It begins with one whose ambition gets ahead of him or herself. Like the proverbial drip, drip, drip of the tiniest hole in the dyke, Labour front bench cabinet ministers sat silently for the first few moments of Gordon Brown’s holiday and then one-by-one began to stick toes or more in to test the waters [...]

A centrepiece of Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s environmental policy is the active building and promotion of so-called Eco-towns, specially designated areas of land upon which specially designed zero carbon footprint ecologically smart homes, schools and retail establishments will rest. Green projects have attracted enormous investor interest but the six-month long collapse of the home mortgage [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]