with each other, they just hate the populists more. The right is very mad that the left is better at tactical voting than they are. With the coalitions having a rough approximation of one-third of the seats each, I'd not be surprised to see another election in the next few months.
Finally back to America, the great white hope. People are still trying to get Joe Biden to drop out of the race for US President. Basically the wings of the Democratic Party are thus:
-- Governors: all want to run for President in 2028, and don't want to run against Kamala Harris or wait until 2032. Generally not reelected in this next election. Therefore, support Biden.
-- Congressmen: scared shitless of losing on their down-ballot races. Want Biden to step aside yesterday
-- Senators: If running, quietly looking for Biden to step aside, otherwise keeping their traps shut
But then there's the biggest wing: the actors. Today, George Clooney came out and said that it's time for Joe Biden to step aside for the good of the country. It's Joever, folks. It's so Joever. I mean, Clooney? There's just no way.
Meanwhile my own opinion is that the executive is working mostly fine, and I'd vote for a literal mushroom over Donald Trump. As long as the Cabinet is pretty stable, they can continue to keep doing the things they're doing. But I'd go along with anything really at this point. The party needs to decide, because this is not a good look.
On to France, where the snap election there produced unclarity, with a leftist coalition coming out on top despite a surge in right populists. Also, being typical leftists, they don't even like to work with each other, they just hate the populists more. The right is very mad that the left is better at tactical voting than they are. With the coalitions having a rough approximation of one-third of the seats each, I'd not be surprised to see another election in the next few months.
Finally back to America, the great white hope. People are still trying to get Joe Biden to drop out of the race for US President. Basically the wings of the Democratic Party are thus:
-- Governors: all want to run for President in 2028, and don't want to run against Kamala Harris or wait until 2032. Generally not reelected in this next election. Therefore, support Biden.
-- Congressmen: scared shitless of losing on their down-ballot races. Want Biden to step aside yesterday
-- Senators: If running, quietly looking for Biden to step aside, otherwise keeping their traps shut
But then there's the biggest wing: the actors. Today, George Clooney came out and said that it's time for Joe Biden to step aside for the good of the country. It's Joever, folks. It's so Joever. I mean, Clooney? There's just no way.
Meanwhile my own opinion is that the executive is working mostly fine, and I'd vote for a literal mushroom over Donald Trump. As long as the Cabinet is pretty stable, they can continue to keep doing the things they're doing. But I'd go along with anything really at this point. The party needs to decide, because this is not a good look.
"Kitto daijoubu da yo." - Sakura Kinomoto