The London Mayoral elections are now almost upon us. For some they are of little interest for others they believe that it doesn’t really matter who’s running London but I would beg to differ to both such individuals. London now stands at a crossroads. The current mayor says that he will unite Londoners but I’ve [...]
To that, Lewis retorted: “The role of the president of the United States is to support the decisions that are made by the people of Israel. It is not up to us to pick and choose from among the political parties.” The audience members applauded.
Representing Hillary Clinton: former White House official Ann Lewis
Oops! Elections, don’t [...]
The last two weeks in finance have certainly been interesting, not just for the spectacle of market volatility and the federal reserve blundering but also for the stream of ill-informed drivel appearing on the pages of the press and broadcast media. At this rate I may have to revise my forecasts for the year.
What is [...]
From the BBC Have your say section :
Whatever happens, it won’t benefit me.
I drive a car to get to work every day to do a job I hate, so I can pay tax so other people don’t have to..
I’d leave if I had my own country to go back to.
Working Class tax payer, Bracknell
Like a lot of people around the world I have been quietly observing the US elections with some interest. Not least because America’s political direction has a profound impact on the world but also because the current economic climate makes this one of the most important elections for some forty years or more. So given [...]
Not so long ago the prospect of $100 oil and a sinking dollar where the preserve of doom mongers but as we move into 2008 it seems that is exactly the reality that confronts us. Dealing with these issues will not be easy and a tough year lies ahead but with policymakers seeming alert to [...]
You know corruption is one thing, but when the BBC spends most of its evening bulletin trying to present the argument that it was all just an “administrative error” when it is patently obvious to anyone with greater intelligence than a mollusc that it is yet another case of gross corruption (Cash for honours etc.) [...]
This week immigration has once again taken centre stage in British politics, triggered in the most part by an article by Conservative MP Nigel Hastilow, naturally this has been followed by some fierce rhetoric but what I have found interesting about all this is the language which has been employed by the supporters of immigration [...]
When I first watched Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth” I will admit that I was a bit concerned by its structure and some of its content. Principally that Gore himself had used climate change as a naked self-promotional tool, but also that he had used Hurricane Katrina as an example of climate change; an assertion [...]
