Midterm elections prove perils of overpromising

Monday, November 1st, 2010

Tomorrow’s midterm elections are likely to be a sobering lesson on the dangers of not meeting  promises.  The scale and depth of disillusionment with Obama’s administration, a mere 24 months after his triumphant election, is astonishing - even to those who have witnessed past presidents experience a similar fall from ...

A lesson in ‘politwits’

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

Day in, day out, high profile tweeters continue to grab headlines, and the latest is president of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez. In terms of international politics, he certainly doesn't march to the same beat as the majority of his counterparts. In fact, it's fair to say that his controversial politics command ...

Interesting conflict or conflict of interest?

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

Well, well, well. The election battle continues with Sky News’ Adam Boulton becoming the latest person to publically engage in a round of fisty cuffs.  The YouTube video of Boulton venting his frustrations towards Alistair Campbell has already racked up a whopping 207,000 views. The editor was clearly allowing his own ...