Citizens Advice Bureau v Welsh Local Government

Citizens Advice Bureau's in Wales are heading for a 5/10 % cut in funding from local government. Its time folks to place pressure on the Welsh Assembly, it is election time, the CAB should get more funding due to the great asset it is to the local community. It is free and confidential and helps with all matter of issues of concern to the public. Its time to start getting the press in, lets place pressure on the politicians to take action, Wales is South and North Wales, lets make the politicians earn out votes, it does not matter your political point of view, this is about helping the community as a whole, lets support the CAB.

More on the Cash for Honours !

Guido reports on some of the choice language used by the aide to describe the problem of Lord Levy.

Ian Dale's Diary, more on the legal aspects of the case and the BBC.

Lord Levy in the Cold

The BBC reports tonight that an Aide of the Prime Minister was concerned that Lord Levy had had asked her to lie for him in the on going Cash for Honours investigation. It should be stressed all parties deny crime has taken place.

Libby Pardon Case?

An interesting article by Michael Kinsley in Time, a case for a Pardon, for once Views agrees with the elite Media on this issue, the President should Pardon Mr Libby asp and end the case before any one goes to jail for a faulty memory.

Fox News the Best News v Liberals

The Politico reports that the Democrats are pulling out of debate that was being run by Fox News under pressure from Liberal supporters, the Democrats have finally sold what soul they had left. Giving up Free Media coverage is just nuts in this modern political environment, can you see Bill Clinton doing that for a minute, he would be on the stage fighting the good fight. They have not learnt the lesson from 1980 Presidential Campaign when Reagan in many respects used a debate to show who was strong and Presidential and that was even more he was nominated for President and he was running against Bush 41. When political purity comes before good politics one has to ask if deep in their souls Democrats have a glimmer of understanding that they are weak on National Security and want the Republicans to win so they don't have to get their won hands dirty. Modern politics is about money lets be honest on my own blog, free media is the holy grail, and weak and I mean weak and not very bright politicians are allowing themselves to be pushed around by the great unwashed, what a sorry state the modern Democratic Party is, cant see Truman or JFK or even Johnson being in that disgrace for a Political Party.

Iraq

The President is taking the fight to the Democrats, the Washington Posts writes the following, ‘ president will veto a House Democratic plan because it includes a timetable to start bringing troops home within a year and would undermine military efforts. ’ In many respects the Democrats are playing to their perceived weakness on National Security. The CNN Political Ticker reports that Senator John McCain is critical of the latest new ideas by the Democrats. In the end Iraq should help McCain if the latest surge works of course, politics is sometimes a matter of perception more than reality.

Libby Pardon

Here are some interesting articles on the possibility of a Pardon for Mr Libby.

Washington Post - The article looks at the pressure on the President for a Pardon and the problems the President would face if he wanted to Pardon Libby. The President should ask Bush 41 on the problems he had after the Pardons in the Iran - Contra Affair. President Ronald Reagan was smart enough to leave that to Bush 41, since Cheney is not running in 2008, the problem will land on the desk of Bush 43.

Even some on the Jury want to Pardon Libby, interesting story on MSNBC.