Winter Fuel Allowance ?

The Daily Mail: Reports that the age that the winter fuel allowance kicks in for OAP’s could be raised from 60 to 70 due to the need for public spending cuts. The Coalition Government if they are going to do something this drastic and unpopular should get it out NOW, otherwise we will see weeks of leaks and scare stories, get it out now, let the pain be understood that it is a matter of getting the UK out of the red left by the Labour Party. It would be advisable that there should be means testing for those over 65, in other words those that are poor and 65 should get more money from the Government. The Labour Party will shout from the roof tops but this is their fault, the Blair/Brown years have bankrupted the UK.

Obama’s Mandate and the Economy

RCP: Looks how Obama won the 2008 election after the banking collapse but failed to understand that his only job was to get the US economy going, not forcing moderate and conservative Democrats to fall over a cliff for his Liberal Agenda. If the Democrats lose big in November elections the defeated Congressmen/women and Senators should read this article, next time they will see beyond the lights and the PR, and see that one election win is no guarantee of re-election, at the end of the day if your out of work, your health costs are going up, your about to get thrown out of your house, there are only low paid part time jobs, your going to blame the guy in the Oval, last time I looked that was President Obama. Read of the Day.

The Tea Party Movement and the Elite in the US and the UK

BBC News: Reports on the success of the tea party movement when it comes to challenging the Republican Establishment in Tuesdays Primary Elections in the US. One thing the blog can predict is the fact that the elite press in the US and the UK will go on the attack when it comes to the tea party supports, as the movement is a political threat to President Obama expect the elite to say that the movement is racist, due to the fact that a lot of them are Reagan Democrats, working class white folks who don’t agree with the economic policies of the Obama White House, don’t want the Oval to decide how they should get health benefits and see the Obama spending as extreme liberalism gone over the top. Also many voters think that Obama ran as a moderate but has governed as a extreme Liberal. Thus expect the political attacks to start in the run up to the Mid Term Elections folks.

Defending the CUTS - PM Cameron

Daily Mail: Reports that Coalition PM David Cameron has stated to his Cabinet that they should be defending the forthcoming cuts and placing pressure on Labour on what is Labour Policy and what they would cut. The left wing elite from the BBC, Guardian, Independent are taking the Labour line without really placing Labour in the dock, the economic mess is down to Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, they spent like drunken sailors in the good times but didn’t keep anything under the bed when the economy went down the toilet. Thus the Coalition Government will have to take tough and unpopular decisions, the winter fuel payment might have to be for those only over 75 or in economic need at 65. The tax credits for families after the first child might have to be revoked. All Departments will take a hit with the exception of the NHS and International support to poor countries. Thus the Conservatives and the Lib Dems have to keep Labour on the back foot, if need be have a judicial investigation in to rendition that should keep Labour quite for a while, its harsh politics time folks, in other words the Coalition has to bury New Labour for a generation.

The Tea Party and the 2010 Elections

Fox News: Reports that Christine O'Donnell has won the Republican nomination to be the Republican Candidate for the Senate Seat vacated by VP Biden. The question that is still up in the air is the Tea Party movement a help or a hazard to the Republican Party in the long term, the result in Delaware shows that it might be a major hazard, in essence the Republicans have thrown away a Senate seat that was in the bank, it can be argued that Ms O’ Donnell might just win in Delaware but this blog would not bet the house on that result. Thus it can be postulated at this early stage that the Democrats will keep the Senate, the House is a different matter, still odds on that the Republicans will take the House and be even with the Democrats in the Senate, the Republican Establishment has to make a deal with the tea party, it has to be one and win, otherwise the Democrats will win by default, a divided vote.

Prediction in Delaware

The New York Times: As of this moment Christine O’ Donnell the Tea Party supported Candidate in the Republican race to be the Republican Candidate in November is around 10% ahead of the Establishment Republican Michael Castle. The left wing Guardian, and the Liberal NYT will love this development, in the Delaware race Mr Castle was seen as a winner in the general election while Ms O’ Donnell is seen as to Conservative for the State. Thus my prediction that O’ Donnell will win but lose in the General Election.

US Primary Night

Guardian: Has a live blog from the US on the Primary Elections in “ New Hampshire, Delaware, New York, Massachusetts primaries ”. The most interesting fight is in Delaware, in the Republican nomination fight for the Senate race you have a Establishment vs. a Tea Party Candidate, in political terms the Establishment Republican is seen with the good chance of taking the Senate Seat of former Senator and now Vice - President Jo Biden, the question that has to be asked does the tea party have the muscle to threaten the Republican Establishment. It seems only the Guardian in the UK is following these results, click here to see the latest results from the Guardian.