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| Virginia governor issues order to restore felons' voting rights – campaign live | Virginia governor issues order to restore felons' voting rights – campaign live |
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| The Trump camp has officially announced that the candidate will deliver an address on foreign policy at the invitation of the Center for the National Interest at the National Press Club on Wednesday, 27 April. | |
| “I am honored to be invited to speak at an organization founded by former President Richard Nixon, and look forward to sharing my views on the many serious foreign policy issues facing our country and our allies around the world,” Trump said in a statement. “Trade, immigration and security policies are critical concerns of all Americans, and we must develop a clear, consistent long-term foreign policy for making America safe and prosperous.” | |
| Trump’s team said the speech will focus on “several critical foreign policy issues facing our nation including global trade, and economic and national security policies.” | |
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| Ted Cruz has produced another video spot – see earlier – hitting Donald Trump over Trump’s openness on transgender bathroom access. The Cruz camp has clearly concluded that the issue is one where they can draw a vital contrast with the frontrunner. | |
| The new ad refers to the firing by ESPN of former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling after Schilling came out against transgender rights in a Facebook post, writing that “a man is a man no matter what they call themselves.” | |
| “Curt Schilling was fired by the PC police for suggesting that grown men shouldn’t use the bathroom with little girls,” the Cruz ad says. “Guess who’s joined the ranks of the PC police?” | |
| Quoting Trump “People go, they use the bathroom that they feel is appropriate.” | |
| The ad closes: “Donald Trump can’t be trusted with common sense. Why would we trust him in the White House?” | |
| Dream come true for Cruz here --> https://t.co/95Fk2aVaHt | |
| One PA delegate candidate who planned to back the district winner says he switched to Cruz after hearing Trump's views on NC bathroom bill. | |
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| Obama: 'with respect to Prince...' | Obama: 'with respect to Prince...' |
| Obama reveals that he and the US ambassador to the UK gathered ’round a turntable this morning and listened to Purple Rain and Delirious, “just to get warmed up before we left the house for important bilateral meetings like this.” | Obama reveals that he and the US ambassador to the UK gathered ’round a turntable this morning and listened to Purple Rain and Delirious, “just to get warmed up before we left the house for important bilateral meetings like this.” |
| “I didn’t know [Prince] well,” Obama said. “He came to perform at the White House last year and was extraordinary and creative and original and full of energy. It’s a remarkable loss.” | “I didn’t know [Prince] well,” Obama said. “He came to perform at the White House last year and was extraordinary and creative and original and full of energy. It’s a remarkable loss.” |
| President Obama: "I love #Prince because he put out great music." #RIPPrincehttps://t.co/XEZIUCYiwH | President Obama: "I love #Prince because he put out great music." #RIPPrincehttps://t.co/XEZIUCYiwH |
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| Politics and English language usage stories are automatic clickers, on this blog. The Wall Street Journal here explores the origins of Donald Trump’s favorite word to describe the Republican delegates system: rigged. | Politics and English language usage stories are automatic clickers, on this blog. The Wall Street Journal here explores the origins of Donald Trump’s favorite word to describe the Republican delegates system: rigged. |
| Where did all of this “rig”-marole come from? Back in the 16th century, writers chiefly used “rigged” to describe sailing vessels fully equipped to go to sea. “Rigging” a ship involved fitting it with all the necessary ropes and cables to support the masts and control the sails. | Where did all of this “rig”-marole come from? Back in the 16th century, writers chiefly used “rigged” to describe sailing vessels fully equipped to go to sea. “Rigging” a ship involved fitting it with all the necessary ropes and cables to support the masts and control the sails. |
