All gone to look for America

● ASHES UNDER URICON. THAT’S ONE way of describing the presidency of Joe Biden, asleep at the wheel, before the Democrat powerbrokers handed Kamala Harris the most treacherous of hospital passes. Whack! “Sleepy Joe”, the Irish-American who would struggle to pick out the mother country on a map of the world, no longer troubles the scorers. Bat, pad and wicket. He lost the lot. The giggler anointed in his stead then knocked her stumps over, while munching a word salad. How could they get it so badly wrong? Yet, motes and beams, how did the media class imagine so limited a candidate could possibly prevail? Particularly on this side of the Atlantic, where many pundits mistake familiarity with the United States with genuine knowledge. On Radio 4 Justin Webb hosts…

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The Critic (Digital) - 1 Issue, December/January 2025

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