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<h1 data-aos="fade-down" id="daily-dose">Daily-Dose</h1>
<h1 data-aos="fade-right" data-aos-anchor-placement="top-bottom" id="contents">Contents</h1>
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<li><a href="#from-new-yorker">From New Yorker</a></li>
<li><a href="#from-vox">From Vox</a></li>
<li><a href="#from-the-hindu-sports">From The Hindu: Sports</a></li>
<li><a href="#from-the-hindu-national-news">From The Hindu: National News</a></li>
<li><a href="#from-bbc-europe">From BBC: Europe</a></li>
<li><a href="#from-ars-technica">From Ars Technica</a></li>
<li><a href="#from-jokes-subreddit">From Jokes Subreddit</a></li>
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<h1 data-aos="fade-right" id="from-new-yorker">From New Yorker</h1>
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<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>How an Arizona School-Board Controversy Became the Perfect Political Issue</strong> - The discovery of a dossier on Scottsdale parents predictably turned into a national story. - <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-the-southwest/how-an-arizona-school-board-controversy-became-the-%20perfect-political-issue">link</a></p></li>
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>What Angela Merkel Left Behind</strong> - She was the first woman to hold the office of Chancellor—and the first postwar Chancellor to leave the office on her own terms. - <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/angela-merkel-leaves-politics-on-her-own-terms">link</a></p></li>
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>The Wolf That Roamed to Southern California</strong> - His thrilling, epic journey suggested the return of the species to an area where it once thrived. - <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/afterword/the-wolf-that-roamed-to-southern-california">link</a></p></li>
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Boris Johnson’s Christmas from Hell</strong> - The “partygate” scandal, stemming from allegations that the Prime Minister’s office held a holiday get-together last year, while Britain was under a strict lockdown, has roiled the government. - <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/boris-johnsons-christmas-from-hell">link</a></p></li>
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Why Did the Grand Prospect Hall Have to Die?</strong> - A legendary Brooklyn institution is being destroyed. Some of those who loved it most didn’t even know that it needed saving. - <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-local-correspondents/why-did-the-grand-prospect-hall-have-to-die">link</a></p></li>
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<li><strong>The US just avoided an economic crisis thanks to an exception to the filibuster</strong> -
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, shown speaking to reporters on December 14, and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (not pictured) arrived at a deal on the debt ceiling. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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Congress on Tuesday raised the debt ceiling by $2.5 trillion.
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The Senate avoided a debt default on Tuesday — in a unique way.
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Lawmakers voted 50-49 to raise the debt limit by $2.5 trillion, a figure that’s expected to tide the government over until after the midterm elections next fall. Every one to two years, it’s vital for the US to address the debt ceiling to cover past spending and make sure the government doesn’t default; if it did, it would likely have catastrophic economic consequences globally.
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But this time around, interestingly, the resolution succeeded because it did not require 60 votes to clear a filibuster in the Senate; lawmakers passed a bill last Thursday granting a one-time exception to the rule.
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The deal to suspend the filibuster was bipartisan; leaders of both parties have hesitated to make exceptions to the filibuster, a procedural rule requiring a Senate supermajority to pass legislation, if it gets blocked by the opposition. Senators were willing to make an exception in this case, for two reasons.
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One, it enabled Democrats to approve the debt limit resolution on their own, with no Republican support. Republicans wanted to withhold their votes in hopes of weaponizing Democrats’ vote to take on more debt in future campaigns. Two, the deal allowed a vote to be held quickly, narrowly avoiding the December 15 default deadline calculated by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.
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This last- minute deal enabled lawmakers to avoid a debt default and massive economic crisis while overcoming a partisan impasse on the subject. For some Democrats, too, it revealed that exceptions to the filibuster are possible — and an option lawmakers should consider for other bills.
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Republicans want Democrats to own the debt
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Raising or suspending the debt limit, something lawmakers have to do to ensure the country has enough money to cover its past spending, has long been politicized.
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In the past, both parties have used votes to raise or suspend the debt limit as opportunities to accuse the other party of irresponsible spending, with Republicans doing so more frequently in recent years. In reality, additions to the debt have taken place under both Democratic and Republican presidents. And during the Trump administration, as had generally been the case previously, debt limit increases received bipartisan backing: In that period, $8 trillion was added to the national debt, and lawmakers voted to suspend the debt limit three times.
