So....yeah........about the blog...............

Good news for the 3 insomniacs who actually read this blog:

It’s back!

Seeing as I’ve now started working as a journalist, I’ve taken down everything theological as well as the posts that covered events in the UK.

I’m not quite sure what I can comment on but I thought I’d play it safe.

I suspect I’ll start a new blog soon that just focuses on events in the US at that is certainly where my interest lies.

I’ve not posted anything for a while because I’ve been incredibly busy moving to Norwich and getting settled.

Annoyingly, that means I’ve missed the chance to comment on several big stories.

Here’s a rundown:

- Chris Christie, personally my favourite US politician in terms of ideology, has ruined his chances to get the 2016 GOP nomination. Although he denies involvement, his staff plotted closing most of the lanes on a bridge to get their own back on a mayor who refused to support Christie’s recent re-election. Now he comes across as a bully and a liar (he MUST have known) and no one wants to be seen with him. With no support and a scandal brewing, he has a massive hill to climb. It does however go down as the scandal with the worst name ever – Bridgegate

- Hillary Clinton is the heir apparent to Obama in all but name. Several big names in the Democrat party have already all-but endorsed her and you suspect anyone running against her will really be trying to get their name on her ticket to be the next VP. She hasn’t announced her intention to run yet but she will run and will do incredibly well. As an aside she could face Jeb Bush, whose stock is definitely on the rise in the Republican Party. The Clinton v. Bush presidential election has happened before in 1992, though of course with different competitors (Bill v. George H.W.)

- Gay marriage continues to make its way across the US. It was legalised in Utah, one of the Republic’s most conservative states, back in December, though the District Court decision is stayed as an appeal court considers the case. SB 1062, a bill that would have legalised discrimination against gay people in Arizona, was not signed by the state’s governor due to significant pressure from businesses and the NFL (AZ will be home to Super Bowl XLIX). Hopefully the decision will mean similar laws in other states (SD, KA, MA, TN and CO) are killed off. District courts in OK and VA have ruled state-wide bans to be unconstitutional and the Supreme Court will also start considering case law soon. It will almost certainly defend gay marriage, though any federal law is still many years off due to the political make-up of Congress

- a former Governor of Virginia has been in court on bribery charges. Bob McDonnell and his wife Maureen both pleaded not guilty to charges that connect them to a health supplement maker. They seem to have been in ridiculous amounts of debts and are alleged to have been given money, watches, rings and loaned a private jet. At the same time the company CEO met with state officials. The case will rumble on but removes a (no hope) candidate from the GOP list for 2016.

- Obama continues to muddle through. He got Obamacare passed and that it is now safe but he really is heading towards becoming insignificant. The lame duck period will begin once the nomination season gets into full swing but the Ukraine crisis (about which he can/will do very little) is potentially going to make him look impotent well before that.

US politics is absolutely fascinating so all of these stories will continue to rumble on. Hopefully I’ll be able to keep on top of all of them on the new blog.

I’ll put a couple of other posts on this blog covering my new job, my notebooks and my thoughts on leaving Newcastle over the next couple of days.

Apart from that, it’s good bye to Politics, Theology and Stuff!

Debate warmly encouraged