Hints and tips:
...(Even the major parties don’t stand in every single council ward across Great Britain.)...
...The constituencies I’m going to talk about today are all in Oxfordshire but my observations play out in other parts of the country too....
...Add in $15bn in pending deals and Stephen Schwarzman and Jonathan Gray’s deal machine is revving into full force....
...Here’s what else I’m keeping tabs on today: Results: Two large drugmakers, Pfizer and Merck, report second-quarter earnings....
...He was impressed that a key figure behind the funds was Stephen Ward, a former adviser to the government on pensions legislation....
...I’m now looking forward to the audiobook of Eleanor Catton’s Birnam Wood — a thriller with a climactic twist....
...Albert Hammond Jr on coffee The Strokes’ guitarist loves the ritual of the daily grind I love coffee. I’m not sure if I’d call it an obsession – I like “ritual”....
...“We fucked up and I’m sorry we fucked up. I hope you will forgive us,” said Carta boss Henry Ward....
...“I’m not sure if Trump believes in neoliberal or neocon solutions,” says Bannon. “I think he understands what he wants to do and who are the types of people” who can achieve it....
...I’m aware I’m a stuck record on this part, so I will keep it brief. The biggest and most important story in politics at the moment is really a policy story....
...I would have never gone out and bought one, and now I’m going to be the first in line for a Scout vehicle,” Ruble said....
...“Oh, I’m feeling very good,” Giuliani replies. “Too good.” “Too good?” “I’m used to things being tight,” Giuliani explains. “I’m used to a race!”...
...I think Robert F Kennedy Jr has said he’s already running. Is that correct?...
...When variations are so great, simple numbers of gains and losses can be misleading — especially this year, when many councils have rejigged their ward boundaries....
...So in 2021, Andy Burnham won every single ward in the Greater Manchester area. Well, the Labour party did not win every single ward. That didn’t help any of the councillors, none....
...The 67-year-old grandmother who died from her chest infection, maybe because there were not enough people to keep an eye on her on the ward....
...All that contrasts with the typically hardline assessment of MP Ian Paisley Jr....
...“For the biggest investor to say I’m not putting another dime in was a huge vote of non-confidence....
...I’m now reading his latest, Rogues, and his Wind of Change podcast is in my queue....
...Hatfield Jr., Portland, Oregon...
...I’m not particularly convinced that 2022 will be any different....
...To digest this and other market movements, I’m joined by Katie Martin, our markets editor. Hi, Katie. Katie MartinHey, how are you going? Marc FilippinoI’m doing OK....
...The best book I’ve read in the past year is Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars: The Story of the First American Woman to Command a Space Mission by Eileen M Collins and Jonathan H Ward....
...“I haven’t really discovered in my life how to get a similar intimate experience as I do when I’m in a great play,” he says....
...Sixteen-year-old rising star Zoie Brogdon’s love of riding was nurtured by a summer camp run by the Compton Cowboys, an off-shoot of the legendary Compton Jr Posse from the city south of Los Angeles....
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