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This year, however, Republicans have been particularly eager to use the debt limit to send a political message, as midterm elections loom in 2022.
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The fight over the debt limit took place as Democrats are attempting to pass a $1.85 trillion social and climate spending bill — the Build Back Better Act — on their own via budget reconciliation (a process that, like the filibuster exemption, allows bills to pass the Senate with a simple majority). Republican leaders have argued that Democrats should figure out how to raise the debt ceiling on their own, too. Republicans hope to use a Democratic party-line debt limit vote in campaigns to accuse the other party of adding to the debt. They plan to incorrectly imply that Democrats’ spending bills necessitated the debt limit increase, even though the spending covered by the increase has already happened, with much of it taking place under President Trump.
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The parties have already had one major debt limit fight earlier this year. The debt default date was <a href="https://www.vox.com/22711441/debt-ceiling-congress-
december">originally in October</a>, and Republicans initially refused to help raise the debt limit. They ultimately caved as the default deadline approached. At that time, lawmakers raised the limit by $480 billion, enough to push the default date back a few months, bringing the national debt to roughly $29 trillion.
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This particular vote ends this fight, at least temporarily. It raises the debt limit by enough to cover expenses until roughly next fall, at which point this battle will be repeated. Since raising or suspending the debt ceiling is must-pass legislation, it should be a routine issue that Congress checks off, not a controversial one. Because it has to pass, however, it’s increasingly used as an opportunity for the minority party to extract policy concessions or make a political point (for example, that their opposition spends too freely). So there will likely be a similar battle next fall, regardless of which party wins the midterms.
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A precedent for a filibuster exception
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The debt ceiling vote has opened the door to questions of whether Democrats would consider filibuster exceptions for other bills like voting rights protections. Activists, and some Democratic lawmakers, have called for this in recent months amid failures to advance voting rights protections, police reform, and a $15 minimum wage due to GOP opposition in the Senate. But a filibuster exemption for policy changes is likely to be difficult to secure.
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This time around, Democrats were only able to get an exception because it was for something Republicans actually wanted. Though there was enough GOP opposition to raising the debt limit that getting 60 Senate votes was in doubt, Republican leaders like Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell did not want the US to default. Those leaders made sure the exception passed for the good of the domestic and global economy Republican support; Democrats likely wouldn’t be able to approve another exception in this same way.
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That leaves Democrats with another challenging option: banding together for a rules change; those sorts of modifications can be done by majority vote. But that would require the support of all 50 Democratic caucus members, which party leaders don’t currently have. Moderate Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) have staunchly opposed such changes thus far.
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Still, this development has made it clear that lawmakers do have another option to consider for bills that can’t pass via budget reconciliation, and has set a recent precedent for such carveouts. Now that it’s been done once, expect to hear calls to do it again. In fact, this filibuster carveout has sparked new conversation about how else this tactic could be used.
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“If we can make an exception to the filibuster for the debt ceiling, we should absolutely do it to protect our democracy,” Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) has previously said.
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<li><strong>A Christmas party scandal is roiling British politics</strong> -
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An anti-Conservative Party protester demonstrates in front of a European Union flag with a sign calling out British Prime Minister Boris Johnson for “Partygate” outside the House of Commons in central London on December 8. | Adrian Dennis/AFP via Getty Images
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The controversy is putting pressure on Prime Minister Boris Johnson — and now he’s facing a Conservative rebellion.
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Prime Minister <a href="https://www.vox.com/2019/7/23/20707069/who-is-boris-johnson-uk-election-brexit">Boris Johnson</a> may have finally encountered a crisis that could seriously threaten his leadership. The crisis is a Christmas party.
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Or an alleged Christmas party. In December 2020 — when <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/29/world/europe/uk-coronavirus.html">a deadly coronavirus surge</a> led to lockdowns so strict in <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/15/london-coronavirus-guide-to-
tier-3-restrictions.html">parts of England</a> that<strong> </strong>indoor meetings with people from other households were forbidden<strong> </strong>— a few dozen of the prime minister’s staffers reportedly hosted a festive gathering at 10 Downing Street. “Officials knocked back glasses of wine during a Christmas quiz and a Secret Santa while the rest of the country was forced to stay home,” <a href="https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/boris-johnson-broke-covid-
lockdown-25585238">the Daily Mirror claimed in a report in late November</a>.
