Deaths in Afghanistan

MOD: Reports that two soldiers have died in Afghanistan, one from a traffic accident and another in combat, the soldiers were from the " 21 Engineer Regiment Group ". Thus since 2001 the UK has lost 284 of its Armed Forces Personnel in Afghanistan, of that total it has lost 250 in combat operations and 34 due to illness, accidents or other incidents.

Conservative 2 Seat Majority ?

Telegraph: Reports a new Ipsos Mori poll in marginal seats that shows that the Conservative Party would have a two seat majority over the rest of the Parties in the House of Commons. This blog will make its prediction on Wednesday, as of this date the polls are hard to read, thus will wait and see the last polls before making a prediction, although this blog supports the Conservative Party it wants to get its predictions right.

Vote LibDems = Labour

Guardian: Reports on the call by Ed Balls a close ally of PM Gordon Brown for Labour supporters in close LibDems/Conservatives fights to vote for the LibDem Candidate. One can postulate that internal Labour polls are worse than the public polls, this call by a Senior Cabinet Minister and a close Brown ally shows how much trouble the Labour Party is in before the vote on Thursday. It should be noted that Mr Balls is in a tight race himself with the Conservatives, this could also be a call for Liberal Democrats to safe the political career of Ed Balls.

Obama on Greece

The White House reports that President Obama has called the Prime Minister Papandreou of Greece to support the economic reform plan of Greece, the reform plan was a condition of the bailout from the EU/IMF. The President stated the following to the Greek Prime Minister, ".....He welcomed the ambitious reform program announced by the Greek authorities, as well as the significant support that was agreed to by the IMF and Eurozone members. The two leaders discussed the importance of implementation going forward. " The Oval is concerned that should Greece go down this could take down Spain, Portugal, Italy and Ireland, this would have damaging effect on the Western Economy, also the US after the passing of ObamaCare could be facing the same dangers to its economy as Greece down the line. A bankrupt Greece would show that ObamaCare would need to be repealed by the Republicans, thus Obama is hoping that Greece does not go down for its own sake and his Presidency.

Afghanistan Front News

MOD: Has released the name of the British Soldier killed on Sunday in Afghanistan, the Soldier was " Corporal Harvey Holmes from 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment, serving with 40 Commando Royal Marines Battle Group ". Our thoughts are with the family of Corporal Holmes.