Netanyahu Cancels Once again the Israeli Prime Minister is at odds with the rest of the world. He was supposed to go to Washington to attend a conference on Nuclear security. Israel pretends it is not a nuclear power, but it is with more than 150 warheads, according to ex. U.S. President Jimmy Carter. It […]
National Insurance In the great scheme of eliminating the deficit, which is so frightening in terms of the austerity required that politicians can only bring themselves to talk of halving it or reducing it, the reduction planned by the Tories in the proposed NI hike is small beer. Yet it has become a great set […]
Prague The signing of the nuclear warhead reduction treaty by the two Presidents of Russia and the U.S. is a very welcome step. There remains an issue about missile defence and I strongly support the developing NATO view that any such shield should have Russia as a participating partner who is also protected by it. […]
The Elephant in the Room Very interesting polls today, if you look at the figures in two ways. The first way is literally. The Tory lead has narrowed slightly on average. Although they have seized control of their campaign and thus are making the running overall with their NI tax cut, this is not reflected […]
Afghanistan Today it is reported that President Karzai has said that if he is put under too much ‘pressure’ by the West over corruption and other issues relating to the ineptitude of his government ‘he might join the Taliban’. This astonishing declaration, coming on top of his outburst accusing the UN of organising electoral fraud, […]
Each Party Fights a Different Battle Over the campaign each main party has a different battle to fight, yet how it does will affect the other two. Labour must stand on its claim to have called the right shots, once it realised that it was heading into a financial mega crisis, Gordon Brown showed world leadership, […]
Problems in the Church This blog is secular and does not promote one faith over another, but it respects all faiths and upholds the right to hold and support any religion dedicated to goodwill and healing. The Roman Catholic church is in serous crisis. To an outsider looking in, I am not clear that the nature […]
Drugs Another resignation form the panel which advises the Home Secretary on drugs brings into the open the continuing turmoil in the relationship between government and scientific advisers. There is a quite erroneous understanding by the government that if it sets up a council, panel, or task force to advise it, it owns the opinions […]
Election This blog is able now to predict the possibility of an outright Tory win. Their campaign has now found focus on the issue of National Insurance increases. Labour have been caught off guard and made a mess of their response. For the first time for months Cameron is making the running. The Tory lead […]