BERLINER ZEITUNG: Der Friedensnobelpreis geht in diesem Jahr an die venezolanische Oppositionsführerin María Corina Machado. Das teilte das Nobelkomitee am Freitag in Oslo mit.
Der Friedensnobelpreis geht nicht an US-Präsident Donald Trump, sondern an die venezolanische Politikerin María Corina Machado. Sie wird damit, wie das norwegische Nobelkomitee in Oslo bekannt gab, „für ihren unermüdlichen Einsatz für die demokratischen Rechte des venezolanischen Volkes und für ihren Kampf für einen gerechten und friedlichen Übergang von Diktatur zur Demokratie“ ausgezeichnet.
Die Oppositionsführerin gilt als entschiedene Widersacherin des autoritären Präsidenten Nicolás Maduro. Trotz jahrelanger Repression, politischer Verbote und massiver Drohungen setzte sie sich für freie Wahlen und gewaltfreien Protest ein.
Die 56-Jährige hatte sich trotz jahrelanger Repression, Haftandrohungen und politischer Verbote für freie Wahlen und gewaltfreien Protest eingesetzt. Erst 2024 war sie vom Europäischen Parlament mit dem Sacharow-Preis für geistige Freiheit ausgezeichnet worden. Das Nobelkomitee erklärte, Machado habe „unter schwierigsten Bedingungen für die Stimme der Bürger Venezuelas gestritten“ und stehe „für den Mut, in einem Klima der Angst an demokratischen Prinzipien festzuhalten“. » | Alexander Schmalz | Freitag, 10. Oktober 2025
Friday, October 10, 2025
Pas de prix Nobel de la paix pour Donald Trump, la Vénézuélienne María Corina Machado récompensée
LE FIGARO : Clou de la saison Nobel, le prix de la paix a été attribué à Oslo, au lendemain de l’annonce d’un accord de cessez-le-feu sur Gaza entre Israël et le Hamas, mais conclu trop tard pour que Donald Trump puisse l’emporter.
Le prix Nobel de la paix a été attribué à María Corina Machado ce vendredi 10 octobre, pour ses efforts «en faveur d’une transition juste et pacifique de la dictature à la démocratie». «Maria Corina Machado est l’un des exemples les plus extraordinaires de courage civique en Amérique latine ces derniers temps», a déclaré le président du comité Nobel norvégien, Jørgen Watne Frydnes, à Oslo. » | Par AFP agence | vendredi 10 octobre 2025
Le prix Nobel de la paix a été attribué à María Corina Machado ce vendredi 10 octobre, pour ses efforts «en faveur d’une transition juste et pacifique de la dictature à la démocratie». «Maria Corina Machado est l’un des exemples les plus extraordinaires de courage civique en Amérique latine ces derniers temps», a déclaré le président du comité Nobel norvégien, Jørgen Watne Frydnes, à Oslo. » | Par AFP agence | vendredi 10 octobre 2025
Venezuela’s Maduro Offered the U.S. His Nation’s Riches to Avoid Conflict
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Venezuela’s autocrat had proposed allocating his country’s oil wealth and other natural resources to the U.S. and ending deals with American adversaries to appease President Trump.
Venezuelan officials, hoping to end their country’s clash with the United States, offered the Trump administration a dominant stake in Venezuela’s oil and other mineral wealth in discussions that lasted for months, according to multiple people close to the talks.
The far-reaching offer remained on the table as the Trump administration called the government of President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela a “narco-terror cartel,” amassed warships in the Caribbean and began blowing up boats that American officials say were carrying drugs from Venezuela.
Under a deal discussed between a senior U.S. official and Mr. Maduro’s top aides, the Venezuelan strongman offered to open up all existing and future oil and gold projects to American companies, give preferential contracts to American businesses, reverse the flow of Venezuelan oil exports from China to the United States, and slash his country’s energy and mining contracts with Chinese, Iranian and Russian firms. » | Anatoly Kurmanaev, Julian E. Barnes and Julie Turkewitz | Anatoly Kurmanaev wrote about Nicolás Maduro’s government from Venezuela for eight years. He returned to Caracas to report this story. Julian E. Barnes reported from Washington, and Julie Turkewitz from Bogotá, Colombia. | Friday, October 10, 2025
En español:
Maduro ofreció petróleo y otros recursos a EE. UU. para evitar un conflicto: El autócrata venezolano había propuesto destinar la riqueza petrolera de su país y otros recursos naturales a EE. UU. y poner fin a los acuerdos con adversarios estadounidenses para apaciguar al presidente Trump. »
Venezuelan officials, hoping to end their country’s clash with the United States, offered the Trump administration a dominant stake in Venezuela’s oil and other mineral wealth in discussions that lasted for months, according to multiple people close to the talks.
