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Sacred Cows Make Best Tory Burgers: Why Can’t US Democrats Lead?

Posted on 12 July 2010 by Denis G Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: Alan Grayson, bromance, Conservative, David Cameron, democrats, MSNBC, Nick Clegg, Party of NO!, Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY), Republicans, Robert Gibbs; White House Press Secretary, Tory

By Denis Campbell
Once again the Democrats lack both backbone and a party dictator. Like them or not, the Republican and Conservative (Tory) Parties know how to push agendas through. They sweep in, get everyone in line, whip votes, count (and punch) noses and, in record time, get… stuff… done!
Here in the UK, the Tory bro-mance [...]

Good Luck and Good Night UK

Posted on 21 June 2010 by Denis G Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: Baroness Thatcher, bromance, Chancellor George Osbourne, Chancellour of the Exchequer, Civil Service, Con-Lib marriage, David Cameron, George Osbourne, Gordon Brown, Prime Minister David Cameron, Sir Humphrey Appleby, UK Parliament, Whitehall

By Denis Campbell
The Con-Lib bromance aka new government could feel a real strain as early as tomorrow when new Tory Chancellor George Osbourne presents the new government’s emergency austerity budget. As expected, unions, those on public assistance and workers in the public sector are squarely in the new government’s gun sights.
Not surprisingly, these groups are [...]

Is UK’s Con-Lib Bro-mance Causing Stress? Camer-legg Doesn’t Care, Math Works

Posted on 17 May 2010 by Denis G Campbell | Comments (3) | Tags: bro-marriage, bromance, Charles Kennedy, Con-Lib coalition, Con-Lib marriage, Conservatives, David Cameron, LibDems, Nick Clegg, Number 10 Rose Garden, Phill Jupitus, Radio 4’s Friday Night Comedy News Quiz

(UPDATED) By Denis Campbell
Even if 1/3 of the 52 LibDems flatly vote against every coalition issue or bolt for the safety of the Labour Party, the loss of those 17-18 votes means the maths still work in the favour of the Con-Lib majority. David Cameron and Nick Clegg both know this and don’t care, they’ve [...]

Tea Time for Prime Minister David Cameron

Posted on 11 May 2010 by Denis G Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: David Cameron, Gordon Brown, hung Parliament, UK Election, youngest PM since 1812

By Denis Campbell
In what has become an extraordinary series of post-dinner hours these last two days, at 7:45 pm this evening this was the announcement from the Press Office of Buckingham Palace:
“The Right Honourabe Gordon Brown had an Audience of The Queen this evening and tendered his resignation as Prime Minister and First Lord of [...]

Gordo Brilliantly, Audaciously Screws “Bad Luck” David

Posted on 11 May 2010 by Denis G Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: David Cameron, Gordon Brown, hung Parliament, Labour, LibDems, Nick Clegg, resignation, Tories, UK Election

By Denis Campbell
It was pundit heaven! Its audacious timing sent global media outlets into a state of LIVE apoplexy. Looking statesman-like, Gordon Brown stood before his rolling music stand outside Number 10 Downing Street and continued the Conservatives post-election nightmare. By announcing he would step down in September, he gave the LiDem leader Nick Clegg [...]

Britain’s Got Talent Election “Hung” by Preposterous Procedure

Posted on 07 May 2010 by Denis G Campbell | Comments (1) | Tags: 326 seats, Conservative, David Cameron, Florida 2000, Gordon Brown, hung Parliament, Nick Clegg, pundits, Simon Cowell, spin, Tories, Tory, UK Election

By Denis Campbell
Now what?
The only thing missing was Simon Cowell sneering and sighing last night. Welcome to déjà vu all over again. The UK seeks to one-up Florida’s 2000 election with the spectre of a hung Parliament, charges of polling site malfeasance and strict, almost slavish adherence to procedure over common sense. Big Ben chimed [...]

UK Election: Social Media “FAIL” and Predictions

Posted on 04 May 2010 by Denis G Campbell | Comments (1) | Tags: coalition government, Conservatives, David Cameron, David Plouffe, Facebook, fivethirtyeight.com, Gordon Brown, hung Parliament, Labour, LibDems, Nate Silver, Nick Clegg, Obama for America, social media, Torries, Twitter, UK Election, UK Elections

by Denis Campbell
“Obama for America” became the US’ 7th fasted growing business (if listed in Inc. Magazine). It fully integrated social media into all of its traditional marketing and created an Internet-based juggernaut.
UK parties, thought they were doing the same thing by “embracing” social media. Instead they mostly opened Twitter accounts, created Facebook fan pages, [...]

UK Election Enters Homestretc….zzzzz

Posted on 05 April 2010 by Denis G Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: BNP, Conservatives, David Cameron, Gordon Brown, Labour, Nick Clegg, PMQs, snarky, Tories, Tory, UK Election, UKIP

By Denis Campbell
On Tuesday, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will visit Her Majesty and that will set both the election time clock a-ticking and pundit jaws a-wagging in a furious (yawn) and frenetic (yawn, yawn) 30-day race to the UK General Election finish line. To date the campaign has been… underwhelming. Forget thinking this will [...]

Cardiff Airport’s Delusion of Grandeur Continues

Posted on 18 March 2010 by Denis G Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: 90 minute drive, Aer Lingus Regional, Bristol Airport, Cardiff Airport, Cardiff Airport MD, David Cameron, Director of Business Development and Commercial, extra leg, out-of-touch marketing, Patrick Duffy, snarky, Steve Hodgetts, The Ryder Cup, tone-deaf

By Denis Campbell
Timing is everything. Cardiff Airport’s tone deaf and out of touch marketing reached yet another low yesterday with the arrival of the “Seats go on sale for faster routes to the States” e-mail. I read it and clicked the links as I had an upcoming US trip to plan.
Now, as background, some may [...]

What if You Gave an Election and No One Came?

Posted on 04 March 2010 by Denis G Campbell | Comments (1) | Tags: anti-Muslim, David Cameron, Eton, Geert Wilders, General Election, George W. Bush, Gordon Brown, John Kerry, Labour, Nick Clegg, Pim Fortuyn, PMQ’s, President Obama, racist, Sarah Palin, The Netherlands, Tory, UK Election

By Denis Campbell
In three months the UK will contest a general election. Wow! Can you feel the tension build… Zzzzzzzz.
Three months out from November of 2008, US candidate Barack Obama spoke before 85,000 people at the Democratic National Convention’s outdoor football stadium. Here? The three parties reluctantly and finally agreed to their set of televised [...]

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