The Republicans to TAKE House - NYT

The New York Times: Reports on its forecast that the Republicans will retake the House of Representatives. The liberal NYT must think it must play nice with the Republicans or they will get a door slammed in their faces after November if the Republicans take the House. Or the extreme liberal NYT wants to warn liberal voters to get them out to vote, in any event this is an significant development folks.

Trouble from Scotland - Gordon Brown

The Daily Mail: Reports that former Labour PM Gordon Brown is furious with the new Labour Leader “ Red “ Ed “ Brutus ” Miliband for his attack on the economic record of the Blair/Brown Years. Advice to Ed Miliband don’t kick the Blair/Brown Camps to much they can fight back unlike his brother David Miliband. The last thing Ed Miliband needs is for the Blair and Brown Camps to unite and take him down a notch, they can and will if they chose to act. Also the Dark Prince Lord Mandelson has been very quiet. Lets see what the Sunday papers have on Ed Miliband; any attacks from the creators of New Labour; you cross the Blair/Brown/ Mandelson Axis are your political peril. Lets recall that Ed Miliband didn’t win the support the majority of his MPs or Labour Party members. Trouble on the horizon folks?

Terror Threat for Europe ?

Telegraph: Reports that the US might issue a European wide terror alert for US Citizens on Sunday. In a way the terrorists have won, of late all over Europe you have seen EU Governments getting very worried about a Al Qaeda threat to Europe. The questions is what next, is Al Qaeda playing a game, creating a crisis mentality then nothing, is a long term plan to tire the population with threats that never follow through and then one day will Al Qaeda let off a nuclear device or dirty bomb in the heart of Europe. The Obama White House has a problem, if they underplay such threats and it happens they will have seen as caring more about their left wing than US security but if they send in ground troops in to Pakistan the left will go bonkers and Obama will not get the Democratic nomination for President in 2012. In the UK its quiet, no COBRA meetings, no rushed meetings in 10 Downing Street, is that good or bad, does MI6 have better intelligence than CIA, what does the Israeli Mossad think, do they have better info. The hunch of VIEWS is that Al Qaeda is testing Western security, if they can get lucky then they will strike but it could just be an operation to keep the West on heighten alert.

The Middle East Problem

BBC News: Reports that the Palestinians will not carry on Peace talks with the Israel in less Israel stops building Israeli Settlements on the West Bank. When looking at the Middle East you have to deal with the reality on the ground and the idea of peace, in the reality Israel has built on ground that is seen as the foundations of a Palestinian State, the idea of peace is for a modern Palestinian State, the two cant exist together, Israel wants a secure state, the Palestinians as is their right want part of their homeland back, its never going to happen, there is a winner and a loser. Thus the constant failures in the Middle East, Obama cant place to much pressure on Israel, even Speaker Pelosi has made it clear that the Congress will always support Israel no matter Obama’s policy. Thus what next, more endless meetings, sad deaths, more meetings and deaths, that is the Middle East folks.