Nicholas Bishop
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I am a freelance writer currently writing for Blasting News and HubPages. I mainly write about politics. But have and will cover all subjects when the need arises.
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Dominic Cummings: "Tories Dead and Badenoch a Goner".
Many thought that when Boris Johnson hired Dominic Cummings as his adviser, it was a match made in heaven. Some saw it back to the Alistair Campbell days when Mr. Campbell was Tony Blair's adviser. Campbell was a Svengali figure in Blair's cabinet. Cummings was a Svengali figure and some said the power behind Johnson's throne. Cummings was brought- down by his journey to Durham during COVID and the ensuing lockdown. After Cummings was gone, the writing was on the wall for Johnson and his downfall.
By Nicholas Bishop8 months ago in The Swamp
Angela Rayner: Never!
The Deputy Labour Leader has seen it all. She lived on benefits, in a council house, and was a single mother. So, unlike other career MPs, Ms. Rayner has lived a life most of us can recognise. So Angela can understand what it is to struggle when you are at the bottom of the pile, so to speak.
By Nicholas Bishop8 months ago in The Swamp
Sir Keir: Tories Are A Busted Flush.. Content Warning.
Sir Keir Starmer came down hard on Kemi Badenoch's Tory Party. Sir Keir aimed his fire at Ms. Badenoch. Saying that the Tory Party was a "busted flush". They had received a good bashing from Reform UK at the other week's local elections, mayoral elections, and by-elections. He described Kemi Badenoch as a leader with no vision. He said the Tories had not learnt the lessons of their loss from last July's general election. They were still going ahead like they had always done, clueless and rudderless. To sum up, the Conservatives are like that steam train in "Back to the Future III" as the train pushes that time car and speeds up to make the jump back to 1985. Except the Tory Party is not the car that goes back to the future, it's the outdated steam train that has blown its boiler and careers off the cliff into oblivion. Oblivion could be a real outcome for the Tories.
By Nicholas Bishop8 months ago in The Swamp
Poll Commissioned Before Keir's Strangers' Speech.. Content Warning.
Sir Keir was compared to Enoch Powell when he said immigration was making Native Brits feel like strangers in their land unless the issue of immigration was addressed. Sir Keir was making a speech about immigration because this is what he genuinely feels, or is pandering to the Reform UK agenda. His speech attracted haters and those who agreed with it.
By Nicholas Bishop8 months ago in The Swamp
Mark Carney: Not Happy with UK Invite for Trump.
When Canadian Prime Minister visited Donald Trump at the White House, it was with one thing in mind. The fact that Trump, according to Mr. Carney, changed his mind on annexing his country was why he visited Washington. Trump, according to Mark Carney, has expressed not to annexe Canada now, but it still exists in his mind, at least as a desire.
By Nicholas Bishop8 months ago in The Swamp
Trump in KSA and Ignoring Israel.. Content Warning.
Donald Trump, speaking to a packed room in KSA, was waxing lyrical about the new 'Golden Age of the US". Also, praising Mohammed Bin Salman, the Crown Prince, saying "What progress has been made in the Kingdom". Such as women now being allowed to drive, the opening of cinemas, glass towers springing up like weeds, and Saudi Arabia hosting peace conferences. Trump praised MBS's progress on limiting Wahabism, the strict code of Islam, liberalising some of the edicts. Trump also said he made a massive financial deal with MBS, selling US weapons to the KSA. He praised KSA and other Arab nations for stability and peace based on their traditions. With no Western interventions, no forever wars, no Western lectures on how they should do government.
By Nicholas Bishop8 months ago in The Swamp
Keir Starmer: Strangers in A Strange Land.. Content Warning.
Keir Starmer, from day one when he became Prime Minister, said he was going to get a grip on illegal migration and illegal immigrants. Critical of Rishi Sunak's 'Rwanda Scheme,' which aimed to fly illegals to Rwanda to be resettled. Sir Keir said this scheme was a waste of time and money. He said that upon his succession to Sunak, he would scrap the plan. This he did when he was elected last July.
By Nicholas Bishop8 months ago in The Swamp
Pat McFadden Talks to Rebel MPs.
After last Thursday's drubbing of Labour by Reform UK, Labour MPs were in a rebellious mood. Labour up and down the country lost council seats, mayoral elections, and the Runcorn and Helsby by-election. After such a bad night and Sir Keir Starmer's rejection of a U-turn on policy, that was enough for many Labour MPs.
By Nicholas Bishop8 months ago in The Swamp
Wes Streeting: Mistakes Will Be Made.
Labour lost a large number of local councillors in areas of the UK that were voting in local elections. Labour probably expected to receive a drubbing from the electorate. It was the first election Labour faced since they won the general election last year.
By Nicholas Bishop8 months ago in The Swamp
Monotonous Ads and The Same Themes.. Content Warning.
Adverts have always been a mechanism for pushing a product. How a product is better than its rival, whatever that product may be. Ads years ago were often funny and were effective in their campaigns without pushing agendas as they do today. Ads today are so agenda-driven that minorities are overrepresented at the expense of others. Blacks, bearded people, LGBTQ, and people in mixed-race relationships seem to be the only game in town. Together with people's dull decor in their rooms and dull clothes to boot. Everything green and brown, so what we have in this world of ads is that there is no diversity in ads that are supposedly reflecting diversity.
By Nicholas Bishop9 months ago in The Swamp
