Is this the guy who can beat Obama? The ease with which Texas governor Rick Perry has entered the GOP nomination race has sparked off fears within the party establishment that he is just too much for moderate Republican party voters and that they need to look elsewhere. For not only does the party need someone who will mobilise their core base but they have to consider who will appeal most in the key swing states. As discussed on the…
Where does the latest news leave the betting? One of the problems with the overnight news about Chris Huhne is that you can read it either way. The Crown Prosecution Service, which has been studying the file to decide whether to prosecute, has asked Essex Police to make further inquiries into the claims that the Lib Dem cabinet minister tried to evade punishment for a speeding offence in 2003. It’s alleged that he asked his estranged wife to take penalty…
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CDN Could Rudy be tempted to throw his hat into the ring? Overnight I’ve placed a fair bit of money on Rudy Giuliani for the Republican nomination at prices greater than 40/1 after watching a TV interview that he gave over the weekend. At this stage before the 2008 race Giuliani was the hot favourite for the GOP slot. It was his crazy strategy of avoiding the first round of primaries so he could throw everything into “Super Tuesday” that…
Could the favourite start to put off donors? Over the past 48 hours all the money on the Republican party nominee has gone on Rick Perry – the flamboyant governor of Texas who joined the race at the weekend. Some bookies have priced him at 5/4 – which is an amazingly tight price on an event that won’t be settled for at least a year. As the clip above shows that Perry has attracted the wrath of veteran GOP campaigner…
Guardian After being out of the news for a fortnight or so the hacking scandal is back at the top of the bulletins with the publication by the commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee of a letter by Clive Goodman that appears to be in direct contradiction to much of the evidence given by NI executives in last month’s hearings. Politically the most significant elements relate to David Cameron’s ex-Number 10 communications chief, Andy Coulson, who is alleged to have…
Is the time ripe for such changes? Next May, if things go to plan, there’ll be a whole new set of elections all over England with the exception of London. These are for the directly-elected police commissioners of which there will be 41. They take over the functions of the existing police authorities and will be very much the public faces of policing in their areas. The electorates for the new jobs will be all those on the electoral roll…