There are more signs that the Conservative-Liberal coalition is becoming more than fingertips-only contact. From PR Week, we see that the coalition  will be sharing a new Communications Unit. Logical strategy for a coalition? Maybe. But it’s not doing a good job of throwing sand on the fire of those […]

Laugh or cry? There was a time when our electoral system was fair and incorruptible. We don’t live in Africa…over here, what went into the ballot boxes was what came out. One Man (before lunacy crept in) One Vote. A property franchise too. Life was much more civilised before the […]

Two days to go. So, wither the patriot and his vote? TheEye struggles with such thoughts. It is a struggle made easier by the lack of a Westminster vote for us here in Gibraltar, so this blogger watches impotently as the future of his Rock is shaped on distant shores. Of […]

In a recent poll, Virgin Media subscribers were asked who they would like to see as Prime Minister … chosen from characters who appear on the Idiot Box. And yes indeed, it is Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes anti-hero cop Detective Chief Inspector Gene Hunt – played by […]

Seen over on DefenceManagement.com: Labour to create Veterans ID card The Labour Party have pledged to provide free ID cards for forces’ leavers if re-elected to government. “A veterans ID card will help veterans access their improved benefits and will be free to service leavers,” says the manifesto. “We will […]

From the BBC we see that the LibDems are trying to carve out a political niche over the future of our nuclear deterrent. Or a clear yellow streak of water, you might say. Devon MPs have clashed over the future of the UK’s Trident nuclear submarines which are refitted at […]

TheEye, as you know, has no vote in the UK General Election but instead is a part of the slightly smaller elite electorate of Gibraltar. That’s frustrating when the UK Government of the day can have such an influence over our lives but vital for our Constitutional settlement with the […]

An organisation called Give Your Vote is calling on Britons to let the mostly Muslim Third World peasants of Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Ghana vote on their behalf. Endorsed by the increasingly senile Desmond Tutu, it’s stupidity of the highest order. And isn’t it illegal?

Found via Dizzy, Quake, one of the best first person shooters ever has been re-made online as “Gordon’s Revenge”. Run around as Gordon Brown killing the evil David Cameron, William Hague and a Nick Griffin dog draped in the Union Flag. Amusingly done. If it’s been the other way around […]

From Handelsblatt and Business Week: Jean-Claude Juncker: EU has “torture instruments in the cellar” to punish euro speculators Speaking about the added pressure on Greece caused by financial investors betting on a default, Juncker told Handelsblatt that the EU has “torture instruments in the cellar” and is prepared to use […]