(0508) Largely offline from midday to early evening today … plus it’s also my OoL and Jstack turn. Around 7.30 a.m., I’ll get to DAD, Steve and IYE and around 9 a.m. to other matters, before mini-hiatus. (0553)

 

Westwide trends as of 4:30 a.m. Tuesday

Am deliberately avoiding party leaders afap in this post … aim is to look at trends in almost all western countries as of this timepoint. To do this, I’ve taken screenshots and am running them in the order in which they appeared on X except the first two from Lord Toby’s newsletter from London this morning.

Just before that … Thune has called a special rushed vote for him to be Senate leader for two years at 9 a.m. Washington time, before anyone (and there is one by the way) can be brought in to oppose him: