Wikimedia Commons Might there be a Democratic contest after all? Betting on the next VPOTUS is a mug’s game. Our Genial Host, I think as a rule, avoids throwing money on it beyond treating it like an amusing raffle. I, for my sins, can’t resist it: the political punter’s version of the Grand National – after all, form only counts when half the horses don’t fall over their own feet. The permutations and combinations for the Republican VP nomination would…
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After the Slovak “No”, Mark Gill looks at polling on Europe There are many reasons explaining why European nations have different views on whether their country benefits from EU membership. History, political culture, geography and media all play an important part. Yet, the extent to which a nation is a net contributor of EU funds does not seem to have that much influence. True, the UK is one of the largest net contributors to EU coffers (even taking account of…
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Is the government about to lose a major reform? This has not been a good week for the government. The ongoing difficulties of Secretary of State for Defence, Liam Fox, are far from over as the investigation into both his own and his friend Adam Werrity’s conduct continues. This alone will make for a difficult Prime Minister’s Questions. It could be about to get worse. The Conservatives went into the last election with plans to empower local providers of many…
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