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“Partygate” has only gotten messier since. Last week, iTV <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ofkm48nv_k&amp;t=5s">published a leaked video of Downing Street staffers</a> laughing about the party, just a few days after the get-together supposedly took place. In a press conference dress rehearsal, <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/allegra-stratton-
resigns-boris-johnson-party-b1972174.html">now-former</a> press secretary Allegra Stratton jokes with staffers that “this fictional party was a business meeting and it was not socially distanced.”
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Then, over the weekend, <a href="https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/boris-johnson-pictured-hosting-number-25675443">the Sunday Mirror published photos that showed Johnson hosting a Zoom quiz</a> on December 15, a few days before the party in question. Johnson was next to aides who were decked out in festive gear, and according to the report, staffers were still in the office, “huddled by computers, conferring on questions and knocking back fizz, wine and beer from a local Tesco Metro.” On Tuesday, the Daily Mirror followed up with a report that said emails showed staffers were planning to participate in the “virtual” quiz in the office; after the quiz wrapped up, one staff member instructed attendees in a message to <a href="https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/bombshell-message-shows-no10-staff-25698987">“Go out the back.”</a>
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Johnson has denied that there were any parties, and he <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZWdV5-rZXE">told the House of Commons last week</a> that he was “repeatedly assured” that “no Covid rules have been broken.” (<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-59638491">He’s since started to say that <em>he</em> broke no rules</a>.) But since the initial Partygate reports, <a href="https://metro.co.uk/2021/12/10/there-may-have-been-eighth-government-christmas-party-with-mod-
staff-15750397/">multiple allegations</a> of illicit holiday gatherings hosted by those in or associated with the government have emerged. Right now, a top civil servant is investigating <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-
politics-59591610">at least three events</a>, including the shindig that sparked this whole thing.
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That this possible party has exploded into a major political scandal is maybe not that surprising. On the day of the alleged Christmas party, more than 480 people in the United Kingdom died of Covid-19, with the country seeing the biggest peak of cases and deaths since the start of the pandemic. The UK’s Covid-19 regulations were extremely strict, and the <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/bulletins/coronavirusandcompliancewithgovernmentguidanceuk/april2021">British public’s compliance was pretty high</a>. And that meant 2020 Christmas gatherings were canceled for many Brits — while, it turns out, government staffers may have flouted the very rules they imposed on everyone else.
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Of course, plenty of <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/14/us/elections/french-laundry-newsom.html">politicians</a> <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59577371">around</a> <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/scheer-
trudeau-pandemic-covid-coronavirus-1.5531851">the world</a> have become embroiled in the “do as I say, not as I do” pandemic hypocrisy — <a href="https://www.vox.com/2020/5/28/21273202/dominic-cummings-boris-johnson-coronavirus-
lockdown">including Johnson’s government even before this</a>. But the drip-drip developments of Partygate are also coming as Johnson and his government are <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/nov/08/what-are-the-sleaze-
scandals-facing-downing-street">still dealing with the fallout from recent corruption scandals</a>. Not to mention that Johnson’s government <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/uk-boris-johnson-party-scandal-covid-omicron-variant-
restrictions/">just moved to impose new Covid rules with the arrival of the omicron variant</a>, just weeks before this Christmas.
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That’s all building up at once, and it’s having real consequences for Johnson’s government. On Tuesday, <a href="https://news.sky.com/story/boris-johnson-suffers-large-tory-rebellion-as-mps-approve-
covid-certification-for-england-12495747">about 100 Conservative members of Parliament (MPs)</a> voted against Johnson’s efforts to require proof of Covid-19 vaccination to enter certain venues. It was the worst rebellion Johnson has experienced as prime minister. The measures ultimately passed <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/british-pm-
johnson-faces-rebellion-parliament-over-covid-measures-2021-12-14/">with support from the opposition parties</a>, but for Johnson — <a href="https://www.vox.com/world/2019/12/12/20999535/boris-johnson-uk-election-results-brexit">who delivered that historic Conservative majority just two years ago</a> — this is a newly precarious place to be.
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Why Partygate became such a big deal
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“A smaller Christmas is going to be a safer Christmas, and shorter Christmas is a safer Christmas,” <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/16/keep-
christmas-small-and-short-urges-boris-johnson-covid-coronavirus">Johnson told reporters on December 16, 2020</a>. He initially included a carveout from England’s restrictions<strong> </strong>for the five days around Christmas, allowing up to three households to meet, but he urged people to be cautious and not to travel long distances.
