Irish Voters have supported for No Vote on the EU Lisbon treaty. Early indication suggests that No Vote is ahead but Yes side have also regained bounced as counting progresses. "Early unofficial vote tallies around...
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"John McCain is in a delicate political position.The presumptive Republican presidential nominee is hoping to appeal to increasingly influential Hispanic electorates in California, New Mexico, Nevada, Colorado and other Western states while reassuring law-and-order...
The UK parliament now has its first UK Independence Party member of parliament (MP). Up until now the UKIP has only had a presence on the European Parliament in Brussels, and the UK has several UKIP MEPs (members of the European parliament). The aprty is centred chiefly...
The results are in for the first constituency in Nepal and the Maoist party is currently in third place."In Kathmandu's constituency number one, the Maoist candidate polled under 4,000 votes. The Nepali Congress...
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"Mumbai, January 17Actor turned Politician Govinda, Congress MP from the Mumbai North constituency, has become talk of his constituency voters.When they saw Wanted posters in Malad in western Mumbai."
It’s like Al Gore going around espousing “go green” and being one of
the largest consumers of fossil fuels. Or Hillary promoting raising
taxes on the rich to give to the poor. How about Ron Paul or Huckabee
wanting to abolish the IRS. Do you think there aren’t people...
Altered states of political correctness are now
guiding the bastions of democracy in British Columbia.
An affirmative-action policy is to be introduced
in five ridings at the next election according to the New Democratic Party's
decision to...
"IT IS standing room only at an election rally in Bennelong, the Sydney constituency held by John Howard, Australia's prime minister. The audience of about 500 mainly middle-aged, middle-class people in the city's...
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"Local authorities will be given financial aid to assist with the damage caused by heavy flooding, Communities Secretary Hazel Blears has said.
She said people had gone through an "incredibly traumatic" experience.
Alan Johnson, a Hull MP and the health secretary, is to visit...
"Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., has great political skills, but her war-and-peace compass leaves something to be desired.
Clinton has blown hot and cold on Middle East issues, including Iraq and the Palestinian-Israeli dispute. She is at best...
"The agenda was an ambitious program covering a wide range of topics from defining and mapping the Kenyan Diaspora, Kenya government’s policies initiatives for facilitating Diasporas participation in national development, exploring the emerging investment climate and...
"In the second of two pieces examining Iran's rising regional role, Amal Saad-Ghorayeb* argues that attempts by "moderate" Arab leaders to whip up popular fear of Iran are US-orchestrated and aimed to keep in-check regional resistance to US-Israeli plans
Not only does the...
"How the netroots became the most important mass movement in U.S. politics.
The Left's New Machine
by Jonathan Chait
Post date: 04.30.07
Issue date: 05.07.07
Most political activists can point to one catalyzing event, an episode in each of their lives (or, more often, in the...
''The political parties are warming up for a summer election in the UK. What are the Conservatives offering the British public. Will we see more Business management under a Conservative led party or will it be the same lawyers ruling, with more and more new laws...
Beyond Robson posted a link to this story today, which indicates that there is a definite notion of public distress/distaste/dissatisfaction with that damn countdown clock at the Art Gallery. We posted a few stories...
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