The Transatlantic Tea 33
Rain Hits Different in Britain
And we’re back. The sun is shining (far more than it did in the Bahamas). I’m not going to cover the war with Iran here today as am sure the UK press are also covering the regulation updates and US/UK leadership comments.
So let’s go straight to CNN with some news about British weather….
Best of the rest:
Incredible headline from the CNN team - Why Britain’s miserable weather is one of its greatest tourist attractions - it really is worth reading in full to find out that umbrellas are seen as a ‘British item’ and read a summary of the importance of rain for whiskey. It also turns out Britain isn’t statistically that rainy but in the words of the author ‘rain hits different’ in the UK.
NYT have an interview with ‘The Man leading the Green Party Surge in Britain’, Zack Polanski - it covers a lot of ground but his key message re Labour seems to be “they have been bought and paid for” which he repeats several times and summarises his priorities as “the climate crisis should be everyone’s No1 priority, but you can’t tackle the climate crisis without tackling the affordability crisis and the inequality crisis.”
A rare appearance for the UK in WaPo’s ‘The 7’ - their morning newsletter with the top stories of the day - with the meningitis outbreak in Kent and a link to a story on how to spot the disease.
Breitbart covers the satirical song about Britain’s preparedness for war created by a British Army Major. The detailed piece links the comments in the song to “General Sanders’ comments …made clear to those actually serving in the Army that they are anticipated to face the same fate [as soldiers in the world wars], and this has apparently had a concomitant impact on morale” with extensive quotes from the Times and Telegraph.
WSJ has an oped linking the abolition of hereditary peers, Churchill’s removal from banknotes and potential changes to jury trials as evidence that “the British state is deteriorating.”
Got to mention NPR for their piece on the abolition of the hereditary peers, with a special mention for ‘end of an Heir-a’
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