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A few days later, on December 19, Johnson said the situation had deteriorated so much that some areas — including London — had to go <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/prime-minister-announces-tier-4-stay-at-home-
alert-level-in-response-to-new-covid-variant">under “Tier 4” restrictions, the “Stay At Home” level</a>. “Given the early evidence we have on this new variant of the virus, and the potential risk it poses, it is with a heavy heart that I must tell you we cannot continue with Christmas as planned,” <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/prime-
ministers-statement-on-coronavirus-covid-19-19-december-2020">Johnson said</a>. The prime minister’s office said <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/prime-minister-announces-tier-4-stay-at-home-alert-level-in-response-to-new-
covid-variant">“the Christmas bubble policy” no longer applied to those in Tier 4</a>, and for everyone else, up to three households could only gather on Christmas Day itself.
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Amid all this, staffers at 10 Downing Street were allegedly knocking back booze and giving each other gifts, and then, according to the leaked video, laughing about it a few days later. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-59600519">According to the BBC</a>, at least three members of the public who held or went to “unlawful gatherings” on December 18 — the same day of the alleged party — were fined by the courts. The hypocrisy has rankled Brits.
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“Can we have a party this year?”<br/><br/>Boris: <a href="https://t.co/CogrVMUMOG">pic.twitter.com/CogrVMUMOG</a>
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<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom">— No Context Brits (<span class="citation" data-cites="NoContextBrits">@NoContextBrits</span>) <a href="https://twitter.com/NoContextBrits/status/1468670960966545411?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 8, 2021</a></p>
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But Partygate might also be an outlet for other frustrations with Johnson’s government — the easy-to-understand misdeed that resonates in the way other scandals do not.
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And Johnson and the Conservative Party have recently been mired in “sleaze” allegations, from questions <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/feb/19/matt-hancock-acted-unlawfully-failing-publish-covid-contracts-
high-court">about lucrative contracts the government made during the pandemic</a> to <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-59591917">a fine the Tories now face over a donation for a pricey renovation of the prime minister’s residence</a> — which Johnson claimed he knew nothing about, until a recent report showed that, actually, <a href="https://news.sky.com/story/conservative-party-fined-nearly-18-000-for-donation-towards-boris-
johnsons-downing-street-flat-refurbishment-12490600">he probably did</a>.
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“It’s very easy for people to draw contrasts with their own life. It’s not like a procurement scandal, where you quickly have to explain the rules officials <em>should</em> have followed before people’s eyes glaze over,” Chris Hanretty, a professor of politics at Royal Holloway, University of London, wrote in an email. “Most people have been to a Christmas party, and most people had to cut that stuff out last year. It’s a really clear case of public officials violating rules which were supposed to apply to everyone.”
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Contrast the Downing Street get-together with another issue that Johnson’s government received criticism for: its handling of the <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/what-did-
owen-paterson-do-b1952077.html">case of Owen Paterson</a>, an MP who was found to have received money to<strong> </strong>lobby the government on behalf of two companies. But it was really the handling of the case that created the controversy. Some of Paterson’s colleagues got behind a plan to pause Paterson’s punishment until they could overhaul ethics rules — a move Johnson himself backed. But those efforts got furious pushback from the public, and from many members of Parliament; Johnson’s government was forced to back away from the plan, <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-
politics-59167222">and Paterson resigned</a>.
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Beyond these scandals, the pandemic itself is adding to the public’s turn against Johnson. Right now, Johnson is warning about a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/dec/14/boris-johnson-warns-of-omicron-huge-spike-commons-votes">“huge spike” in coronavirus cases</a>, driven by the <a href="https://www.vox.com/coronavirus-covid19/22813896/omicron-covid-
variant-cases-hospitalizations-vaccines">omicron variant</a>, and trying to put in place additional safety measures. The timing couldn’t be worse.
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Protesters demonstrate against Covid-19 vaccine passports and other policies outside the Houses of Parliament in London on December 13.
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“We’re at a stage in the UK where we’re a little bit worried about the omicron variant, and people are beginning to worry about what it might mean — could Christmas be affected or something again?” said Alice Lilly, senior researcher at the Institute for Government, a nonpartisan think tank in the UK. “I suppose, then, for people to hear about allegations about what might or might not have been happening last Christmas in government — I think that just resonates probably a little bit more with people.”
