It’s been hard to ignore the economy, both global and domestic, in the last week and a half. Two major events have dominated the headlines: firstly, here in the UK, George Osborne presented his fourth Budget; and then in Europe, just when you thought it might be safe to put your head above the parapet, ...
From about 10pm (GMT) our Editor-in-Chief Harry Angers, Editors Duncan Sim and Taylor Carey, and new contributor Edward Jackson will brave the massive time difference and provide you with up-to-date elections news as it happens!...
By Taylor B Carey It’s been a bad week for Mitt Romney. The GOP nominee’s campaign has suffered criticism in the wake of the Libya tragedy and the unfolding violence across the Middle East, questioning both his diplomacy and credibility as Commander-in-Chief. Then came the covertly filmed video, taken during a private fundraiser held last ...
By Taylor B Carey Mitt Romney’s reaction to the Libyan tragedy betrays a lack of the nuance and deftness in foreign policy necessary for a successful Commander-in-Chief. The shocking breaches of security in US diplomatic posts in Libya, Egypt and Yemen were rightly greeted with condemnation and disgust across America and Europe, not to mention ...
After all the media hyperbole, it was perhaps Tuesday’s decision not to hold the closing night of the 2012 Democratic National Convention in the Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, that proved most prophetically indicative of dominant tone of the three-day conference: realism. Gone were the rhetorical heights and prosaic turns of 2008; ...
Barrack Obama has won. No, not yet the presidency, but his own party’s nomination, confirmed by a roll call of delegates during last night’s proceedings in Charlotte, North Carolina, where the Democratic Party is holding its 2012 National Convention. And who better to bring on to deliver the customary back-slapping nominating homily than that sage ...
Why a mansion tax should be supported across the political spectrum. As party conference season approaches once again, the opportunity for those at the top of the Coalition parties to ‘differentiate’ themselves from ‘the other lot’ will surely, as per the last 2 years, be grasped with both hands. One issue which is sure to ...
The Democratic National Convention Day One The opening night of the 2012 Democratic National Convention sent a clear message to a disenchanted America: the pain is real, but the aspiration lives on. As the Obama campaign enters the final stretch of its gruelling electoral struggle for a second term in the White House, last night’s ...
The Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea was sent into a turbulent state of grief, shock, horror and overwhelming sorrow as the Dear Leader Kim Jong-il was laid to rest in the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun on 28th December 2011. As the world watched a nation in mourning, almost immediately the attention was focused on ...
The IMF’s recent report is just the latest confirmation of an alarming picture: austerity isn’t working, and European economies are suffering its effects. It’s time for Plan B. By Taylor B Carey It’s been a bad couple of weeks for the government. Just as the sun made a welcome return, the skies were beset once ...
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