Good morning, and welcome to the 21st meeting in 2022 of the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee. We have received apologies from Mark Ruskell MSP. Under agenda item 1, we will consider whether to take in private items 3 and 4. Item 3 is a consideration of the evidence that we will hear…
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Early in the first Democratic presidential debate, moderator Anderson Cooper pressed Hillary Clinton on her political leanings. He noted that while she had told a New Hampshire audience she’d “take a back seat to no one when it comes to progressive values,” at an Ohio stop she acknowledged “being kind of moderate and center.” After…
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CNN reportedly reserved a space for Vice President Joe Biden at tonight’s presidential debate just in case he had a change of heart and decided to declare himself a candidate. Biden didn’t show, but his presence was well known to CNN viewers, as the Draft Biden PAC ran “campaign” spots on his behalf. Troll level:…
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The burning question of whether Donald Trump would attend Thursday night’s Fox News/Google debate, moderated in part by Fox News host Megyn Kelly, was settled by his campaign manager, who confirmed that Trump would“definitely not” be participating. Kelly, on the other hand, confirmed that she would be at the debate as a moderator, kicking off…
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