The far-reaching offer remained on the table as the Trump administration called the government of President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela a “narco-terror cartel,” amassed warships in the Caribbean and began blowing up boats that American officials say were carrying drugs from Venezuela.
Under a deal discussed between a senior U.S. official and Mr. Maduro’s top aides, the Venezuelan strongman offered to open up all existing and future oil and gold projects to American companies, give preferential contracts to American businesses, reverse the flow of Venezuelan oil exports from China to the United States, and slash his country’s energy and mining contracts with Chinese, Iranian and Russian firms. » | Anatoly Kurmanaev, Julian E. Barnes and Julie Turkewitz | Anatoly Kurmanaev wrote about Nicolás Maduro’s government from Venezuela for eight years. He returned to Caracas to report this story. Julian E. Barnes reported from Washington, and Julie Turkewitz from Bogotá, Colombia. | Friday, October 10, 2025
En español:
Maduro ofreció petróleo y otros recursos a EE. UU. para evitar un conflicto: El autócrata venezolano había propuesto destinar la riqueza petrolera de su país y otros recursos naturales a EE. UU. y poner fin a los acuerdos con adversarios estadounidenses para apaciguar al presidente Trump. »
María Corina Machado Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The Norwegian Nobel Committee praised “her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela.”
María Corina Machado, a Venezuelan pro-democracy politician, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee, in announcing the award, cited “her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.” » | Jonathan Wolfe | Friday, October 10, 2025
The ‘Iron Lady’ of Venezuela Threatens to Unseat Its Autocrat: Spurned by the country’s authoritarian president and even her own colleagues in the opposition, María Corina Machado has built the most significant voter mobilization since Hugo Chávez. »
María Corina Machado, a Venezuelan pro-democracy politician, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee, in announcing the award, cited “her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.” » | Jonathan Wolfe | Friday, October 10, 2025
The ‘Iron Lady’ of Venezuela Threatens to Unseat Its Autocrat: Spurned by the country’s authoritarian president and even her own colleagues in the opposition, María Corina Machado has built the most significant voter mobilization since Hugo Chávez. »
Norway Braces for Trump’s Reaction If He Does Not Win Nobel Peace Prize
THE GUARDIAN: US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says
With hours to go until the announcement of this year’s Nobel peace prize, Norwegian politicians were steeling themselves for potential repercussions to US-Norway relations if it is not awarded to Donald Trump.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee pointedly said on Thursday that it had reached a decision about who would be named 2025 peace prize laureate on Monday, several days before Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire under the US president’s Gaza plan.
Taking into account the timeframe and the composition of the independent five-person committee, most Nobel experts and Norwegian observers believe it is highly unlikely that Trump will be awarded the prize, leading to fears in the country over how he will react to being overlooked so publicly.
Kirsti Bergstø, the leader of Norway’s Socialist Left party and its foreign policy spokesperson, said Oslo must be “prepared for anything.”
“Donald Trump is taking the US in an extreme direction, attacking freedom of speech, having masked secret police kidnapping people in broad daylight and cracking down on institutions and the courts. When the president is this volatile and authoritarian, of course we have to be prepared for anything,” Bergstø told the Guardian. » | Miranda Bryant, Nordic correspondent | Thursday, October 9, 2025
Need I list all the reasons why Trump shouldn’t get a Nobel peace prize?: Trump has been an enabler of war, famine, disease and death »
Truly, madly, deeply: Trump’s desire for a Nobel peace prize is driving diplomacy: The US president’s fervid pursuit of the award is believed to have been a key motivator in brokering peace deals in Ukraine and Gaza »
Related video here with a commentary from me.
With hours to go until the announcement of this year’s Nobel peace prize, Norwegian politicians were steeling themselves for potential repercussions to US-Norway relations if it is not awarded to Donald Trump.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee pointedly said on Thursday that it had reached a decision about who would be named 2025 peace prize laureate on Monday, several days before Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire under the US president’s Gaza plan.
