The Miliband Brothers at WAR?

Telegraph: Reports that the Miliband brothers, Ed and David are still at war over Ed Miliband’s treachery of taking the Labour Leadership from his brother. As the article notes some of the heat of War has gone, but there are still tensions, the only remote way that Ed Miliband has a chance of becoming PM is if David forgives him and it is seen to be real, also he has to get David back in to the Shadow Cabinet, otherwise any “ fake “ mending of the bridges will not be taken as real by the general public. Ed Miliband took actually the same route as his brother David, Oxford, working for the Labour Leadership, in his case Gordon Brown then in to Cabinet. To take your brothers dream for all of his political life shows you lack that human capacity to care, if you don’t care about your brother and the effects of such treachery on your mother then will you care about the public.

US and Iran, Tensions

BBC News: Reports that President Obama has signed in to law new sanctions against Iran’s Central Bank. The US has now called the bluff of Tehran Regime, lets see if their threat of military action was bluff, in a way this places POTUS is a tight spot, if tries his instinctive approach of appeasement the Republican candidates can define him as another Jimmy Carter, this is not a good image for the 2012 race, thus Obama will have to follow through with his forced tough actions. The law allows POTUS to suspend the law for six months, if does that that takes you very close to the November election, the Tehran Regime has already started to play games, it has sent a letter to the EU requesting talks on its nuclear plans. This will take the following track, talks, they delay, then concessions, then threat from Iran, then back to square one, these Persian games have been played by Iran for Years. It time to get tough with Iran folks, before Israel has to hit Tehran, even a nuclear hit.

Death in Afghanistan

MOD: Reports that a UK Soldier was killed Yesterday in Afghanistan, the Soldier was from the “ 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment ”. Thus since 2001 the UK has lost 394 of its Armed Forces Personnel in Afghanistan, of that total it has lost 350 in combat action and 44 due to illness, accidents or other incidents.

Latest Iowa Poll

The Hill: Reports on a new NBC/Marist Poll for Iowa, at the top is Governor Romney at 23%, Congressman Paul at 21% and former US Senator Rick Santorum at 15%. As stated many times in this blog, if Romney can take Iowa and then win big in NH this race is in effect over, but and also stated the big BUT is that Paul could take Iowa, then Romney NH, if Gingrich is finished again this could allow Santorum a chance in South Carolina, thus a long race for the Republican nomination. As kind readers of this blog has found, this blog has latched on to any Conservative candidate who can beat Romney but more important President Obama, thus far we have seen Perry, Cain, Gingrich self explode, of the three Perry is gaining ground, but his disaster at the Republican debates means Obama would eat him alive, thus folks we come back to Romney, yes this blog has never been a fan, quite the reverse, but the Republican Party cant have a long race, this would allow the Obama Campaign to define the winner before he or she could define who they are, thus folks of Iowa, VOTE FOR ROMNEY, he can win the Republican nomination quickly and can defeat POTUS. Yes we have to keep an eye on him, make sure he follows the Conservative line, but at least he knows that, thus FOLKS, VOTE for Romney on January 3rd.

Oxford Elite and the Labour Party

Guardian: Reports that Lord Glasman, one of Ed Milibands policy thinkers has stated that the Party has a problem, “ …leadership.. drawn form …Oxbridge graduates who struggle to relate to Britain's working class communities… ”. As the article notes the Labour Leader Ed Miliband went to Oxford, following his older brother the ex Foreign Secretary David Miliband. Lets be honest at the start of a new year folks, the Conservative Party loves the fact that Labour chose Ed Miliband as their leader, the general impression as reported by the Daily Politics show at the Labour Party Conference is that people think that Ed Miliband looks weird, also the fact that he stabbed his own brother in the back does not help remove that impression. Every time Ed Miliband tries a personal attack at PMQ’s the PM does not mind recalling this fact, even NOW Ed Miliband does not get the fact that this act of treachery against his brother is the one thing that most people know about him, will Labour do another Gordon Brown, and wait for the General Election defeat to remove Ed Miliband, as this link is to the Guardian it has to be asked is the left wing Guardian out to get “ Red ” Ed Miliband, such is the negative press that Mr Miliband is getting, one would even place a bet at the bookies that he wont be leader in 2015.

Iran Provocation

Telegraph: Report that Iran will test fire long range missiles on Saturday. This is a further escalation in the tensions between Iran and the US folks, the Tehran Regime has already threatened to block the Strait of Hormuz, thus preventing the West getting its much need oil shipments. This is down to who will blink first folks, the US and the West are in a tight spot, to prevent Israel hitting Iran the US and its Allies have to place tough sanctions on Iran, these sanctions will hit the Iranian Banking System and hence its oil revenue. The Tehran Regime is not that popular with own people, thus the Regime needs an outside ENEMY, thus the Big Satan the US, since the US is not in Tehran, the Regime hit the UK Embassy, the Little Satan in their odd view of the world. The Tehran Regime needs its oil revenue to fund its nuclear plans, thus the threat to Israel, thus the need for the West to take action. The game is vicious folks, it only needs a wrong move by Iran to start a Middle East War, the US Fleet should be on alert.

Spanish Austerity

BBC News: Reports that the new Spanish Government has announced cuts of 8.9 billion Euros, also a freeze in Government hiring with the addition of tax hikes for wealthy of Spain. The question on the minds of the bond market is can Italy and Spain meet their needs without getting a bailout from the EU. The austerity packages of Italy and Spain will cut the public sector, this means that welfare should raise, Ireland has seen its economy retract after its austerity plan, so how are the Eurozone Countries going to develop a plan for growth, this is the only way to reduce the debt within these Countries. Thus far the EU has failed to develop a growth plan, that is the one thing the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer Ed Balls has gotten right, all this austerity will reduce government spending, will reduce the debt, the idea that more spending would help is crazy, that is the Labour Plan. The EU could be another Japan folks, years of austerity and no growth, welcome to the New Year folks.