| “Rigged” eventually took on a less positive meaning: put together hastily or as a temporary measure. That slapdash sense came through especially in the forms “rigged up” or “jury-rigged.” (“Jury” originally referred to a ship’s temporary “jury mast,” erected to replace one that had broken off. Confusion with the expression “jerry-built” led to a blended version, “jerry-rigged.”) | “Rigged” eventually took on a less positive meaning: put together hastily or as a temporary measure. That slapdash sense came through especially in the forms “rigged up” or “jury-rigged.” (“Jury” originally referred to a ship’s temporary “jury mast,” erected to replace one that had broken off. Confusion with the expression “jerry-built” led to a blended version, “jerry-rigged.”) |
| Read the full piece here: | Read the full piece here: |
| How the word "rigged" moved from a shipping term to politics https://t.co/LSVOai5Erv | How the word "rigged" moved from a shipping term to politics https://t.co/LSVOai5Erv |
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| An informal straw poll of presidential candidates of the Silicon Valley Association of Republican Women earlier this year produced an intriguing result, writes Nellie Bowles, Guardian US tech reporter: | An informal straw poll of presidential candidates of the Silicon Valley Association of Republican Women earlier this year produced an intriguing result, writes Nellie Bowles, Guardian US tech reporter: |
| A surprising number of the organization’s members – many of them technology-orientated women, drawn from a corner of California where conservatives tend to have a libertarian bent – wanted Donald Trump in the White House. | A surprising number of the organization’s members – many of them technology-orientated women, drawn from a corner of California where conservatives tend to have a libertarian bent – wanted Donald Trump in the White House. |
| “I was shocked,” said Jan Soule, the group’s president, who has worked in Silicon Valley marketing for 25 years. “We’d had someone speaking about Islam that night, and it was a larger group than most of our events, so maybe that had something to do with it, but I was shocked.” | “I was shocked,” said Jan Soule, the group’s president, who has worked in Silicon Valley marketing for 25 years. “We’d had someone speaking about Islam that night, and it was a larger group than most of our events, so maybe that had something to do with it, but I was shocked.” |
| Read the full story: | Read the full story: |
| Related: The Republican women of Silicon Valley had a straw poll and Trump won | Related: The Republican women of Silicon Valley had a straw poll and Trump won |
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| First Indiana poll shows slight Trump lead | First Indiana poll shows slight Trump lead |
| The mood of Republican primary voters in Indiana cannot be said to have been difficult to gauge, because until now, no pollster has tried to gauge it. | The mood of Republican primary voters in Indiana cannot be said to have been difficult to gauge, because until now, no pollster has tried to gauge it. |
| But the results of the first statewide poll in the state have been released, and they contain a sliver of good news for national frontrunners Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. | But the results of the first statewide poll in the state have been released, and they contain a sliver of good news for national frontrunners Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. |
| A WTHR/HPI Indiana Poll has Trump with a 6-point lead over Ted Cruz. The poll, according to local WTHR, “indicates a record turnout will favor Trump over the other candidates.” | A WTHR/HPI Indiana Poll has Trump with a 6-point lead over Ted Cruz. The poll, according to local WTHR, “indicates a record turnout will favor Trump over the other candidates.” |
| Here’s the Republican breakdown: | Here’s the Republican breakdown: |
| Donald Trump 37%Ted Cruz 31%John Kasich 22% | Donald Trump 37%Ted Cruz 31%John Kasich 22% |
| And the Democrats: | And the Democrats: |
| Hillary Clinton 48%Bernie Sanders 45% | Hillary Clinton 48%Bernie Sanders 45% |
| Lacking polling to this point, political analysts have groped for regional and demographic comparisons to try to get a handle on what appears to be a crucial race on the Republican side in Indiana. Many have pointed to Wisconsin, Indiana’s demographically comparable neighbor to the northwest, where Cruz scored a 13-point victory over Trump earlier this month. | Lacking polling to this point, political analysts have groped for regional and demographic comparisons to try to get a handle on what appears to be a crucial race on the Republican side in Indiana. Many have pointed to Wisconsin, Indiana’s demographically comparable neighbor to the northwest, where Cruz scored a 13-point victory over Trump earlier this month. |
| Trump up 6 in Indiana... Would be just deadly for #nevertrump https://t.co/3oA3ObFMJa Still under 40 percent though. 37-31-22. Cruz in 2nd. | Trump up 6 in Indiana... Would be just deadly for #nevertrump https://t.co/3oA3ObFMJa Still under 40 percent though. 37-31-22. Cruz in 2nd. |