Taking into account the timeframe and the composition of the independent five-person committee, most Nobel experts and Norwegian observers believe it is highly unlikely that Trump will be awarded the prize, leading to fears in the country over how he will react to being overlooked so publicly.
Kirsti Bergstø, the leader of Norway’s Socialist Left party and its foreign policy spokesperson, said Oslo must be “prepared for anything.”
“Donald Trump is taking the US in an extreme direction, attacking freedom of speech, having masked secret police kidnapping people in broad daylight and cracking down on institutions and the courts. When the president is this volatile and authoritarian, of course we have to be prepared for anything,” Bergstø told the Guardian. » | Miranda Bryant, Nordic correspondent | Thursday, October 9, 2025
Need I list all the reasons why Trump shouldn’t get a Nobel peace prize?: Trump has been an enabler of war, famine, disease and death »
Truly, madly, deeply: Trump’s desire for a Nobel peace prize is driving diplomacy: The US president’s fervid pursuit of the award is believed to have been a key motivator in brokering peace deals in Ukraine and Gaza »
Related video here with a commentary from me.
Roosevelts "NEW DEAL": Aktionismus oder Erfolgsstrategie? | Geschehen, neu gesehen | Doku HD | ARTE
Oct 8, 2025 | Der "New Deal" ging als Konjunkturpaket in die Geschichte ein, das die USA aus der Großen Depression herausführte. Die Regierung versprach Unterstützungsprogramme, Arbeitsbeschaffungsmaßnahmen und neue Rechte für Benachteiligte. Der Erfolg der Maßnahmen ist jedoch umstritten, da sie nur durch Zugeständnisse an die rassistischen Südstaaten zustande kamen.
Die Weltwirtschaftskrise von 1929 erschütterte auch die USA in einem bis dahin nicht gekannten Ausmaß. Vier Jahre später schlug der neue Präsident Franklin D. Roosevelt dem darniederliegenden Land eine Reihe von Reformmaßnahmen vor, den "New Deal": Die USA setzten fortan auf Konjunkturpolitik, die Regierung investierte in Großprojekte, staatliche Programme wurden ins Leben gerufen und Gesetze zur Stärkung der Gewerkschaften verabschiedet.
Der "New Deal" stieß zunächst auf breite Zustimmung. Als erfahrener Politiker wusste Roosevelt, wie er eine direkte Beziehung zur Bevölkerung aufbauen konnte. Den Kern seiner Kommunikationsstrategie bildeten die „Kamingespräche". 1936 wurde er mit einem Rekordergebnis wiedergewählt. Der „New Deal“ blieb jedoch in vielen Punkten umstritten. So erklärte der Supreme Court einige Maßnahmen für verfassungswidrig. Roosevelt und seine Anhänger führten einen erbitterten Kampf, um der US-Bundesregierung bei der wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Verwaltung des Landes mehr Einfluss zu verschaffen. Der "New Deal" basierte dabei auf einem prekären politischen Bündnis. Obwohl die Demokratische Partei die Mehrheit im Kongress hatte, engagierten sich ihre Abgeordneten unterschiedlich stark für das Programm. Um es parlamentarisch durchzubringen, mussten die New Dealer einflussreiche, rassistische Politiker aus den Südstaaten überzeugen, die die Diskriminierung und Segregation der Sklaverei aufrechterhalten wollten. Roosevelt ließ sich darauf ein. Der afroamerikanische Teil der Bevölkerung, also rund zehn Prozent, blieben vom "New Deal" im Ergebnis größtenteils ausgeschlossen.
Dokumentation von (F 2025, 52 Min)
Video verfügbar bis zum 10/11/2025
Die Weltwirtschaftskrise von 1929 erschütterte auch die USA in einem bis dahin nicht gekannten Ausmaß. Vier Jahre später schlug der neue Präsident Franklin D. Roosevelt dem darniederliegenden Land eine Reihe von Reformmaßnahmen vor, den "New Deal": Die USA setzten fortan auf Konjunkturpolitik, die Regierung investierte in Großprojekte, staatliche Programme wurden ins Leben gerufen und Gesetze zur Stärkung der Gewerkschaften verabschiedet.
