Chris Johns

And I'm afraid Burnham is a populist, because if he just simply says there's one problem facing the UK, which is inequality, then he is going to be as big a failure as Starmer.

Maybe one with a bit more charisma than Starmer.

But when it comes to policy, both are going to be equally poor.

Enough of the UK, Jim.

Over to you.

the iran war is his legacy yeah he's created a rod for his own back or several rods for his own back paul krugman today said that uh texas republicans uh rejected john cornyn a hardline conservative whose great failing from donald trump's point of view was that he occasionally took stands on principle yeah to replace him goes krugman these are his words not mine so if there are any

Lawyers listening, don't sue me.

To replace Cornyn, the Texas Republicans chose the scandal-ridden, deeply corrupt Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who received Trump's endorsement precisely because of his vices.

Paxton's rottenness makes him a Trump kindred spirit and also guarantees that he will be dependent on Trump's goodwill and hence is slavishly loyal.

God help us, Jim.

This is the state of Texas.

This is the state of the U.S.,

And my reading of that particular race is that it's a toss up between the Democrats and the Republicans.

Maybe this choice of this particular individual tilts it a little bit to the Democrats.

I know some people are hoping that.

But at the end of the day, does anybody care what's going to happen at the midterms?

Because Trump will be in the White House.

If one or both of the houses flips to the Democrats, that's two years of stasis.

About the only thing that Trump can do during those two years, actually, I think, is wage war.

I know technically he needs Congress, but he's shown repeatedly that he's willing to ignore that constitutional imperative.