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The British public is not under the same level of restrictions as last year, but the fatigue and frustration are taking a toll. The <a href="https://www.vox.com/22700343/uk-fuel-crisis-brexit-covid-19-european-
union">pandemic, along with some of the aftereffects of Brexit</a>, has hurt the UK economy, <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/17/uk-inflation-surges-to-a-new-record-high-of-4point2percent-beating-
expectations.html">which is also seeing price increases</a> and <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2021-12-06/supply-chain-latest-u-k-logistics-industry-sees-labor-
shortages">supply shortages</a>. And now visions of boozing Downing Street staffers are dancing in voters’ heads. “In that context, the sorts of scandals that wouldn’t have touched Boris Johnson previously are having more purchase because I think voters are tired, and they’re not very happy,” said Will Jennings, a professor of political science and public policy at the University of Southampton.
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It’s too early to be talking about Johnson’s downfall, but there are some warning signs
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The big question about Partygate — though a terrible one for a pub quiz — is whether this is a temporary blip for Johnson or whether it reveals real electoral trouble. And if it does, what does that mean for Johnson’s leadership of the Conservative Party and his standing as prime minister?
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The first test for Johnson was Tuesday’s votes on Covid-19 <a href="https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-what-is-plan-b-and-why-are-ministers-considering-more-
restrictions-12489793">“plan B”</a> regulations, which included new face mask regulations, work-from-home rules, and “Covid certifications,” which are basically vaccine requirements to enter certain indoor public spaces, like nightclubs and concerts.
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Conservative backbenchers (those MPs not in government) have previously bristled against Johnson’s restrictive Covid-19 measures, and Johnson has <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/dec/14/what-are-the-biggest-tory-rebellions-in-boris-johnsons-
premiership">faced revolts from Conservative MPs in Parliament over some of these rules before</a>. (It has echoes of some US Republicans’ rejection of things like mask and vaccine mandates.)
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But Tuesday’s defeat is extraordinarily damaging because the revolt was enormous, <a href="https://twitter.com/Peston/status/1470834147623120903?s=20">with about 100 Conservative MPs defying the government</a> on vaccine certifications. These kinds of uprisings aren’t supposed to happen.
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“That’s not enough on its own to bring about the downfall of the government or anything like that,” Lilly said, before Tuesday’s vote. But, she added: “It’s definitely a warning sign.”
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Another warning sign may reveal itself this Thursday. There is a by-election in North Shropshire, for the seat previously held by the now-disgraced Paterson. The seat is reliably Conservative; <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10167915/Opposition-
parties-stand-aside-allow-anti-sleaze-candidate-Tories.html">Paterson won in 2019 by more than 23,000 votes</a>. But opponents have made <a href="https://www.libdems.org.uk/by-election-owen-paterson">sleaze and transparency a centerpiece</a> of the campaign, and the Christmas party shenanigans add to that shadow. “A loss would indeed be disastrous, but even a narrow victory might still show Conservative MPs that they would fare better under an alternative leader,” Hanretty said.
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North Shropshire by-election Conservative candidate Neil Shastri-Hurst takes part in a hustings event with other candidates for the seat on December 7 at St John’s Methodist Church on Whitchurch, England.
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It would be an astonishing development given that just two years ago, Johnson <a href="https://www.vox.com/world/2019/12/12/20999535/boris-johnson-uk-election-results-brexit">led the Conservatives to a dominating and transformative political victory</a>, and until very recently, <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/labour-general-election-result-politics-corbyn-next-
government-a9260416.html">the Conservatives’ grip on the polls seemed impregnable</a>. Labour and other opposition parties are trying to home in on the message that “it’s one rule for us, another rule for them,” a kind of populist sentiment against out-of-touch elites that also helped define Johnson’s brand of Brexit-y populism. “In some ways, Boris Johnson campaigned as a populist, won in the conservative leadership, and the general election as a populist against the liberal elite establishment blocking Brexit,” Jennings said. “Now [he is] having those guns of populism turned on himself.”
