After more than a decade of powerful rule, the Labour party looks to have its buttocks smartly thumped by Conservatives in next year’s election. Brits, frustrated with the sagging economy, oppressive unemployment, emptying tax coffers, a series of get-rich-quick scandals … Continue reading →
Characteristically ascerbic: Perhaps this would not be so serious a matter if the British economy were not a so-called service economy. It has been such ever since Margaret Thatcher solved our chronic industrial relations problem by the simple expedient of … Continue reading →
Great Britain and the United States have long cherished their speical relationship. Over the last century, the U.S. and U.K. together have rescued the world’s democracies at least twice. It would be criminally stupid for either government to knowingly damage … Continue reading →
Iran rips Britain, and Britain rips ‘em right back. See, State Department? That’s how you send a message to the protestors. Promising that Twitter will stay open extra late doesn’t do it. And BBC Persia? Great idea to help inspire … Continue reading →
