Strange but true: the Cameroons are wary of a Labour Party led by David Miliband. The Guardian's Nick Watt has been eavesdropping and he's gathered a few choice quotes. Kool-aid drinking Tories say: "David Cameron said the candidate he hoped for was Ed Miliband, and the candidate he most feared was David Miliband."  "On the whole we would prefer if Ed Miliband won. Hi...

Republished from the Broad Oak Blog: It appears that Goldman Sachs will simultaneously predict a rise in the value of gold, and a fall, depending on how valuable a client you are. Mind you, that could reflect the difference between the advice one gives to active traders as opposed to buy-and-holders, so it's not enough evidence to convict, I think. I looked at gold's longer-term price hi...

A good friend of mine highlighted that I have a huge omission in the list of Navy thought contributors from the Think Tank post. Seth Cropsey at the Hudson Institute should be at the top of the list for 2010. If you follow the link you will see much of the material he has published the last few years. I feel like a fool, because I've read everything on that list - and still somehow omitted hi...

The New York Time's Tom Friedman's writings on the Middle East have taken a fascinating turn lately. After years of being harshly critical of Israel and shilling for ideas designed to destroy the Jewish State like the Saudi 'peace' ultimatum, he began writing anti-jihad columns that had me worried that he'd been kidnapped and somebody else was churning out columns under hi...

Hi, This is a quick post just to say what I'm planning over the next few months ( and by posting it to make me stick to it - hasn't always worked in the past, but that's not stopping me ). Its quite clear from my recent visit to my accountant that I'll need to work harder and in a more focused manner after the summer holdidays. ( For anyone who's a home worker with childre...

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Since starting a new job in Westminster, I've found it both hard to get the time to blog and to see much evidence of anything happening in Sutton bar increases in councillors' allowances. Having got out of the habit of thinking about council work as soon as I woke up, a few text messages received this week from a single anonymous texter (07812 984365) brought it back. 5am, 14/7/10 HI SCU...

IT had to come. In these days of social networking using computers, laptops and mobile phones it was only a matter of time before we had a prime minister that told us to be hi

Vice President Joe Biden was in Iraq over the Fourth of July and said in an interview with NBC News during hi strip that the Iraqis are “absolutely” ready to take over full responsibility for security as the U.S. proceeds with a planned withdrawal. “They are ready. Absolutely they’re ready to take over,” Biden said. Ironically, the US Embassy compound in Baghdad'...

Ex-Labour Ministers get £1.2bn in pay-offs Really? Nearly 100 former Labour Ministers are in line for ‘golden parachutes’ of up to £28,000 each – despite leaving the public finances in ruin. They are entitled to more than £1.2 million.. Ah…. But here’s the bit that really amuses: And Lord Mandelson, the former Business Secretary, gets the second-hi...