Hoping for the champion and preparing for the worst, Keir Starmer knows Kamala Harris (hurrah!) oregon Donald Trump (boo!) successful the White House is simply a US prime that volition hugely impact Britain and the world.
If Joe Biden’s vice president Harris retains the apical occupation for the Democrats successful tomorrow’s knife-edge contest, the sighs of alleviation successful Downing Street would powerfulness a upwind farm.
Should deranged Donald take backmost power with his Republican mob, it volition beryllium tin-hat time. The stakes could not beryllium higher, oregon the consequences of a Donald Trump triumph graver.
Trashing Nato and surrendering antiauthoritarian Ukraine to Putin’s invaders would beryllium a terrifying catastrophe for the full of Europe. China’s dictator Xi Jinping mightiness presumption Trump’s isolationist argumentation arsenic a greenish airy to blockade oregon drawback Taiwan.
Should Trump springiness Israel permission oregon assistance to onslaught Iran’s lipid fields and atomic facilities determination is simply a hazard of planetary economical meltdown. Trade wars outgo jobs everywhere – Trump’s man-toddler tantrums are ne'er thought through.
And what astir successful America itself, a state successful which helium incites, not confronts, racists and bigots, and divides but ne'er unites.
The sleazy liar who launched a failed coup successful January 2021 and inactive falsely claims helium won a 2020 predetermination helium mislaid fairly, squarely and legally calls himself a dictator and is branded a fascist by apical generals who served him aft 2016.
Inevitably shameless, Trump will assertion triumph erstwhile again adjacent if Harris clearly triumphs.
His threats against opponents, smearing of institutions, disrespect for the US constitution and promises of monolithic taxation cuts and powerfulness for puppeteers specified arsenic Elon Musk are positively Putinesque.
Britain’s integrative patriots who champion Trump – Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, Nigel Farage and their ilk – bash our state nary favours yet they whitethorn cod large fees arsenic thanks.
Starmer knows he’s powerless until the effect is declared. After that he’s inactive beauteous powerless should Trump be heading for the White House.
Flattery is simply a limb but Britain would beryllium isolated and susceptible connected the satellite stage.
Quitting the European Union, a rival artifact to Trump’s Wild West USA, would look stupider than ever.
Clarkson knows diddly squat
Talking manure arsenic usual, self-interested Tory reactionary Jeremy Clarkson oinking astir household farms smacks of protecting his £4.25million Diddly Squat that the tractormouth admitted buying to debar inheritance tax.
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Amazon Prime Video)Informed estimates are that less than 100 inherited household farms – not 70,000 – retired of 209,000 holdings mightiness beryllium liable for the halved (20%) taxation connected values beyond £3m – not £1m – to money the NHS, schools and agrarian services.
Rachel Reeves mightiness person been incorrect connected not needing large taxation rises but I anticipation she cuts down affluent landowners similar Clarkson who cynically effort to fell down a fewer tiny farmers.
Bucolic ravings against paying their just stock echo galore of the aforesaid bloodsports battalion screeching against the extremity of unleashing hounds to savage deer, badgers and foxes.
Old MacDonald had a scam, E-I-E-I-O
And connected that scam helium had a loophole, E-I-E-I-O
With a loophole present and a loophole there
Here a loophole, determination a loophole, everyplace a loophole
Old MacDonald mislaid his scam, E-I-E-I-O.