Greece CLOSED ?

BBC News: Reports that Greece will face a 48 hour General Strike, the strike is in protest at tax hikes and Government cuts as demanded by the EU/IMF. This should bring Greece to a halt, but the Greek Government has no choice, any weakness by the Greek Government and the EU/IMF/ECB will cut Greece off and it will default. The question is how much pain can Greece take, and at what point do the people say HELL NO, and demand that Greece leaves the Euro. At the end of the day folks this is about protecting the banks of France and Germany, the welfare of Greece is low on the pecking order. Troubling times ahead for Greece folks.

Republican Debate - Review

This debate was rather more feisty folks, Governor Perry became all Texas , he went after Governor Romney on having illegal immigrants working for him, but Governor Romney defend himself, what was interesting was how the audience reacted, they didn’t like the negative attacks on Romney from Perry. Thus it can be argued that Governor Perry miss read his audience, lets see how his political ads work, will they cut the Romney lead. In the case of Herman Cain he did well, he defend his 999 plan, went on the attack when it came to President Obama, that went down well with the audience. Thus result, 1. Romney, 2. Cain. 3. Perry.

Republican Debate - Republican Race 2012

CNN: Reports on its Debate in Nevada and the expectations of the Candidates. It a two man race folks, between Governor Romney and Herman Cain, Perry will not be the nominee, his poor debate performances and his support for illegal immigrants to get a University education at half the cost of those students born in the US has not gone down well with Republicans. In a recent poll Romney lead Cain by 1%, 26% to 25% for Cain. The question that has been asked is Cain serious, he has no ground game in Iowa and NH, he needs to do well in these two States to have a chance of beating Romney, on Sunday he did admit that his famous 999 plan could lead to some Americans paying more tax, thus expect the other candidates to go after him, Romney just has to be polished, not do any mistakes, not allow Perry back in to the race. It can be argued that Romney could win the Republican nomination by the end of January 2012, then we can really get down to the General Election, eight months folks, fantastic. This blog will be tweeting on the debate folks, lets see if there are any surprises! Romney has won the last few.

Follow the MONEY and WHY ? - Fox Scandal

Telegraph: Reports that the report by the UK Cabinet Secretary on the Fox Scandal; the modern Sir Humphrey; will not cover who gave money to Mr Werrity. The report is not a whitewash folks, it has found that Dr Fox had broken the UK Ministerial code, and if he had not resigned he would have been sacked after the release of the report. What is important as stated in previous post is the fact that the Civil Service have won, it cant be stressed to much how much Secretary of States and those on the lower decks will be under the control of their Civil Servants. If you want to see how go and watch Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister, a classic comedy show that was quite close reality is now the reality for the Coalition Government.

Liam Fox - Breaking Ministerial Code

Guardian: Reports that the UK Cabinet Secretary has found that former Defence Secretary Liam Fox broke the UK Ministerial Code of conduct due to his friendship with Adam Werritty. Folks the UK Civil Service are loving this, in future a Secretary of State or junior Minister wont have a friend around for tea without having to have civil servant present to take notes, this will place politicians more in the hands of their civil servants, thus we will see politicians hire more special advisors, it’s a vicious development folks, when your in opposition and don’t have the money or civil service support you have to make contacts in your field, if your in the Shadow Cabinet it’s a given, if your in opposition for over decade it is going to be hard to separate that when you come in to Government. In many respects one is surprised this has not happened before now, this is a major win for the civil service folks, politicians are going to be more house trained than before, and that does not serve the nation folks.

The Fox Report - Coalition Government (pdf)

Cabinet Office: Report from the UK Cabinet Secretary to the UK PM David Cameron on the allegations against the former UK Defence Secretary Liam Fox. Click HERE.

Romney and Cain TIED - Republican Race 2012

CNN: Reports on its new poll for the Republican race, ahead by 1% is Governor Romney on 26%, while Herman Cain is on 25%, as the article notes they are tied, while Governor Perry brings up the rear. If we are looking at ground operations folks then Romney is well ahead, Cain is just starting to get ready for Iowa. The problem is the political timetable folks, the New Hampshire Primary could be in early December, that could means that the Iowa Caucus could be later next month. Thus there is not a lot of time to get a field operation in place, at the end of the day a caucus is about getting your people to turn up and argue and debate your candidacy, that takes money and a great field operation, Romney is cert to win New Hampshire, all the polls have him well ahead, thus any one that wants to challenge Romney has to do well in Iowa, if early vote that could be a problem. One can postulate that one could see a Romney/Cain ticket, both business men, the Cain having more charisma and his 999 plan. But it is still early folks, candidates can make mistakes, lets see who comes out on top after the Republican debates are finished. Also lets recall who ever is the Republican nominee the left wing media will be all over him, and it will be a him folks.