Washington Examiner Should we believe Karl Rove? With time running out before White House hopefuls should be declaring their candidatures the leading strategist from the Bush days, Karl Rove, says he thinks Sarah Palin will enter the race within the next fortnight. In a Fox news interview Rove said Palin “has a schedule next week that looks like that of a candidate, not a celebrity.” She’s a keynote speaker at a big Tea Party event in Iowa on Labor day…
Ed Miliband sees the biggest drop The monthly online poll by ComRes for the Indy on Sunday/Sunday Mirror is just out and sees the coalition partners moving upwards while Labour stands still. The figures with comparisons on last month are CON 38% (+2): LAB 40% (nc): LD 11% (+1). These are all well within the margin of error though the blues will be pleased to be getting within two points of the reds. ComRes is continuing with its monthly leader…
Channel 5 Has the whole business become a bit sad? According to the Metro Sally was ‘begged by her husband to turn down the offer to appear – she didn’t. Bercow, himself, is touring India – apparently he wants to be as far away as possible. You can see his point – in last night’s first programme in the house, she spoke about vajazzles – intimate jewellery for women’s genitals. According to the Mirror Sally is getting £160,000 for taking…
advfn.com Do they make it easier for the government? It is bad form for the stock market to crash over summer; October is the traditional month for that. Not this year (though who knows what October will bring anyway). Since the beginning of July, the London market has lost about a sixth of its value, most in the last month. The hundreds of billions of pounds that represents is a very real figure but not an immediate one: it doesn’t…
Twitter Has the Guardian been getting police leaks? The hacking saga has taken a new turn within the past hour with news that a 51 year old policeman has been arrested. A Sky News Tweet suggests that the man was passing on information to the Guardian. There is not yet a story on the Sky site which amplifies further on what is given in the Tweet. The police officer in charge of the investigation, Deputy assistant commissioner Sue Akers, said…
A re-run of a Marf cartoon from 2008 With the markets going through some turmoil and the FT index dropping sharply I thought it might be a good idea to re-run this Marf cartoon. It first appeared on PB in late 2008 and featured in her exhibition earlier in the year in the City of London where it received critical acclaim. It was very much influenced by Edvard Munch’s famous painting, “The Scream”. More of Marf’s work can be found…
It’s Got to be Godwin There are four applicants for the Met Commissioner’s job and the Home Office has indicated it wants to process completed in a matter of weeks. Now is the time to make an assessment of their chances prior to a wager with either Stan James, Paddy Power, Ladbrokes, William Hill or Victor Chandler. Although in law the Home Secretary only has to consult the Mayor, Jacqui Smith set a precedent in 2009 by asking Boris to…
Economist But concerns are still way below the 2007 high The August Ipsos-MORI issues index is out in the Economist and not unexpectedly last week’s rioting has pushed crime/law and order/violence right up as one of the issues that most concern those sampled. This polling is unusual in that it is carried out face to face and the responses are totally unprompted. MORI has been doing it this way for three decades and their archives are an important part of…