‘America, I gave my best to you’: Bittersweet Biden warns of dangers of Trump return
20 Aug
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‘America, I gave my best to you’: Bittersweet Biden warns of dangers of Trump return

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Politics tamfitronics Chicago: It was a hero’s goodbye for a man who began his career as one of the youngest senators in Washington and will end it as the oldest US president in history.Four weeks after withdrawing from the 2024 election, President Joe Biden appeared at the Democratic National Convention to pass the torch to Kamala Harris and make the case that democracy was at risk if Donald Trump returned to power.Chants of “We love Joe” rang out during President Biden’s valedictory speech at the Democratic National Convention.Credit: BloombergIn a bittersweet moment for the departing president, a teary Biden entered the stadium to thunderous applause and gave a keynote address far removed from the acceptance speech he wanted to make, had age and politics not intervened.Instead, he acknowledged that Harris was the best person...
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The politics of a tragedy
20 Aug
Politics

The politics of a tragedy

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Politics tamfitronics By BagehotWE USE the phrase “death-trap” all too lightly. But a death-trap is exactly what the 24-storey Grenfell Tower in West London became when it caught fire in the early hours of June 14th. The fire, thought to have started when a fridge exploded in a fourth-floor flat, spread quickly as the building’s cladding caught fire. Dozens of residents were unable to reach the internal staircase. There was no external fire-escape to take them to safety, no sprinkler system to dampen the advancing flames, no smoke alarms to wake people. For some, the only way to escape was to jump and hope for the best: seventeen bodies of jumpers have been found on the ground. Several eye-witnesses report that a baby was thrown from a mid-floor window and caught by people standing below.
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