its so easy to get swept up in the insanity of politics and the day to day tick tock of it all, then you see a headline like this and realize that the biggest existential crisis in the history of mankind is literally right in front of our eyes and people are just so preoccupied with the drama they are failing to understand the gravity of it all

    mdgoonah41 bit like Game of Thrones isn't it? The white walkers and winter is coming, folks are here fighting over Iron Throne and pushing stupid agendas

        Qwiss it’s not just £25m. It’s the fact that academy players don’t have existing amortisation to net out, so that £25m goes straight to the bottom line this year if we sell him, which is big for FFP etc.

            Trump and Vance suddenly look like the low energy campaign. The 'weird' attack line really works.

            Claudius i literally read this like 4 times trying to understand how it fit in here before realizing that you likely posted it in the wrong thread. lmao

              Don't know much about Walz, but he reminds me of any one of my kajillion aunts and uncles in Melbourne. They're pretty variable quality wise, but at least they're vaguely real people.

              walz' media blitz took him from VP outsider to front runner in the space of a few weeks. thats pretty impressive, and shows he can put the dems on the front foot. he's also being praised as a strong pick by AOC, manchin, Pelosi, and everyone in between, which shows he can be a unifier/energiser across the whole spectrum of the democratic party

              They're all the same, politicians - liars and panderers. Media giving Kamala and her merry band a free ride/pass so far, but 3 months is a long time in politics. Just a few weeks ago Trump was inevitable. Martyr, Victim and Strongman Savior. Now he's chatting about people's wives and struggling to regain attention.

              Let's see how this new energy ticket holds up after the honeymoon period passes.

                flobaba the good news for dems is that the election is in less than 100 days, so they dont need to keep this momentum for a year like a ticket normally does. if they can avoid shooting themselves in the dick and just stay focused, they can win

                    mdgoonah41 yup. They just need a few good rallies. Some door to door in Pennsylvania and it’s done.
                    Meanwhile Trump is saying his VP nominee doesn’t add value - but we do know he does the opposite with a 45/55 approval rating

                      mdgoonah41 the good news for dems is that the election is in less than 100 days, so they dont need to keep this momentum for a year like a ticket normally does. if they can avoid shooting themselves in the dick and just stay focused, they can win

                      Has Kamala or Trump done any interviews yet or been pressed on policy? That is when opinions of candidates will change.

                          JazzG noone cares about policy at this point. dems will bang their drum about democracy and abortion rights, repubs will bang their drum about the border and culture wars. whichever campaign has the most appealing vibe for normies and makes the fewest mistakes over the next 3 months will likely win.

                              JazzG as far as I understand these are the two most divergent policy slates in US history.

                              But as @Gazza M says people don’t care about policy in a positive sense. There are negatives (like picking Shapiro would’ve alienated some voters on the left), but American politics has moved from policy to personality in 21st century

                                Gazza M When it is this close I think it might make some difference because surely banging on about their main points will keep their base happy but the swing voters might need more convincing.

                                    JazzG i think a lot is made about "swing voters" but these people are not really undecided ideologically, its whether or not they are going to actually vote. a lot of people "in the center" are apathetic, and its a matter of will they actually go and vote or not. its 2024, i think most people have their minds made up regarding abortion, immigration, and the social safety net.

                                        I see she's taken her defeat well....

                                        mdgoonah41 From the outside it feels like you have two candidates that nobody is all that enthusiastic about. So you would think some of the voters might leave it late to decide, especially in the swing states which are going to decide the election.

                                        Like flobba says 3 months is a long time in an election campaign, a few weeks ago after Trump got shot it looked like the Democrats were ready to throw the towel in but Kamala has hit the ground running and made it a contest.