Greece & The Euro: Some words of wisdom from a Swiss Ambassador
Dr Daniel Woker In an article headed Greece and the Nattering Nabobs of the Anglosphere in Real Clear World, Dr. Daniel Woker has some timely advice to the chattering classes:…
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Barry Kay of Laurier Institute: Say welcome to Prime Minister Tom Mulcair
Global News graphic of the horse race James Armstrong of Global News has a fascinating article about the findings of the Barry Kay team of the Laurier Institute, with three…
Greece & The Euro: Super Mario will come to the rescue this weekend
Mario Draghi of the European Central Bank Deadlock reached, the EU negotiators broke off talks with the insurgent left wing Greek government, and that government threw a Hail Mary pass…
Election 2015 Seniors will determine who is Prime Minister of Canada come late October
Convergence Here’s one interesting finding from the June 16 Forum poll: The NDP vote is characteristic of the youngest (43%), the least wealthy (39%) and the wealthiest (37%), in BC…
Justin Trudeau’s legacy will equal that of his father
Just when Tom Mulcair was starting to measure the curtains in Harper’s home so that he could replace them when he became Prime Minister; when the polls showed a surge…
Election 2015: Why Canadians will have a new government
Yes, Prime Minister … Yesterday’s EKOS poll results released by Frank Graves have plenty of food for thought. The poll results are worth detailed study by anyone trying to get…
Ranked ballots in 2018: Democracy is coming to Canada!
Politician with Courage And not a moment too soon! The Liberal Party government of the province of Ontario deserves the congratulations of every Canadian for their bold step in dragging…
Vanity Videos and the Morphing of the Tories
Mister 100 Percent Satisified Move aside, YouTube: here come the new, improved Harper Tories’ Vanity Videos, made especially for every Canadian voter: Employment Minister Pierre Poilievre won’t apologize for using…
Latest poll: Opposition 206 seats, Harper Conservatives 131 seats
Prime Minister Mulcair? A logjam in our politics has been broken by a string of elections over the past two years. Things that were unheard of before, now are reality.…
The Perils of the Welcome Change in the 2015 Election Debates
Good news: the Conservative Party has refused to debate the other opposition leaders before the traditional news broadcasters, and have suggested a dramatically different – and very welcome – change…
UK ELECTION: THE WINNING TORY STRATEGY
The Man who smote Miliband Who says strategy is not paramount? Cameron’s Conservatives had their course set for them by strategist Crosby, and it carried them to a victory that…
The Latest in the Drip-Drip-Duffy saga: Going Squirrelly
Here’s the latest revelations in the Drip-Drip-Duffy saga: Plan to prevent Duffy ‘from going squirrelly’ During the course of the interviews, the RCMP also cited a February 2013 email from…
UK ELECTION: LORDS TO BE PUNTED?
Lords punter Lord Steel They will, if this Lord has his way: Steel does not rule out cooperation with a minority Labour government in a constitutional convention or commission to…
UK ELECTION IN PICTURES
Courtesy nod to The Telegraph, whose raw photos I have adapted slightly to give my view of the essence of the election just half an hour before voting starts. Now,…
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ALBERTA HAS ITS VERY OWN ARAB SPRING
Congratulations, Alberta! You have shaken off the tyranny of group-think and dared to venture into the public space of democracy, where vigorous debate is expected, minds are changed by reasoning,…
Four Unusual Men & The UK Election
The Mayor waits patiently … The political fate of four men might be determined by this week’s UK general election. Two of the men have fluffed their campaigning in parts,…
Alberta election: Why is Premier Prentice losing the male vote?
Although taken on April 30, with the election on May 5, this poll shows that the surging NDP has stolen a big whack of male votes from Cowboy Jim Prentice.…
UK Election: Labour leader’s nonsense about no cooperation with SNP
Sturgeon’s view of Miliband’s anti-cooperation nonsense Next week Britons go to the polls, and Labour leader Miliband has once more put his foot in his mouth with a statement that…
Premier Prentice is finding that ignoring The Prince might be fatal
Listen to me, Big Mac said … Premier Prentice is facing an early election next week, with some polls predicting a major upset. Here’s one recent poll result: Duncan said…