Did I just say it may be a long summer?

I wrote earlier that it may turn into a hot, contentious summer in the UK. The first salvo by the public was launched tonight by British newspaper The Daily Mail and the Tax-Payer’s Alliance. They began a campaign to prosecute Members of Parliament over the expenses scandal. The Mail wrote: … eminent lawyers believe that [...]

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You have to admire their humility

Ah, the whiff of scandal drifting across the Atlantic! Smell that? It’s the compost from the UK House of Parliament as the expenses scandal keeps hitting the fan. The right to be reimbursed for reasonable expenses should not be questioned. It’s the egregious abuse of the expense system that has the British Isles in an [...]

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At least our politicians don’t expect us to clean their moats

If you are a follower of British politics, you will be aware of how the current government is circling the drain. Nothing less than a full blown miracle from the heavens will stop them from being devastated in the next elections. In a previous post, I wrote they were writing the definitive manual on how [...]

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Um… er .. well actually you can

I’ve been watching the governmental farce known as the British Labour Party in the UK. They seem to be intent upon writing the definitive manual on how not to govern and it has been highly entertaining. Their disgraceful handling of the Gurkhas, who have loyally served in the British army, brings to mind vintage Monty [...]

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A wee bit baffled over this logic

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. George Santayana, The Life of Reason, Volume 1, 1905 Peggy Noonan, Republican speechwriter and pundit, made this statement on the weekend concerning the Obama administration’s release of torture documents: “Some things in life need to be mysterious,” “Sometimes you need to just keep walking. [...]

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Contractual obligations made me do it!

US President Obama instructed the Treasury to look into the massive bonuses being paid to AIG staffers. AIG, which is seeking more huge government bailout funds and helped fuel the current economic meltdown, planned on handing out $165 million in bonuses to the same staffers who helped create the collapse. They say they are “contractually [...]

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