Der "New Deal" stieß zunächst auf breite Zustimmung. Als erfahrener Politiker wusste Roosevelt, wie er eine direkte Beziehung zur Bevölkerung aufbauen konnte. Den Kern seiner Kommunikationsstrategie bildeten die „Kamingespräche". 1936 wurde er mit einem Rekordergebnis wiedergewählt. Der „New Deal“ blieb jedoch in vielen Punkten umstritten. So erklärte der Supreme Court einige Maßnahmen für verfassungswidrig. Roosevelt und seine Anhänger führten einen erbitterten Kampf, um der US-Bundesregierung bei der wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Verwaltung des Landes mehr Einfluss zu verschaffen. Der "New Deal" basierte dabei auf einem prekären politischen Bündnis. Obwohl die Demokratische Partei die Mehrheit im Kongress hatte, engagierten sich ihre Abgeordneten unterschiedlich stark für das Programm. Um es parlamentarisch durchzubringen, mussten die New Dealer einflussreiche, rassistische Politiker aus den Südstaaten überzeugen, die die Diskriminierung und Segregation der Sklaverei aufrechterhalten wollten. Roosevelt ließ sich darauf ein. Der afroamerikanische Teil der Bevölkerung, also rund zehn Prozent, blieben vom "New Deal" im Ergebnis größtenteils ausgeschlossen.
Dokumentation von (F 2025, 52 Min)
Video verfügbar bis zum 10/11/2025
Thursday, October 09, 2025
L'ancien premier ministre britannique Rishi Sunak recruté par Microsoft et la startup Anthropic
LE FIGARO : Plus jeune premier ministre britannique depuis 200 ans, le premier chef de gouvernement britannique d’origine indienne avait quitté la tête du parti conservateur l’an passé après le revers de sa formation aux législatives.
L'ex-premier ministre conservateur britannique Rishi Sunak, qui a quitté le pouvoir en juillet 2024, va conseiller le géant de la tech Microsoft et la start-up d'intelligence artificielle (IA) Anthropic, selon un document publié par l'instance chargée de contrôler les risques de conflits d'intérêts des élus. Sa mission auprès de Microsoft va consister à «fournir des perspectives stratégiques de haut niveau sur les tendances macroéconomiques et géopolitiques et leurs interactions avec les technologies et la société», indique l'Acoba (Advisory Committee on Business Appointments), dans son avis publié jeudi. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | jeudi 9 octobre 2025
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Brahms: Symphony No. 2 | Daniel Harding & the Verbier Festival Orchestra
Inside Afghanistan's Hidden Emergency | BBC News
Oct 9, 2025 | There has been a silent surge in child deaths due to malnutrition in Afghanistan.
After USAID cuts earlier this year, foreign aid has dipped to its lowest in decades, and hundreds of clinics have been shuttered, cutting off some of the poorest from medical care.
WFP says eight or nine other donors who funded Afghanistan in the last two years have also stopped this year, and many others are giving much less than they were last year. One reason is donors are responding to a number of global crises - but the Taliban government's policies also affect how much the world is willing to help.
The BBC’s Yogita Limaye reports.
Filmed and edited by Sanjay Ganguly.
After USAID cuts earlier this year, foreign aid has dipped to its lowest in decades, and hundreds of clinics have been shuttered, cutting off some of the poorest from medical care.
WFP says eight or nine other donors who funded Afghanistan in the last two years have also stopped this year, and many others are giving much less than they were last year. One reason is donors are responding to a number of global crises - but the Taliban government's policies also affect how much the world is willing to help.
The BBC’s Yogita Limaye reports.
Filmed and edited by Sanjay Ganguly.
Trump Is Starting a War on American Soil
IHIP News: MAGA is Fed Up with Trump and Turning on Him Quickly as Dems Take Over
Very strong language alert!
Christian Nationalism vs Clown World | Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Read the corresponding and connected NYT article here.
There must be an awful lot of crackpots in America these days! Their erroneous thinking must be being caused by eating all that junk food and by reading all those religious tracts from the Bible belt which must surely be leading them astray. — © Mark Alexander
Will Donald Trump Be Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize? | BBC News
Oct 9, 2025 | US President Donald Trump has made no secret of the fact that he wants the world's most prestigious award: the Nobel Peace Prize.
In speeches and press conferences, he has repeatedly reeled off a list of the seven wars he says he has solved. He's boasted that he deserves the award and that "everyone says I should get it" - and world leaders appear to have realised Nobel flattery is a way to his heart.
Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu publicly whipped out a nomination letter at the White House; Azerbaijan's president told Trump in a news conference that he deserved the prize, and Pakistan's government announced it had nominated him, winning plaudits from the president.
So is it actually conceivable that President Trump could win?
Is the BBC really being serious? What on earth has Trump ever done to deserve the Nobel Peace Prize? He’s blowing Venezuelan boats to smithereens in the Caribbean and killing the crews, and is itching to go to war with Nicolás Maduro to topple him. And this so-called Gaza peace plan has probably been engineered by his chum, Netanyahu, ‘just in time’. We know nothing much of the details of the plan yet, or how it will be implemented. The other day Trump wanted to ethnically cleanse Gaza to create a riviera for Trump’s very own luxury properties to attract the superrich, the poor Palestinians be damned! Moreover, in the streets of America, mayhem rules, and poor immigrants are being beaten and being disappeared. Nothing much peaceful about that!
It is to be hoped that the Nobel prize authorities will not fall for this. It is hard to imagine that they will. — © Mark Alexander
In speeches and press conferences, he has repeatedly reeled off a list of the seven wars he says he has solved. He's boasted that he deserves the award and that "everyone says I should get it" - and world leaders appear to have realised Nobel flattery is a way to his heart.
Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu publicly whipped out a nomination letter at the White House; Azerbaijan's president told Trump in a news conference that he deserved the prize, and Pakistan's government announced it had nominated him, winning plaudits from the president.
So is it actually conceivable that President Trump could win?
Is the BBC really being serious? What on earth has Trump ever done to deserve the Nobel Peace Prize? He’s blowing Venezuelan boats to smithereens in the Caribbean and killing the crews, and is itching to go to war with Nicolás Maduro to topple him. And this so-called Gaza peace plan has probably been engineered by his chum, Netanyahu, ‘just in time’. We know nothing much of the details of the plan yet, or how it will be implemented. The other day Trump wanted to ethnically cleanse Gaza to create a riviera for Trump’s very own luxury properties to attract the superrich, the poor Palestinians be damned! Moreover, in the streets of America, mayhem rules, and poor immigrants are being beaten and being disappeared. Nothing much peaceful about that!
It is to be hoped that the Nobel prize authorities will not fall for this. It is hard to imagine that they will. — © Mark Alexander
IHIP News: Trump Has Disaster Morning as His Civil War Backfires, Cancels Freedom of Speech
Strong language alert!
Politically unaware and naïve Americans elected a clown, so now all Americans must endure the circus! — © Mark Alexander
«Nous ne devons pas baisser la garde face à la pauvreté»: avec «Dilexi te», le pape Léon XIV reprend un thème cher à son prédécesseur
LE FIGARO : DÉCRYPTAGE - Le pape, élu le 8 mai dernier, publie une «exhortation apostolique» sur «l’option préférentielle pour les pauvres» que le pape François avait en partie rédigée avant sa mort.
«Je t’ai aimé» est le titre du premier grand document officiel du pape Léon XIV, publié ce jeudi 9 octobre, sous la forme d’une «exhortation apostolique», «Dilexi te», son nom officiel latin. Ces 140 pages sont éditées en France par le collectif d’éditeurs Bayard-Editions-Mame-Les Éditions du Cerf. À la différence d’une «lettre encyclique» plus intellectuelle, une «exhortation apostolique» s’adresse aux fidèles pour les encourager à agir concrètement. En l’occurrence pour aider les «pauvres» qui sont au cœur de ce texte essentiellement écrit par le pape François, assumé par son successeur, qui vise à justifier «l’option préférentielle pour les pauvres» comme l’une des grandes priorités de l’Église catholique.
