Politics News

The Mount Vernon Statement

The Mount Vernon Statement has been released. I suggest that any among you that consider yourselves “Conservatives” should go there and read it. Sign it if you agree. If you are unfamiliar with the project, here is their…

SISSY WILLIS: Susan Bayh and the appearance of impropriety….

SISSY WILLIS: Susan Bayh and the appearance of impropriety.

Hunt is launched for SECOND woman assassin as Brown pledges probe into theft of British identities by ‘Mossad’ hit squad

Dubai police launched a hunt today for six more suspects in the assassination of a Hamas commander in a luxury hotel – including a second woman. It came as Gordon Brown promised a ‘full investigation’ into the use of fa…

Increase, not surge in asylum seekers from Iran, says UN spokesman

A spokesman for the U.N. Refugee Agency’s Turkey office said the number of Iranians seeking asylum in Turkey increased following the controversial Iranian presidential elections last summer, but made it clear it was not …

Kosovo president’s speech to parliament

This is the full text of the speech to the Kosovo assembly by president Fatmir Sejdiu on February 17 2010, the second anniversary of the declaration of independence in Pristina: Two years ago, the elected representatives…

Democrats to Watch on Health Care

Mike Madden identifies the Democratic swing votes in the Senate if they try to pass health care reform through the budget reconciliation process which required just 50 votes — assuming the Vice President breaks the tie….

Who Will Win the CPAC Straw Poll?

Matt Lewis has the ballot for the CPAC straw poll this weekend. The names: Haley Barbour, Mitch Daniels, Newt Gingrich, Mike Huckabee, Sarah Palin, Ron Paul, Tim Pawlenty, Mike Pence, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and John …

Burnley police in speeding blitz

POLICE in Burnley are planning a week of action to tackle community concerns about speeding. From Monday, officers will be out in force on local streets carrying out speed checks and talking to motorists about the dange…

UKIP chooses South Swindon candidate

THE UK Independence Party chose a prospective parliamentary candidate for South Swindon at its annual meeting in . Chairman Greg Heathcliffe was re-elected, following an unsuccessful challenge by Stephen Halden, UKIP’s …

PM pledges investigation into assassin passports

Gordon Brown has promised to investigate the use of faked British passports, including one of a Kent-born man, by a hit squad which assassinated a Hamas commander in Dubai. The Prime Minister told London’s LBC Radio: “W…