Westmonster: “Alastair Darling”

Ministry for Not Holding One's Breath

Is Gord crazy enough to…

…join the Euro? Chris White at the EU Reporter suggests you "put money on it, but don't fix a date.". "There is absolutely no solid evidence to suggest it but this publication predicts that by the end of the month of January Britain will have announced that it intends to… read more…
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While You Were Sleeping

More cash for Tony

Apparently peace in the Middle East is not enough of a challenge for Tony Blair. In his spare time, the Tonemeister is taking an over-£500,000 consulting job with U.S. investment bank JP Morgan. What effect the new job will have on his videotaping schedule for White House videos, Westmonster… read more…
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While You Were Sleeping

Those wacky Americans…

All the dailies lead with Clinton's stunning win in New Hampshire, which Westmonster called before the AP and the networks. Read about it here, here, here, here, and here. And for those of you keeping score, Westmonster stayed up late last night to cover the election whilst Iain Dale… read more…
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While You Were Sleeping

Here we go ag-Hain

Thought we'd found out about all of the undeclared Labour donations? Computer says no. Seems Mr. Hain failed to declare several donations from labour and business during his run for the deputy Labour leadership. So much for changing the subject. Davy sets the agenda again with a "tough" new… read more…
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While You Were Sleeping

'O' has the mo'

Westmonster turns its head toward America today, as the big political story has Illinois U.S. Senator Barack Obama and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee taking the Iowa Presidential Selection Caucuses on the Democratic and Republican sides, respectively. Democratic Senators Joe Biden (Delaware) and Christopher Dodd (Connecticut) dropped out of the… read more…
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