Que signifie cette «option préférentielle de Dieu pour les pauvres» ? C’est un axe pastoral et théologique préparé par le Concile Vatican II, né dans les années 70 en Amérique latine et pivot du pontificat de François. Cette «option» n’est pas une «exclusion» ou une «discrimination» prévient l’exhortation, ce qui serait «impossible en Dieu» mais «Dieu est pris de compassion pour la pauvreté et la faiblesse de l’humanité» et il a «particulièrement à cœur ceux qui sont discriminés et opprimés». Dieu qui demanderait «à son Église, un choix décisif et radical en faveur des plus faibles» afin d’«inaugurer un Règne de justice, de fraternité et de solidarité». Quant à la pauvreté, elle peut être «matérielle» mais aussi «sociale», «morale et spirituelle», «culturelle». » | Par Jean-Marie Guénois | jeudi 9 octobre 2025
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Pope Leo Calls on Christians to Care for the Poor in His First Teaching: The message signaled a continuation of one of the priorities of his predecessor, Francis. »
«Je t’ai aimé» est le titre du premier grand document officiel du pape Léon XIV, publié ce jeudi 9 octobre, sous la forme d’une «exhortation apostolique», «Dilexi te», son nom officiel latin. Ces 140 pages sont éditées en France par le collectif d’éditeurs Bayard-Editions-Mame-Les Éditions du Cerf. À la différence d’une «lettre encyclique» plus intellectuelle, une «exhortation apostolique» s’adresse aux fidèles pour les encourager à agir concrètement. En l’occurrence pour aider les «pauvres» qui sont au cœur de ce texte essentiellement écrit par le pape François, assumé par son successeur, qui vise à justifier «l’option préférentielle pour les pauvres» comme l’une des grandes priorités de l’Église catholique.
Que signifie cette «option préférentielle de Dieu pour les pauvres» ? C’est un axe pastoral et théologique préparé par le Concile Vatican II, né dans les années 70 en Amérique latine et pivot du pontificat de François. Cette «option» n’est pas une «exclusion» ou une «discrimination» prévient l’exhortation, ce qui serait «impossible en Dieu» mais «Dieu est pris de compassion pour la pauvreté et la faiblesse de l’humanité» et il a «particulièrement à cœur ceux qui sont discriminés et opprimés». Dieu qui demanderait «à son Église, un choix décisif et radical en faveur des plus faibles» afin d’«inaugurer un Règne de justice, de fraternité et de solidarité». Quant à la pauvreté, elle peut être «matérielle» mais aussi «sociale», «morale et spirituelle», «culturelle». » | Par Jean-Marie Guénois | jeudi 9 octobre 2025
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Pope Leo Calls on Christians to Care for the Poor in His First Teaching: The message signaled a continuation of one of the priorities of his predecessor, Francis. »
English Man Raffles House to Americans Seeking ‘Safe Haven’ from Trump
THE GUARDIAN: Tristram Biggs hopes Americans ‘terrified’ of political situation will buy $10 tickets for $1m home
On the edge of a Buckinghamshire village, autumn leaves fall around a quaint Victorian cottage nestled among ancient trees, while horses graze in a nearby paddock. It is a quintessentially English scene, but one its owner hopes will appeal to liberal Americans desperate to escape Donald Trump’s America – for the cost of a $10 raffle ticket.
After struggling to sell the £850,000 ($1m) property he bought three years ago, Tristram Biggs decided to raffle his home this summer, marketing it to Americans who are increasingly uneasy about the political temperature at home.
“My cousin sent me an article from the New York Times about a house that was being raffled in Ireland and I thought I might be able to do a similar thing,” said Biggs, who is selling tickets for the property on the website Raffall.
“I’m aiming it mainly at Americans, because I think there are millions out there who are terrified about how the political situation is developing, and would be delighted to spend $10 on the ticket to what would effectively be a life raft Plan B.” » | Alexandra Topping | Thursday, October 9, 2025
On the edge of a Buckinghamshire village, autumn leaves fall around a quaint Victorian cottage nestled among ancient trees, while horses graze in a nearby paddock. It is a quintessentially English scene, but one its owner hopes will appeal to liberal Americans desperate to escape Donald Trump’s America – for the cost of a $10 raffle ticket.
After struggling to sell the £850,000 ($1m) property he bought three years ago, Tristram Biggs decided to raffle his home this summer, marketing it to Americans who are increasingly uneasy about the political temperature at home.
“My cousin sent me an article from the New York Times about a house that was being raffled in Ireland and I thought I might be able to do a similar thing,” said Biggs, who is selling tickets for the property on the website Raffall.
“I’m aiming it mainly at Americans, because I think there are millions out there who are terrified about how the political situation is developing, and would be delighted to spend $10 on the ticket to what would effectively be a life raft Plan B.” » | Alexandra Topping | Thursday, October 9, 2025
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