Britain wears a thin smile, but the numbers do not. Inflation 3.8 percent. Unemployment high. Productivity weak. GDP per head below Italy. Housing tight. 400,000 migrants; 28,000 illegal crossings.

Sixty-five percent say Britain is broken. They want fixes: leave the ECHR, cut taxes.

Across the water, Trump pledges federal crime control from DC to Chicago. Federal cops would enforce federal law. Posse Comitatus keeps the army off domestic soil; the Insurrection Act would let troops move at home, but the terms are vague and court fights loom.

The Digest, 8/23/2025 @500AM, CDT

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