Strangely enough, apart from the Russians and the Ukrainians, everyone else seems remarkably relaxed about the current state of affairs. Stalemate suits especially if the conflict declines to a few s… (View Post)

Another election where it's easy to draw the wrong conclusion was the Plaistow North contest yesterday. The various currents and undercurrents of Newham politics flow through this result. The wi… (View Post)

Evening all :) Sometimes elections and election results are easy to analyse but more often then not a superficial analysis fails to notice what has actually happened and what it might portend for the… (View Post)

Evening all :) 24 hours on from the Dutch election and there still seems to be a sense of shock and "bewildersment" over what happened. The PVV got by far its best ever result with 23.5% of… (View Post)

The problem for Wilders is if he goes into Government, how much compromising will he have to do to accommodate both the VVD and NSC? At what point does he stop becoming the outsider and become part o… (View Post)