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| Democratic Virginia governor shifts voting rules | Democratic Virginia governor shifts voting rules |
| Virginia’s Terry McAuliffe, the Democratic governor of a presidential swing state and an old and deep Clinton ally, has moved to take executive action to enable all felons in the state who have completed parole to register to vote. | Virginia’s Terry McAuliffe, the Democratic governor of a presidential swing state and an old and deep Clinton ally, has moved to take executive action to enable all felons in the state who have completed parole to register to vote. |
| The measure, which was first reported in the New York Times, would reverse the disenfranchisement of African Americans under a state constitutional provision dating to the civil war, McAuliffe said. | The measure, which was first reported in the New York Times, would reverse the disenfranchisement of African Americans under a state constitutional provision dating to the civil war, McAuliffe said. |
| Amazing: Gov. McAuliffe will restore voting rights to 200,000 felons. (VA is 1 of country's most restrictive states) https://t.co/CeaP2xcMEi | Amazing: Gov. McAuliffe will restore voting rights to 200,000 felons. (VA is 1 of country's most restrictive states) https://t.co/CeaP2xcMEi |
| “There’s no question that we’ve had a horrible history in voting rights as relates to African Americans – we should remedy it,” McAuliffe said. “We should do it as soon as we possibly can.” | “There’s no question that we’ve had a horrible history in voting rights as relates to African Americans – we should remedy it,” McAuliffe said. “We should do it as soon as we possibly can.” |
| As in, definitely before November. Virginia voted Republican in eight consecutive presidential elections before voting for Barack Obama twice, partly owing to high turnout among African American voters, who made up 20% of the electorate in the 2008 race. | As in, definitely before November. Virginia voted Republican in eight consecutive presidential elections before voting for Barack Obama twice, partly owing to high turnout among African American voters, who made up 20% of the electorate in the 2008 race. |
| In 2012 black voters in Virginia supported Obama by a 93-6 margin, and African Americans backed McAuliffe in his 2013 gubernatorial campaign by a 90-8 margin. | In 2012 black voters in Virginia supported Obama by a 93-6 margin, and African Americans backed McAuliffe in his 2013 gubernatorial campaign by a 90-8 margin. |
| National average is 2.5% rate for general population & 7.7% for African-Americans— so McAuliffe move brings VA closer to national average. | National average is 2.5% rate for general population & 7.7% for African-Americans— so McAuliffe move brings VA closer to national average. |
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| Donald Trump mourns the death of Prince: | Donald Trump mourns the death of Prince: |
| I met Prince on numerous occasions. He was an amazing talent and wonderful guy. He will be greatly missed! | I met Prince on numerous occasions. He was an amazing talent and wonderful guy. He will be greatly missed! |
| On Thursday, John Kasich called Prince an “extraordinary musician” and said he regretted not having seen him in concert: | On Thursday, John Kasich called Prince an “extraordinary musician” and said he regretted not having seen him in concert: |
| .@JohnKasich on @Prince: "He was an extraordinary musician." pic.twitter.com/WRndBDDtLj | .@JohnKasich on @Prince: "He was an extraordinary musician." pic.twitter.com/WRndBDDtLj |
| Hillary Clinton called Prince “an American original” and said “I was so stunned. You know you think of him as almost being eternal... I was so sad.” | Hillary Clinton called Prince “an American original” and said “I was so stunned. You know you think of him as almost being eternal... I was so sad.” |
| .@HillaryClinton Reflects On @prince's Passing w/ @MsPattyJackson https://t.co/sBNoWmEYdv #Prince #HillaryClinton pic.twitter.com/jVaPziCCdF | .@HillaryClinton Reflects On @prince's Passing w/ @MsPattyJackson https://t.co/sBNoWmEYdv #Prince #HillaryClinton pic.twitter.com/jVaPziCCdF |
| Neither Ted Cruz nor Bernie Sanders appears to have reacted publicly to the death of Prince. | Neither Ted Cruz nor Bernie Sanders appears to have reacted publicly to the death of Prince. |
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| Priebus: 1,237 or bust | Priebus: 1,237 or bust |
| Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, has declared at the party’s spring meeting in Florida that the party is serious about its rule that a candidate must capture a majority of delegates at stake – 1,237 this year – to win the presidential nomination, reports Guardian politics correspondent Ben Jacobs from the scene. | Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, has declared at the party’s spring meeting in Florida that the party is serious about its rule that a candidate must capture a majority of delegates at stake – 1,237 this year – to win the presidential nomination, reports Guardian politics correspondent Ben Jacobs from the scene. |
