Crosses the Line on 3 Continents and Gets Burned?
by Denis Campbell
It’s not been a good week for Rupert Murdoch. 1st he was caught in an interview by his son’s flagship Aussie broadcast network calling President Obama a racist and denying that FOX News’ Glenn Beck compared Obama to Stalin.
Then his flagship London tabloid The Sun [...]

 
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
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
Welsh and English blogs were all a-Twitter this week over the latest revelations of Member of Parliament expense claim inconsistencies. Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown was raked over the coals for claiming £6,000 in dry cleaning expenses. David Cameron, Tory (Conservative) Prince-in-Waiting was shown in his trademark scowl demanding that all of his [...]

 
 
Stan Greenberg has advised former President Clinton, former UK PM Tony Blair, Nelson Mandela, Israel’s Ehud Barak and others. He is one of those political lions inspired during the Bobby Kennedy era to join politics and who provides a lot of wisdom for the taking if you are willing to listen. His new book ‘Dispatches [...]

It begins with one whose ambition gets ahead of him or herself. Like the proverbial drip, drip, drip of the tiniest hole in the dyke, Labour front bench cabinet ministers sat silently for the first few moments of Gordon Brown’s holiday and then one-by-one began to stick toes or more in to test the waters [...]

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 [...]

A recent BBC news story discussed Barack Obama’s 5-million member strong e-mail list and its potential for everything from fund-raising to pushing through a legislative agenda.
The US FEC (Federal Election Commission) has been stymied in its attempts to track and register his contributions because 1.5 million people have contributed more than $200 million dollar, at an [...]

Would George W. Bush stand for pointed questions on live TV from Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama or John McCain if forced weekly to endure a forum such as the UK’s Wednesday noon mosh pit a.k.a. Prime Minister’s Question time? This is a place where every member of the House, in theory, can ask questions of the PM and his government.  [...]

Oh no wait, wrong country and wrong election. There is only one local election contest and not the bi-weekly slogging in the US Presidential primaries. Labour must lick its wounds this morning as projections show Gordon Brown’s party in 3rd place behind the Lib Dems (Liberal Democratic Party in their worst showing in 40 years. Comparisons [...]