This ambassador is a bit different though. There was a deliberate choice for this to be a more political appointee as opposed to a career diplomat. This was done to demonstrate the Labour government’… (View Post)

That was a bizarre line. I had to play it back to make sure I’d heard it correctly. He actually did try to score a political point off the LOTO not asking the right questions about his own deputy’s w… (View Post)

The Labour Party also has a significant problem with Mandelson, The man continues to manage to inveigle himself back into the top echelons of government despite his very questionable judgement. Ive n… (View Post)

The French constitution has always had a rather odd hybrid presidential/parliamentary system that was always open to this sort of messy impasse where nobody can really govern but nobody but the Presi… (View Post)

It’s always tricky to call these contests without the candidates in place yet because it’s all about who can get 80 nominations, and some of that comes down to personal friendships/relationships etc.… (View Post)