It’s New Year’s Day and the start of 2013. 2012 produced a lot of memorable moments in American politics, so let’s take a moment to look back on them. 2012 was election year, so it was guaranteed to produce some sad, idiotic, and down-right barmy moments; and it didn’t fail in producing […]
Election 2012
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Rise of UKIP: Be Careful What You Wish For
Our media are giving the UK Independence Party (UKIP to you and me) unprecedented publicity of late. Understandable,...
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Britain: The 51st State
America is so hot right now. In fact, according to Britain, it always has been; rarely have we been able to tear our...
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Election – Behind the Lines
It’s just coming up to 6 PM and you’re waiting impatiently to play ping-pong with the nation’s favour. You sit...
Obama triumphs in the US election
As Bruce Springsteen’s “We Take Care of Our Own” belted out from the speakers in the arena, President Obama joyously waved to the thousands of people who made it possible for him to serve a final term in the White House. Joined on stage by his equally joyful wife and […]
Read more ›Teary-eyed in the Hawkeye State
Four years ago President Obama – or Senator Obama, as he was known then – was helped to national prominence by Iowa. Obama revisited the Midwestern state to wrap up his 2012 campaign and looked extremely overwhelmed by the support from Iowans. Before reaching Des Moines, Iowa, the president visited […]
Read more ›Are Humans Too Fallible For Democracy?
With the American elections imminent, and the UK choosing Police Commissioners on November 15, it’s worth investigating the gaping chasms behind the theories underpinning democracy, and the reality of human interaction. Western-style democracy is typically defended according to two principles – either (i) the electorate are best positioned to choose […]
Read more ›It’s going to be a close election but Obama is the likely victor
On Tuesday, America will decide on their next president. Will President Obama keep that title or will Republican, Mitt Romney, steal it? That is the question on everyone’s minds. This year the race seems to be extremely close, with a recent poll by ABC News and the Washington Post putting […]
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