Orcadian column, 12/11/2026
Lame Duck a l’Orange. Of all the headlines spawned by last week’s spectacular defeat of Donald Trump’s Republican Party in the midterm elections, this description of the President was perhaps my favourite.
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Lame Duck a l’Orange. Of all the headlines spawned by last week’s spectacular defeat of Donald Trump’s Republican Party in the midterm elections, this description of the President was perhaps my favourite.
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