Where’s the value in the First to Leave? After a hectic day, which various cabinet ministers might mark down as sub-optimal, it seems a good time to review the next Cabinet Minister to Leave market. At the time of writing, Chris Huhne was a very clear favourite, best priced at even money with Ladbrokes. That favourite tag is justified although the degree of strength may not be. It’s been a month where he’s hardly been out of the news, from…
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Will all the storm blow over?
The PB PMQs live thread
Who will fill the coming vacancies? News stories this week suggest that there are two upcoming vacancies for the underemployed global statesman: Managing Director of the IMF and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. Dominique Strauss-Kahn is facing serious accusations of sexual assault in New York, making likely his departure from the IMF as likely as if he had filed for the Socialist candidacy for the French Presidency. Baroness Ashton, on the other hand, is merely suffering…
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Wall Street Journal The 2012 présidentielles are thrown into disarray The news that IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been charged with the rape of a hotel chambermaid in New York has sent shockwaves through both international and French politics. The situation worsened yesterday for him after he was held without bail in Rikers Island prison. The immediate impact is on the IMF, as he was due to attend key meetings in Europe concerning the Portuguese bailout as well as the…
Did Miliband’s majority hopes get smashed on May 5th? I’m sure that most Pbers are aware that the way Britain’s electoral system works out means that Labour can secure a majority with a much smaller national vote share and lead than the Tories. Thus in May 2010 the blues were twenty seats short of an overall majority even though their national vote share was higher than Labour’s five years earlier and their margin was double what Blair’s party had had…