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 [...]

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
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
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 [...]

David Cameron told off by The Speaker (about time!) From the 15th of April.

A nation that stands on ceremony has once again made it through another budget day. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, left Number 10 for the short drive to Parliament where he delivered the annual budget report message to a sceptical House of Commons.
The pregame festivities started with the usual snarkfest between the Prime [...]

When Buddhists praying in the midst of financial district protests becomes news we’re all in trouble. While the MSM focused on giftgate and other gaffes (FLOTUS aka Michelle Obama broke with protocol and shook Her Majesty’s hand without waiting for her to extend it (GAAASSSPPP!), Metropolitan Police cancelled all leave for two days and normally [...]

 
Prime Minister Gordon Brown gave a well-received address before the US Congress this past week. It was interrupted several times by applause as he spoke of the “special relationship” between the USA and UK. That’s generally the US view of the trip. In the alternate media universe of the UK, focused on the slight of [...]

A centrepiece of Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s environmental policy is the active building and promotion of so-called Eco-towns, specially designated areas of land upon which specially designed zero carbon footprint ecologically smart homes, schools and retail establishments will rest. Green projects have attracted enormous investor interest but the six-month long collapse of the home mortgage [...]