Tag Archives: Republican

Republicans on Wall Street

Posted on 23/07/2011 by

American politics are fascinating partly because sooner or later they cross the pond and replicate themselves here.  Triangulation, for instance.  Now we learn that the Republicans in Congress are adamant that the President’s debt limit bill must not go through … Continue reading →

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Tea Party woes

Posted on 11/11/2010 by

History is not kind to every insurgent movement: some succeed and change things for ever; many others make their point and then fade.  This is probably what will happen to the amorphous Tea Party movement in the US which most … Continue reading →

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