House of Commons - Reform

Guardian: Reports on the reform of the House of Commons by the Coalition Government, the number of MPs will go down from 650 to 600. This is a good move by the Coalition Government, in future it will take the same number of votes to elect a Conservative as a Labour MP. The general reporting has the LibDems as the biggest losers in the reform, well they got their AV vote, it was their fault it failed. If the Liberal Democrats try to break their word on the Coalition Agreement the Conservatives can go to the Country, simple, the Liberal Democrats are more concerned about their MPs and not Government. If the reform is passed the next election will be a equal fight between the political parties. That is Democracy folks.

Kabul Attacks - Afghanistan

Telegraph Live: Reports on Taliban attacks on NATO’s HQ and the American Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan. The Taliban have learned the lessons of the Vietnam War folks, it could be argued that they are doing constant Tet offensives, ( in 1968 the Viet Cong launched a massive offensive in Southern Vietnam, the attack itself were defeated but the PR was bad for LBJ ), the Taliban must be thinking how to damage President Obama before the 2012 election. Thus expect more attacks folks, it was a mistake for the Oval to state it would remove the surge troops next year, it showed weakness, the Taliban smell that Obama is weak, thus they want to claim victory when the US and UK leave Afghanistan in 2014.

Germany, Greece and the Euro

BBC News: Reports on comments by the German Chancellor Angela Merkel that Greece must be kept within the Euro. Folks it could be that Merkel has lost the plot, Greece is on its second bailout, other Euro Countries want Greek Collateral before Greece gets the next stage of the 2nd bailout. In Germany the ruling Coalition is taking a political pounding, it could be that Chancellor Merkel find that she gets pushed out and replaced if her support for Greece means that the Coalition will lose the next election. The game of politics if brutal folks, you cant ask the German taxpayer to bailout Greece forever.

42% Approval for POTUS = Gallup

Gallup: Reports on its latest daily tracking poll for President Obama, today POTUS has a 42% approval rating, while 49% of Average Americans Disapprove of the Obama record. Well folks after the 10th anniversary of 9/11 you would expect some bounce to the Obama ratings, he did give the go order to take out OBL, he is taking troops out of Afghanistan next year, the US should be out of Iraq by the end of the year. The question that has to be asked is has the US voter tuned Obama out after ObamaCare, it’s a very valid question folks. It can be argued that either Governors Romney or Perry could beat Obama next year, the Chicago re-elect committee have a tough year and half ahead folks, how do you sell a candidate that has been tuned out by the voter.