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It is still too soon to know whether that rhetoric will stick long term, but at least for now, <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/labour-poll-lead-tories-johnson-
starmer_uk_61b385f7e4b0b50268a5a298">Labour has overtaken the Conservatives in some recent polls</a>, a <a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/161328/successful-political-party-world-tories-conservatives-britain-boris-
johnson">remarkable turnaround</a> and its biggest since 2014. There’s still a long way to go — <a href="https://www.vox.com/2019/6/10/18638824/boris-johnson-tory-leader-prime-minister-brexit">Johnson’s come back from a few public defeats</a> — but the <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-leadership-
challenge-rebellion-b1976147.html">cracks in his leadership are beginning to show</a>. A lot of his support from his own party came from the perception that he was popular with the public. But if Johnson and the Conservatives still see support dropping into 2022 — long past Christmas party season — Johnson’s troubles may be much larger than last year’s parties at Downing Street.
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<li><strong>Millions of Americans could be impacted by the reconciliation bill — if it passes</strong> -
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President Joe Biden arrives with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi at the US Capitol to meet with the House Democratic Caucus on the reconciliation package on October 28, 2021. | Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images
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What’s left of Biden’s Build Back Better plan still promises significant social spending.
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Democrats’<strong> </strong>budget reconciliation bill was supposed to be an ambitious piece of progressive legislation that would be President Joe<strong> </strong>Biden’s signature legislative achievement.
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Democrats hoped to<strong> </strong>push the bill quickly through while still holding narrow 50-50 control of the Senate and a slim majority in the House. But amid debate in the party on what priorities to include and how much the legislation should cost, the scope of the bill has been narrowed significantly.
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When President Biden unveiled the latest iteration of his<strong> </strong><a href="https://www.vox.com/2021/10/28/22748554/biden-budget-build-back-better-
democrats-child-care-taxes">Build Back Better agenda</a>, it came in at <a href="https://www.vox.com/2021/10/28/22748554/biden-budget-build-back-better-democrats-child-care-taxes">$1.75 trillion</a>, compared to the $3.5 trillion Democrats originally envisioned. Biden touted funding for universal child care, $555 billion to address the <a href="https://www.vox.com/22738414/democrats-manchin-climate-reconciliation-
plan-b">climate crisis</a>, and a <a href="https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2021/10/28/22751022/billionaire-tax-elon-musk-
build-back-better">surtax</a> for the country’s wealthiest.
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Even at a reduced price point, it still contained the largest climate and social investments in generations. Nevertheless, the bill has undergone numerous changes that have weakened many of Biden’s campaign promises: Free community college and expanded Medicare coverage were cut, for example.<strong> </strong>Extended funding for <a href="https://www.vox.com/22744837/house-senate-democrats-
build-back-better-child-care">child care</a>, <a href="https://www.vox.com/22796061/universal-preschool-pre-k-biden-
build-back-better">pre-K programs</a>, <a href="https://www.vox.com/2021/10/29/22749595/paid-leave-sick-parental-leave-
biden-build-back-better-bill">paid family leave</a>, and climate change is still on the table.
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Many of the bill’s cuts came at the request of moderate Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), who have consistently pushed back on the bill’s offerings, challenging their fellow Democrats’ hopes to pass legislation that could be life-changing for millions of Americans.
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“With no votes to spare in the Senate, everything hinges on what Manchin and Sinema will accept. … And a great deal more intense negotiation lies ahead,” <a href="https://www.vox.com/2021/12/13/22799436/build-back-better-senate-manchin-parliamentarian">writes Vox’s Andrew Prokop.</a>
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Follow this storystream to stay updated on the reconciliation bill’s progress and Vox’s analysis of how these policies could impact you.