| The stance directly challenges Donald Trump’s assertion that whoever ends up with the most delegates – that’s likely him – should win the nomination, even if that person does not cross the 1,237 line. The stance also squares off against the view of a majority of Republican primary voters, who have told pollsters that they agree with Trump. | The stance directly challenges Donald Trump’s assertion that whoever ends up with the most delegates – that’s likely him – should win the nomination, even if that person does not cross the 1,237 line. The stance also squares off against the view of a majority of Republican primary voters, who have told pollsters that they agree with Trump. |
| Reince: The rules say you have to have 1237 delegates to be the nominee. We aren't going to hand the nomination to anyone with a plurality | Reince: The rules say you have to have 1237 delegates to be the nominee. We aren't going to hand the nomination to anyone with a plurality |
| Reince rejects the anti-Trump movement but also makes clear Trump needs 1237 bound pledged delegates before Cleveland | Reince rejects the anti-Trump movement but also makes clear Trump needs 1237 bound pledged delegates before Cleveland |
| Reince: If no candidate reaches a majority of bound delegates during the primary process we will go to an open or contested convention | Reince: If no candidate reaches a majority of bound delegates during the primary process we will go to an open or contested convention |
| Reince emphasizes that the 2016 convention is govern by rules written by 2016 delegates | Reince emphasizes that the 2016 convention is govern by rules written by 2016 delegates |
| With the Priebus statement, it would appear very difficult for the national party apparatus to avoid a spectacular collision with the presidential frontrunner, should he fall short of the 1,237, which many models anticipate. | With the Priebus statement, it would appear very difficult for the national party apparatus to avoid a spectacular collision with the presidential frontrunner, should he fall short of the 1,237, which many models anticipate. |
| This past weekend, Trump said of the convention, “You’re going to have a very, very upset and angry group of people at the convention. Now I hope that doesn’t happen because if I win, people are going to be very happy. I hope it doesn’t involve violence, and I don’t think it will, but I will say this: it’s a rigged system, it’s a crooked system, it’s 100% crooked.” | This past weekend, Trump said of the convention, “You’re going to have a very, very upset and angry group of people at the convention. Now I hope that doesn’t happen because if I win, people are going to be very happy. I hope it doesn’t involve violence, and I don’t think it will, but I will say this: it’s a rigged system, it’s a crooked system, it’s 100% crooked.” |
| Update: | Update: |
| Reince today: "The rules for how we choose a nominee have been transparent and effective for decades and this year is no different." | Reince today: "The rules for how we choose a nominee have been transparent and effective for decades and this year is no different." |
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| Cameron welcomes Obama | Cameron welcomes Obama |
| Barack Obama has arrived at 10 Downing Street for a meeting with British prime minister David Cameron, following a lunch with Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle. Obama and Cameron were to hold bilateral talks on topics including Britain’s upcoming referendum on whether to exit the European Union. | Barack Obama has arrived at 10 Downing Street for a meeting with British prime minister David Cameron, following a lunch with Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle. Obama and Cameron were to hold bilateral talks on topics including Britain’s upcoming referendum on whether to exit the European Union. |
| Obama published a comment piece in the Telegraph Friday morning opposing the Brexit. “As citizens of the United Kingdom take stock of their relationship with the EU,” Obama wrote, “you should be proud that the EU has helped spread British values and practices – democracy, the rule of law, open markets – across the continent and to its periphery.” The piece continues: | Obama published a comment piece in the Telegraph Friday morning opposing the Brexit. “As citizens of the United Kingdom take stock of their relationship with the EU,” Obama wrote, “you should be proud that the EU has helped spread British values and practices – democracy, the rule of law, open markets – across the continent and to its periphery.” The piece continues: |
