This Week in Politics
Troubles for Trump
Former president Donald J. Trump has been ousted from the Colorado and Maine primary ballots due to his involvement in the January 6th, 2020 riots. This makes winning the GOP primary slightly harder for Mr Trump, though should not be seen as a game changer. However, if Mr Trump continues to be ousted from state primary ballots it will become harder and harder for him to win the Republican presidential nomination and if it were to go far enough Donald J. Trump no matter how popular in the polls would not be able to win, being removed from more then half of state primary ballots would be highly unlikely. California on the other hand (America's most populous state) has decided to allow Mr Trump to remain on their state's ballot. Colorado and Maine are going to see legal battles over these decisions without a doubt and the Supreme Court may need to get involved. In a primary defined by Mr Trump his biggest issue is not his opponents but whether he will be on the ballot at all.
Conservative Blunder
A Tory MP has stated that most children (in his constituency) who struggle are the product of "crap parents." This comment will come back to haunt him in the coming general election and will be used against the Conservative party. This singular comment is just 1 of many miscalculations by Conservatives that make them look incredibly bad in the eyes of the electorate. If Rishi Sunak is to have a chance at keeping his job his party needs to get itself in order or face the consequences from the electorate.
Nikki Haley
When asked about the American Civil War GOP presidential hopeful Nikki Haley did not mention slavery. She has now walked back her comments. Her response revolved largely around government and individual freedoms. “The freedoms of what people could and couldn’t do,” she said to a crowd of voters in New Hampshire. This controversy is one of the first for the Haley campaign which has managed smooth operations since its inception earlier this year. A hick-up in a slick well-run campaign, however, in reality, something giving attention to an unseen candidate alongside much of the controversy being absorbed by the fact her campaign later stated that: "Of course the Civil war was about slavery." This is not likely to cost her votes in the GOP primary it might even get a few more people to search her name and find her campaign website. If she does get nominated most people will have moved on anyway.
Politics Impact
A man named Ernest Owusu who asked a question former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher says it changed his life. Allowing him to escape the deprived background he grew up in and climb the economic ladder. Though not a fan of Mrs Thatcher's policies Mr Owusu says that her way of speaking resonated with him and continues to this day to give him confidence and a sense of belief in himself. Furthermore, he says that he learned that you have to be a bit tough to make it in this world.
