Category: Political Animal

Red Tory Playbook

What’s the point of such half-measures? Do the Tories think that voters would reject the idea of permanent tax relief? Why does the idea of strongly differentiating themselves from the Liberals seem to fill them with dread? In fact, why not openly call for the elimination of the industrial carbon tax and lower gas prices by taking that route?

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says the federal government should give Canadians at least another 10 months of relief at the pumps.

Keir Starmer’s Britain

Where the foxes caper unmolested, the government packs your school lunch and the death watch has begun.

Sir Keir Starmer will announce as early as tomorrow that he is quitting as Prime Minister in the wake of Andy Burnham’s decisive victory in the Makerfield by- election, it was claimed last night.

The PM was said to have reached the conclusion that his position was no longer tenable after talking to Cabinet colleagues, No 10 advisers, union leaders and key Labour donors.

Sources insisted Sir Keir, who is this weekend discussing his future with his wife Victoria at their country retreat Chequers, had yet to make a final decision.

However, senior Labour figures told The Observer that they believed a clear statement could come from the PM as early as tomorrow or later this week.

O, Sweet Saint Of San Andreas

KTLA;

The governor’s race includes a field of 61 candidates, with recent polling showing former California Attorney General and U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, a Democrat, leading the field, followed by billionaire Tom Steyer, also a Democrat, and British-born Republican commentator Steve Hilton.

The Democratic field also includes San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, former U.S. Rep. Katie Porter, and former L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco is the only other Republican in the race.

The Golden State’s “jungle primary” system places all candidates, regardless of political party, on the same ballot, but only the top two finishers advance to the general election.

California has not elected a Republican to statewide office since Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner.

In the nonpartisan race for L.A. mayor, incumbent Karen Bass is challenged by Councilmember Nithya Raman, reality TV star Spencer Pratt, Rae Chen Huang, and Adam Miller. Recent polling shows Bass narrowly leading Raman and Pratt, who received the endorsement of President Trump.

The polls opened at 7am and close at 8.

Keir Starmer’s Britain

Well, maybe.

Keir Starmer has told close friends he intends to stand down as Prime Minister and set out an orderly timetable for his departure.

A member of the Cabinet told me late yesterday afternoon: ‘Keir understands the political reality.

‘He realises the current chaos is unsustainable. He simply wants to be able to do it in a dignified way and in a manner of his own choosing. He will set out a timetable.’

According to another Cabinet source, it is still unclear precisely when that announcement will be made. Some senior Starmer allies have been urging him to hold off making any statement until the first polls and canvassing data is returned from the Makerfield by-election.

Via Ed Driscoll.

The Calls Are Coming From Inside The House (Bumped)

IMPORTANT CORRECTION🚨

CONSERVATIVE CONFERENCE DID NOT BEGIN WITH LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT…🚨 THIS IS FALSE NEWS…🚨

CONSERVATIVE CONFERENCE INVITED 🏳️‍⚧️ GENDERWANG 🏳️‍⚧️ IDEOLOGUE WHO BEGAN WITH LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT…

Pleasing your enemies does not turn them into friends: The simplest way to explain the behavior of any bureaucratic organization is to assume that it is controlled by a cabal of its enemies”. 

Keir Starmer’s Britain

Where the foxes caper unmolested, the government packs your school lunch and “your Honour, the people are revolting“.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his ruling Labour Party have suffered heavy early losses in local and regional elections, counting shows so far, demonstrating deep voter anger with his government and raising new doubts about his future just two years after a landslide general election victory.

The anti-immigration Reform UK party, led by Nigel Farage and whose popularity has soared over the past two years, is the main beneficiary of Labour losses so far.

A bloodbath.

A wipeout. A rout. Call it what you want, there is no understating the catastrophe that has befallen the Labour Party in yesterday’s local elections. These results are not just a bruising defeat for an unpopular incumbent – they signal the beginning of the end for the so-called people’s party.

Transgender Is A Stalking Horse For The Normalization Of Pedophilia

That the Scott Moe government hasn’t shut down genderwang indoctrination in Saskatchewan schools remains a mystery for the ages.

It’s free money on the table, Premier Moe.

O, Sweet Saint Of San Andreas

Hear my prayer.

Juxtapose time.

The Stupid Party

Do tell.

I was going to write that there is something wrong with the way Conservatives choose their candidates these days. There is. We shouldn’t expect people to be political science grads, but when you’re schmoozing at a party chat-fest, and you find yourself explaining why free speech matters…

But, it’s worse than that. Having checked old Facebook and Instagram posts, the party seems to think the job is done.

It isn’t. Nobody in the party’s Albert Street office seems to have thought it necessary to put a box on the form indicating the candidate’s conservative credentials had been examined and found satisfactory. No wonder these duds reveal themselves as traitors when their selfish ambitions aren’t realized.

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