Intentious

Probably not her directly, but someone representing President Cristina Kirchner from Argentina made a call to UK newspapers The Guardian and The Independent and bought a full page worth of advertising space for £7,952 (US$12,924)  to be run in today’s paper. If this wasn’t unusual enough, the ad was to feature an open letter from the President […]

Ten years ago, it seems politicians had balls. They weren’t afraid to call a kettle black, rather than pander to the locals on an ideal that was unpopular. Unlike today, unpopularity would not merely be swallowed and re-election all but impossible without resorting to cheap financial bribes. Politicians of past generations actually had the charisma […]

Herman Cain is being bombarded with allegations of sexual harassment dating from his time as head of the National Restaurant Association. Of course, he says that these allegations are ‘unfounded’ attempts at ‘character assassination’. Whether true or not, it was probably not politically expedient for him to make what was inevitably going to be construed as a sexist remark.

On Father’s Day, in an article for The Sunday Telegraph, the British Prime Minister, David Cameron offered an outspoken defence for traditional family life – the ‘cornerstone of our society’ – by attacking ‘feckless fathers’, likening absent fathers to drunk drivers: “It’s high time runaway dads were stigmatised, and the full force of shame was […]

While the Middle East is collapsing upon itself politically the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, made a speech that may very well be remembered in history.  David Cameron was speaking at the Munich Security Conference when he announced that “state multiculturalism” had failed.  Instead of creating a united society it was leading to a segregated society […]