By Denis Campbell
The UK House of Commons today takes up a measure to stop music and video piracy on the Web. Good luck with that one.
While an admirable pursuit, they are only 15-years too late and now only George Orwell could applaud this Big Brother, bone-headed attempt.
Closing down Internet sites and ISP access will makes [...]

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 [...]

By Denis Campbell
Fat Lady? Back to those wings and no humming! This opera is not over.
Those in the Conservative party already measuring drapes at Number 10 need to remember this will be a contested election vs. a Tory coronation. The display on the steps of the Welsh Senedd the morning after Conservative wins in [...]

UPDATED: By Denis Campbell
Rhodri Morgan could be moments away from officially announcing his retirement as Welsh 1st Minister. The rumour mill buzzes with anticipation. It could occur today during the annual Labour Party Conference kicking off today in Brighton (Gordon Brown desperately needs his pre-election conference to end on a collegial high note). Back home [...]

Last night Japan’s ruling party lost control of the Diet by a 3:1 margin.  Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown escaped the UK and spent the weekend in Afghanistan. Is this where we are? The PM must go to a war zone to get some peace? As Japan goes, so goes Labour in 2010?
Mr. Brown has [...]

 
By Denis Campbell
The ultra racist British National Party (only native born white Brits can become party members), had an Adolph Hitler in the 1930’s moment and captured two European Parliamentary seats (a body they wish to see destroyed but whatever means needed) for the first time ever in UK-wide elections. 
Geert Wilders far right Dutch nationalist [...]

 
By Denis Campbell
So said embattled UK PM Gordon Brown. The last person I heard say this was my Dad a few hours before emphysema claimed his life six years ago. My mother walked in while he was in a labouring sleep, stroked his head and gently said, “it’s OK, you can let go now.” He [...]

By Denis Campbell
We’ve fallen down a media rabbit-hole and there is no way back. Senators, Representatives and UK MPs say whatever they want and are assured their corporate media interviewer mouthpieces will not have the spine to pin them down or ask tough questions about the ridiculous nature of the partisan pronouncements. Why, because of [...]

 
By Denis Campbell
Talking heads are having a field day over recent Cabinet resignations, prospects for yet another huge Labour loss this weekend in the EU elections and calls by many in Parliament (even some Labour back-benchers) for a no-confidence vote and immediate elections. You have to wonder if the Prime Minister relishes getting out of [...]

 
By Denis Campbell
Her Majesty is “displeased.” 
Queen Elizabeth II normally stays above the fray, so much so that “displeased” is a cause for alarm bells across Westminster and the land. Most monarchs in Europe’s labyrinth of Constitutional Monarchies serve largely “ceremonial” roles. Although most can still take the Draconian step of dissolving a dysfunctional government, they [...]