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Noah then spoke of Biden’s decision to leave the state before the polls had closed after disappointing results. “Joe Biden left New Hampshire before the polls were even closed?” he said. “I mean, I’ve heard of fans leaving the game early but you know it’s bad when the team leaves early to beat the traffic.” … [Read more...] about Jimmy Kimmel: ‘Trump loves to disgrace us with his presence’

President Trump received the welcome he wanted when he touched down in India Monday morning - a spectacle of Indians lining the streets cheering on his motorcade, guards on camels standing by, and native dancers in bright costumes moving to live music and the beat of the drum. … [Read more...] about ‘India to me is a very special nation’: Donald and Melania Trump cap two-day state visit with glamorous dinner at presidential palace as riots take place over new anti-Muslim law

Both US presidents George W Bush and Barack Obama objected to the E1 plan. In 2012, Israel resurrected the idea as a retaliatory measure to the UN recognition of Palestine. That move was halted following a diplomatic crisis in which the UK, France, Sweden, Spain and Denmark summoned their respective Israeli ambassadors. … [Read more...] about Netanyahu announces new settlements days before Israeli election

This is a history easily masked by the emphasis on the Dunkirk spirit, or very soon, if the calamity of “no deal” happens, a renewed blitz spirit. All of which is pointless rhetoric. Being “alone” was of no help in 1940. There was no way that Britain and the empire unaided could have unseated Hitler’s domination of Europe. That could only be achieved later thanks to the American and Soviet war efforts. Dunkirk was not a story of gritty heroism, though there were gritty heroes, but a colossal defeat. The Battle of Britain and the blitz were survived, but Britain emerged in 1941 battered and bruised, undefeated for the moment but unable to find the means to defeat the Axis enemy. Using the crisis of 1940 as a historical reference point for Brexit has this right: there are no solutions, it seems, for a painless withdrawal from Europe. And afterwards? No blitz, but plenty of damage, this time self-inflicted. Much better the image of 1945 when Britain played … [Read more...] about Paths from the past: historians make sense of Brexit and our current political turmoil

Democracy did not die in 2003, but a lot of people’s faith in it did. Just over 17 years ago, I was one of the millions of people around the world who marched against the Iraq war. The energy on the streets in London was electrifying; it was the biggest protest in British history. The government, I naively thought at the time, would have to listen. The government, of course, did not listen. A few weeks later, Iraq was illegally invaded. This great betrayal galvanised a few of my friends into activism. But it left me, and many others, disillusioned at best and apathetic at worst. My student idealism withered and I lost confidence in the democratic process. … [Read more...] about Bernie Sanders can’t be bought – his campaign is making me strangely hopeful