Gareth Edmundson

We had two major elections in Europe last weekend and yet the column inches devoted to Sarkozy losing to Francois Hollande completely and utterly eclipsed the reports from Greece.

The media were going overboard on what Hollande's victory meant. The left were celebrating the end of the Merkozy austerity...

No.

But since you asked, and for those of you are not that interested but want to sound like you have been reading the Washington Post everyday, then here is a summary as to why he wont win in ten easy steps...

1. He made Newt...

Talks resume this week between the fuel distributors and Unite the Union to avoid a petrol delivery strike. I bet Francis Maude can hardly suppress his anxiety as the prospect of a REAL strike actually gets closer. After scaring the public into filling everything from bath tubs to pickled onion...

It occurred to me the other day that the Republican Primaries have become identical to the TV show The Biggest Loser. At the start of the Biggest Loser, fat people stand in front of their friends and family, announce they want to lose weight and then troop off to do...

Does this Israel vs. Iran situation and what's been happening in Syria scare the bejeesus out of everyone or is it just me? Thing is, this latest round of "my nuclear weapon is bigger than your pre-emptive strike" or "I choose to answer democracy with bombs" is nothing new really....

The merits of Obamacare, how to fix the economy, taxing the super rich, cutting the deficit, balancing the budget. Let's face it does anyone really listen to what the candidates are saying on these issues anymore? The Republicans hate Obama but right now they hate each other too and without...

After his hat-trick of primary wins in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri Rick Santorum is the comeback kid in the race to win the Republican nomination for President.

Since his wins, Santorum's campaign website is calling for donations to keep the momentum going and to send "shockwaves through...