| The European Union doesn’t moderate British influence – it magnifies it. A strong Europe is not a threat to Britain’s global leadership; it enhances Britain’s global leadership. The United States sees how your powerful voice in Europe ensures that Europe takes a strong stance in the world, and keeps the EU open, outward looking, and closely linked to its allies on the other side of the Atlantic. So the US and the world need your outsized influence to continue – including within Europe. | The European Union doesn’t moderate British influence – it magnifies it. A strong Europe is not a threat to Britain’s global leadership; it enhances Britain’s global leadership. The United States sees how your powerful voice in Europe ensures that Europe takes a strong stance in the world, and keeps the EU open, outward looking, and closely linked to its allies on the other side of the Atlantic. So the US and the world need your outsized influence to continue – including within Europe. |
| For comprehensive coverage of the president’s visit to the UK, read Andrew Sparrow’s ongoing live blog out of London, which features a sample of the bracing reactions across Britain to the president’s stance on the Brexit, and which is a great place to catch up on reaction to London mayor Boris Johnson’s wild assertion that a Churchill bust was removed from the White House because the “part-Kenyan” Obama resents the British colonial legacy: | For comprehensive coverage of the president’s visit to the UK, read Andrew Sparrow’s ongoing live blog out of London, which features a sample of the bracing reactions across Britain to the president’s stance on the Brexit, and which is a great place to catch up on reaction to London mayor Boris Johnson’s wild assertion that a Churchill bust was removed from the White House because the “part-Kenyan” Obama resents the British colonial legacy: |
| Related: Boris Johnson accused of 'dog whistle racism' over Obama 'part-Kenyan' remark - Politics live | Related: Boris Johnson accused of 'dog whistle racism' over Obama 'part-Kenyan' remark - Politics live |
| Here are a couple more photos from the president’s trip: | Here are a couple more photos from the president’s trip: |
| The Obamas came bearing gifts to mark the queen’s 90th birthday on Thursday: | The Obamas came bearing gifts to mark the queen’s 90th birthday on Thursday: |
| Birthday presents for the Queen from the Obamas pic.twitter.com/NvPkU3RWDl | Birthday presents for the Queen from the Obamas pic.twitter.com/NvPkU3RWDl |
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| Cruz hits Trump over transgender bathroom access | Cruz hits Trump over transgender bathroom access |
| The Ted Cruz campaign has produced a video ad hitting Donald Trump for expressing openness to people using a bathroom designated for a sex other than that listed on their birth certificates. | The Ted Cruz campaign has produced a video ad hitting Donald Trump for expressing openness to people using a bathroom designated for a sex other than that listed on their birth certificates. |
| “It’s not appropriate. It’s not safe. It’s PC nonsense that is destroying America,” the ad says. “Donald Trump won’t take on the PC police.” | “It’s not appropriate. It’s not safe. It’s PC nonsense that is destroying America,” the ad says. “Donald Trump won’t take on the PC police.” |
| Donald Trump won't take on the PC police...https://t.co/IZ1Xo3gxOg | Donald Trump won't take on the PC police...https://t.co/IZ1Xo3gxOg |
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| Hello, and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. New features of Donald Trump’s strategy for winning the race were revealed at a spring meeting of the Republican National Committee in Florida on Thursday, where Guardian politics correspondent Ben Jacobs reported that the candidate has plans to roll out a new persona, give a big foreign policy speech using a teleprompter and spend significant money on ads. | Hello, and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. New features of Donald Trump’s strategy for winning the race were revealed at a spring meeting of the Republican National Committee in Florida on Thursday, where Guardian politics correspondent Ben Jacobs reported that the candidate has plans to roll out a new persona, give a big foreign policy speech using a teleprompter and spend significant money on ads. |
| In an audio recording obtained by the Associated Press of a closed-door speech at the summit, top Trump lieutenant Paul Manafort told party officials that Trump had been “projecting an image” so far in the 2016 primary season and “the part that he’s been playing is now evolving”. | In an audio recording obtained by the Associated Press of a closed-door speech at the summit, top Trump lieutenant Paul Manafort told party officials that Trump had been “projecting an image” so far in the 2016 primary season and “the part that he’s been playing is now evolving”. |
