I subscribe to a number of weekly publications sent from Britain.
The Economist reliably arrives in my letter box five days after it’s posted in Britain. So too the Guardian Weekly.
But not so the most enjoyable, namely the fastest growing British weekly news magazine, The Week. Sometimes I’ll receive two consecutive issues in the same mail.
Other times there’s a fortnight lapse. But what to make of a copy turning up last Saturday dated the 31st August, five months after it was posted?
The cover cartoon is headed, “The Race to the Top” and shows a smiling Kamala clawing her way up a slope while a visibly scowling Trump is shown flailing below her, as was the polling position back then.
To be frank I’m not complaining as there’s a side factor of great interest in receiving dated news commentaries. That is to read columnists’ opinions on issues of the day and see how they stack up with the actual outcomes. To be fair to the Week, their accompanying commentary emphasised the race was too close to call.
But the best by a country mile is the Economist which seems to pretty much get it right with its predictions.