Labour Victory in Glenrothes.

It’s good news week. First, Senator Barak Obama became the USA President-Elect after a stunning election victory, then the Bank of England, at last, reduces the basic interest rate to 3%, and yesterday,  Labour won the by-election held at Glenrothes.  What is interesting is that the Torys and Lib Dems could not push their vote up, clearly the SNP did but they, the SNP, still failed to really challenge Labour.  Election victories like this owe much to teams of dedicated party activists who worked very hard to get this result.  This result is marvellous and it confirms that the general voting public is beginning to return to the Labour fold. It is noticeable that media hacks are emphasizing local issues which may be true to some extent but this victory comes at a time when the national Tory media has been blaming the current crisis on Gordon Brown which clearly is being rejected by the voters.

The Tory and Lib Dem candidates LOST their deposits – marvellous just marvellous.

Gordon Brown More Confident.

Yesterday’s PMQs showed a Gordon Brown now far more confident and beginning to takes PMQs in his stride and getting the better of the infantile Tory leader, David Cameron. Cameron’s claim of his noviceness is shared with President- Elect Barak Obama was rather wishful thinking as Barak Obama’s agenda is closer to that of the Labour Party and he has far greater experience than Cameron can ever have. 

The important issue is that Gordon Brown is now settling in to PMQs and is handling the sessions very well. He has reacted quickly to helping to resolve the current economic crisis, there are going to e difficult days ahead.   We need policies to promote economic growth and employment.

BARAK OBAMA WINS.

An amazing night, the victory of Barak Obama the first African-American President- Elect is truly stunning. Some 40 years after the death of Martin Luther King Jnr America has its first black president. Barak Obama himself is striving to overcome the hyphenated descriptions and portrays himself as American,  stressing the unity of the people. Senator John McCain made a magnificent and gracious  speech of concession. 

This means a new course for the United States of America a chance to banish the negative legacy of the Bush administration.

Democracy – Exciting.

According to James Naughtie’s report this morning on BBC Radio 4, Today programme it is believed some 35 to 40 million Americans have already voted in those states that allow early voting. If so this represents a magnificent turn out and it is thought there will be a record poll for a presidential election.  Local polls still put Senator Obama ahead in many states: in some states it’s going to be tight. It will matter to which candidate: Ohio, Pensylvania, North Carolina, Virginia and Florida will go- formerly won by Bush in 2004.  The key is the hunt for electoral college votes.

The mood is for change and Senator McCain has suffered from the antics of President Bush. If  Senator Obama wins he will inherit a budget that has been used by President Bush for high spending and redistributing wealth from the bottom-up. There is no doubt that this year’s presidential race has been exciting and continues to be.

The 44th President of the United States of America.

The US 2008  presidential election campaign has been exciting. The election of the 44th president of the USA may well be historic.  It is quite possible that Barak Obama will become the first African-American president with support from a Democratic party led Congress. We may well see a demise of the Republican party damaged by  the George W. Bush administration and the handling of the economic crisis facing the USA. As the USA is in recession so the ghosts of the past are rising. Will the new administration launch a new deal in the style of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt? It is clear something needs to be done and as we see Keynesian is no longer out of date and may guide the economic future of Great britain and the USA.  

We hope that Barak Obama wins the presidential election, we hope the margin of victory will be a landslide. We look forward to new and wise government from the White House.

Glasgow East byelection – a bad day.

It is unbelievable that a rock solid Labour  held safe seat has fallen to the SNP. Something is seriously wrong in the Labour Party, this should not have happened. It is no good for Labour leaders to react in the old way, we are “listening” is not the response we should give, nobody believes Labour politicians listen, we engage in the same old, same old. Our economic policy is crazy, our incomes policy is nonsense, allowing the Bank of England to raise the basic interest rate or keep rates high is foolish. We are following an economic policy that is out of step with reality. Unless, the Labour leadership learns and changes course we will not be looking at a fourth term of government but disaster in the coming general election.

The Ego of David Davis

The man, David Davis, is a complete nutter, having put his constituents of Haltemprice and Howden through a phoney by-election for the sake of his own super ego. The man who thought 42 days to question terrorist suspects was too much and violated the principles of Magna Carta was nevetheless happy to support 28 days. This nutter wasted money on a phoney election merely to satisfy his personal ego. This by-election proved nothing except confirm its status as a safe Tory seat.

Zuma: Zimbabwe is out of control.

Good news from South Africa: as the ANC President has now made his strongest attack on Mugabe’ fascist regime so far. Mugabe is not going to like this, he will be fuming. One by one African leaders are waking up to the mass abuse of human rights by Mugabe’s terror regime.

  Mail & Guardian – South Africa

At last the UN Security Council Condemns Mugabe.

The UN Security Council for once took a decision to condemn the violence, the terror and the stage managed elections conducted by the Mugabe fascist regime. All 15 members agreed on a statement. It’s a step forward but not enough we need to see urgent action to assist the suffering people of Zimabwe, there is no law & order, civilian lives are at risk daily from Mugabe’s fascist militias, police and army. 

Mugabe will not like this decision, it will hurt him, the UN should now ban him from all future UN engagements, non recognition of his UN ambassador, these would help to isolate him, we would rather see UN peacekeeping troops on the ground.

 

Zimbabwe: MDC Decision to Withdraw from the Presidential Election.

We are sure this was a difficult decision, it has given Mugabe a boost, he will believe the MDC is once again cornered largely due to his campaign of terror. We fear the decision by the MDC will not stop the violence, we believe this violence may get even worse. We would have preferred the election campaign continued.

We salute the courage that Zimbabweans have shown in opposing  Mugabe’s terror regime, many are suffering, we know that sooner or later the fascist zanu regime will collapse it’s a matter of time election or no election. 

It is also time that the crisis in Zimbabwe was treated as a WORLD problem and NOT solely an African problem, we need UN armed intervention, a peacekeeping force now.