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<h1 data-aos="fade-right" id="from-the-hindu-sports">From The Hindu: Sports</h1>
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<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Barcelona and Argentina striker Sergio Aguero announces retirement due to heart condition</strong> - Aguero was taken to hospital on Oct. 30 after experiencing chest pain and breathing difficulties in Barcelona’s 1-1 draw with Alaves</p></li>
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Women’s ODI World Cup schedule: India to take on Pakistan on March 6</strong> - The tournament will be played in the league format, where all eight teams will face each other once, at the end of which the top four sides will qualify for the semi-finals</p></li>
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>I am available for ODI series in South Africa, clarifies Kohli</strong> - Over the last two days, speculation has been rife that not all is well between Kohli and Test vice-captain Rohit, who will not play the Tests due to a hamstring injury</p></li>
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Hazare Trophy: Kerala tops group, through to quarters</strong> - Kerala’s net run-rate of 0.974 was better than those of Madhya Pradesh (0.485) and Maharashtra (0.104)</p></li>
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>A Mavericks superstar, and fan for life</strong> - Nowitzki chosen among 75 best-ever as league celebrates 75 years</p></li>
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<h1 data-aos="fade-right" id="from-the-hindu-national-news">From The Hindu: National News</h1>
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<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Be dispassionate, consensual on Mullaperiyar: SC tells Kerala, T.N.</strong> - Neighbouring States reminded that the apex court should not be compelled into the day-to-day management of the dam</p></li>
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Charges against Deshmukh: Bombay High Court dismisses Maharashtra plea for SIT</strong> - State contended fair investigation not possible under CBI Director Subodh Jaiswal</p></li>
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Defence Minister Rajnath Singh lays foundation stone of Sainya Dham</strong> - The programme held at Guniyalgaon also marked the conclusion of the Uttarakhand government’s ‘Shaheed Samman Yatra’.</p></li>
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Child from Abu Dhabi first Omicron case detected in West Bengal</strong> - The parents have not tested positive. We are following all protocols, says official</p></li>
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Madras HC dispenses with personal appearance of Chief Secretary in water bodies encroachment case</strong> - The Advocate General submitted a CD containing details of water bodies in 313 Taluks in the State, to the Court</p></li>
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<h1 data-aos="fade-right" id="from-bbc-europe">From BBC: Europe</h1>
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<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>German raids on Covid extremists over Saxony leader death plot</strong> - Far-right anti-vaccination activists are suspected of plotting to kill Saxony leader Michael Kretschmer.</p></li>
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>German court jails hitman for Berlin murder on Russia’s orders</strong> - A court finds Vadim Krasikov guilty of an ex-Chechen rebel’s murder, which it says Russia ordered.</p></li>
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Channel tragedy: French authorities identify 26 victims</strong> - Sixteen Kurdish people, including two friends from Iraq, were among those who perished last month.</p></li>
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Belarus: Opposition leader Tikhanovsky jailed for 18 years over protests</strong> - Sergei Tikhanovsky, a former presidential candidate, is convicted after a trial condemned as a sham.</p></li>
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Russia told to pay compensation to woman whose hands were cut off</strong> - Europe’s top human rights court says authorities failed to protect her against domestic violence.</p></li>
</ul>
<h1 data-aos="fade-right" id="from-ars-technica">From Ars Technica</h1>
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<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Dell’s magnetic wireless webcam might help you forget about that infamous nose cam</strong> - Wireless webcam prototype pops out of its base and sticks to anything magnetic. - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1820776">link</a></p></li>
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>The Ars Technica 2021 holiday gift guide: Procrastinator’s edition</strong> - Not sure what to get those last few people on your list? Let us help. - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1819989">link</a></p></li>
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>A potential hangup for quantum computing: Cosmic rays</strong> - For quantum chips, the problems they cause are too big for error correction. - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1820760">link</a></p></li>
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Porsche builds a sporty red wagon: The 2022 Taycan GTS Sport Turismo</strong> - We get our first drive in the latest electric Porsche, and it’s a station wagon. - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1820567">link</a></p></li>
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>You asked. Ars answers. Here’s how to give an electric eel an MRI</strong> - Bonus: Shedd Aquarium vets spill the beans on how to perform knee surgery on a bullfrog - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1820560">link</a></p></li>
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<h1 data-aos="fade-right" id="from-jokes-subreddit">From Jokes Subreddit</h1>
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<li><strong>Girlfriend messaged me: “helpmyspacebarbrokecanyoucomeoverandgivemeanalternative”</strong> - <!-- SC_OFF -->
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They left it too close to the gaslight.
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32 of them, indentured to me, and ready to devour any temptation I have on call.
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When Susie got home she asked her father why she had a hole and Johnny had a stick. Susie’s father stated “you have a garage and Johnny is just a sports car trying to park. Don’t let him park in your garage!”
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So a few days pass and sure enough, Johnny and Susie are playing naked again — when Johnny proudly stands up and says “Susie, let me park my Ferrari in your garage”, to which she refuses. Johnny continues to insist on parking his Ferrari until Susie has had enough and goes home.
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When Susie gets home, her mother asks “Susie… what’s all that red stuff on your hands?” To which Susie replied:
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“Johnny tried to park his Ferrari in my garage, so I ripped the back wheels off”
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