Monday, March 14th, 2011
Click here for the original post on Left Foot Forward The Oldham East and Saddleworth by-election seems to have created as many questions as it has answered. As Labour rise, Conservatives fall, and the Liberal Democrats keep steady, one explanation may be that Liberal Democrat voters have defected to Labour only to be replaced by [...]
Tuesday, March 1st, 2011
Click here for the original post on LabourList Last Friday, the voters of Ireland pinned the blame for the country’s woes – high unemployment, service cuts, and, perhaps worst of all, an IMF and EU bailout – squarely on Fianna Fail, handing the then-ruling party a crushing defeat. Fianna Fail lost over 75% of its [...]
Wednesday, February 16th, 2011
Click here for the original post on Left Foot Forward. The NATO/Afghan coalition in the Helmand province reported the first significant resistance of Operation Moshtarak today. It is foreseeable that Taleban fighters can and will use asymmetrical means of warfare – snipers, booby-traps, and civilian-shields, among others – to slow down the advance and sap [...]