| “When he’s out on the stage, when he’s talking about the kinds of things he’s talking about on the stump, he’s projecting an image that’s for that purpose,” Manafort said. | “When he’s out on the stage, when he’s talking about the kinds of things he’s talking about on the stump, he’s projecting an image that’s for that purpose,” Manafort said. |
| “You’ll start to see more depth of the person, the real person. You’ll see a real different guy,” he said. | “You’ll start to see more depth of the person, the real person. You’ll see a real different guy,” he said. |
| Trump agreed. | Trump agreed. |
| “I’m gonna be so presidential that you people will be so bored,” Trump told a rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Thursday night. “I’ll come back as a presidential person, and instead of 10,000 people I’ll have 150 people, and they’ll say, ‘Boy, he really looks presidential.’” | “I’m gonna be so presidential that you people will be so bored,” Trump told a rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Thursday night. “I’ll come back as a presidential person, and instead of 10,000 people I’ll have 150 people, and they’ll say, ‘Boy, he really looks presidential.’” |
| Part of the plan is for Trump to give a foreign policy speech Wednesday at National Press Club, Ben Jacobs reports, for which occasion the campaign has hired a speech writer and is having the candidate practice on a teleprompter. | Part of the plan is for Trump to give a foreign policy speech Wednesday at National Press Club, Ben Jacobs reports, for which occasion the campaign has hired a speech writer and is having the candidate practice on a teleprompter. |
| Worth noting that Trump himself has said on the stump he will change his "tone" dramatically when elected https://t.co/T5W5aLp8ZR | Worth noting that Trump himself has said on the stump he will change his "tone" dramatically when elected https://t.co/T5W5aLp8ZR |
| Read the full piece here: | Read the full piece here: |
| Related: Trump camp says persona is 'an act' as it woos GOP insiders | Related: Trump camp says persona is 'an act' as it woos GOP insiders |
| Ted Cruz, meanwhile, is hunting for delegates in Indiana, the importance of which is not to be underestimated. | Ted Cruz, meanwhile, is hunting for delegates in Indiana, the importance of which is not to be underestimated. |
| Some news: Ted Cruz quietly began TV advertising this week in Indiana. He's in for over $600k in Hoosier land now.. https://t.co/vKQtckh7jq | Some news: Ted Cruz quietly began TV advertising this week in Indiana. He's in for over $600k in Hoosier land now.. https://t.co/vKQtckh7jq |
| There’s some unpleasant news out of London this morning: Mayor Boris Johnson has ascribed what he perceives as a cooling in the special relationship with the US to a lingering resentment of the British colonial presence in Africa on the part of Barack Obama, whom Johnson calls “part-Kenyan” in a column for the Sun. | There’s some unpleasant news out of London this morning: Mayor Boris Johnson has ascribed what he perceives as a cooling in the special relationship with the US to a lingering resentment of the British colonial presence in Africa on the part of Barack Obama, whom Johnson calls “part-Kenyan” in a column for the Sun. |
| Musing on Obama’s stated desire for Britain to remain in the EU, Johnson seizes on the White House decision after Obama was installed to remove a bust of Churchill from the Oval Office. “No one was sure whether the President had himself been involved in the decision,” Johnson writes: | Musing on Obama’s stated desire for Britain to remain in the EU, Johnson seizes on the White House decision after Obama was installed to remove a bust of Churchill from the Oval Office. “No one was sure whether the President had himself been involved in the decision,” Johnson writes: |
| Some said it was a snub to Britain. Some said it was a symbol of the part-Kenyan President’s ancestral dislike of the British empire – of which Churchill had been such a fervent defender. | Some said it was a snub to Britain. Some said it was a symbol of the part-Kenyan President’s ancestral dislike of the British empire – of which Churchill had been such a fervent defender. |
| Some said that perhaps Churchill was seen as less important than he once was. Perhaps his ideas were old-fashioned and out of date. | Some said that perhaps Churchill was seen as less important than he once was. Perhaps his ideas were old-fashioned and out of date. |
| Thank you as ever for reading, and join us in the comments! | Thank you as ever for reading, and join us in the comments! |