Scott Brown’s new Senate seat in Massachusetts has an interesting history, and no, it’s not related to the Murdering Motorist but instead it reminds us of the proud heritage of the GOP: As the new senator from Massachusetts, Scott Brown, said: “It’s not the Ted Kennedy seat. It’s not the […]
Don’t be daft. Not even the most brain-damaged commenters on politicalbetting.com would venture their money on that one…but there is always someone out there who is more nutty than squirrel droppings. From TheHill: Several Scott Brown-for-president domain names have been snapped up as interest in the charismatic candidate spreads beyond […]
Question Time tonight comes from Milton Keynes and the panel will feature Chief Secretary to the Treasury Liam Byrne, Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Caroline Spelman, Sarah Teather, retail expert Richard Madeley and historian Andrew Roberts. Those wanting to get an idea of the political feel […]
As is usual with major events, TheEye is loathe to comment further on such news as it tends to be done extremely well elsewhere and there is no point in either amplifying the take of others or deliberately adopting a contrarian viewpoint. The only exception would be the article by […]
“And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!’ He chortled in his joy.” It’s 03:20 CET and the Boston Globe has just put this update on their website…Scott Brown is the new Senator for Massachusetts. Fantastic news! More reaction when TheEye wakes up […]
So this is the big day for voters in the People’s Seat, the old Senate stronghold of the Murderer from Massachusetts. Just before polling opened Scott Brown was somewhere between 4 and 11 points ahead according to Charles Franklin of Pollster.com: …no matter how you slice the data, the only […]
n any ordinary US Presidential cycle, the Vice Presidential pick on a losing ticket would have long since sunk into obscurity a year since an election. However the last election was not ordinary, and neither was the Republican choice for VP. Sarah Palin energised the battered Republican Party, established some […]
Have You Seen This Man? used to proclaim the old Wild West Wanted posters. This isn’t quite in the same league, but: Using sophisticated digital enhancement techniques, the FBI today published “aged progressed” mug shots of Osama bin Laden and 17 other top terrorists wanted by the U.S. FBI forensic […]
Stop laughing at the back there. Yes, McDoom (for it is he) has just made a series of ridiculous promises in a speech leaked trailed spun announced to the BBC here. As it was billed in the BBC headline as “targetting” the middle classes, you’d have thought that it was […]
It’s hard to think of many things which the Labour Party have done to brighten our lives, but the Freedom of Information Act was one of the few. The law of unintended consequences inevitably kicked in when the Act was passed and it was used to expose socialist wrongdoing at […]
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