The Lame Duck

BY DOMINIC WIGHTMAN There is a peculiar and necessary cruelty in the language we reserve for our exhausted public men. When we reach for the ornithological, we are not being poetic; we are being clinical. To be termed a ‘lame duck’ is to be diagnosed. It is to be marked not merely for failure, but for a kind of biological irrelevance. The image is precise: … Continue reading The Lame Duck

countrysquiremagazineFebruary 17, 2026February 15, 2026

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Lame Duck Sturgeon Should Go

BY JOHN ISMAEL Why has Nicola Sturgeon not resigned as leader of the SNP? The SNP lost 476,867 voters compared to 2015 on June 8th – 33%. One in three of its voters! That’s nearly twice as many voters as the Scottish Tories lost when they were wiped out in Scotland in 1997 when John Major duly resigned. The SNP mantra over the last few … Continue reading Lame Duck Sturgeon Should Go

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The Lame Duck

Lame Duck Sturgeon Should Go