Queen Elizabeth’s horse won a stakes race at Ascot. She arrived, watched the race, presented the trophy and left with little fanfare. To compare and contrast, President Bush’s 747 aircraft, Air Force One, landed under heavy security at Heathrow shutting down one of the world’s busiest airports and disrupting, delaying or cancelling the travels of […]

The BBC reported a Missouri, USA car dealership offered a promotion where if one buys a car or truck, they can get either $250 in petrol vouchers or a free handgun. UK laws forbidding gun ownership aside for the moment, if they were to change, could this be a marketing opportunity for businesses in the […]

Even Sherlock Holmes would have difficulty solving this one. Bad news comes in bunches for Labour PM Gordon Brown. Like the Dutch boy with his fingers in the dyke, one could understand if electrified fences suddenly circled Number 10 Downing Street. The latest series of crises was spurred by Labour’s recent WIN extending the amount […]

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 […]

UK Prime Minster and Labour Party leader Gordon Brown is in an unenviable position today. Tony Blair rode off into the sunset just in time. While never close, the knives are now sticking out of Mr. Brown’s back as Mr. Blair (through high placed discreet sources), Labour front and back-benchers, the London and UK-wide Press, […]

These two very bright, inquisitive, sometimes stiff politicians were bound from youth by strong Calvinist and Southern gentlemanly senses of duty. Gordon Brown and Al Gore are decent honourable men of service. They are true policy wonk lovers of detail who never look or feel comfortable in the supercilious glare of 24/7/365 media. They often […]