By Steve Parkhurst, Senior Editor, USDR.
Looking at the news and opinion out of London each day.
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The Government is wrong to attack Buy to Let
If there is a crash in property prices in the Greater London area, this will have a major impact on the banks and on the economy as a whole.
1-3-15
Jeremy Corbyn and Donald Trump should be in for a disappointing year
Let common sense triumph in 2016. Political lunacy has run for too long
This cruelly timed junior doctors’ strike could risk losing the public’s sympathy
Doctors risk losing trust at a time when public scepticism has grown in so many other areas. And patients risk losing lives, especially if threats to withdraw emergency cover for the first time are enacted
The BBC Today programme knows the price of nothing and the value of very little
Yesterday saw the end of the disastrous season of Guest editors. Let me contrast the two crucial interviews on Saturday’s programme.
1-2-15
Lord Mandelson and effective Opposition in the UK
Lord Mandelson was always keen to require iron discipline in New Labour when he was one of the small clique in charge. Today he is now an enthusiast for rebellion, urging modern Labour MPs to disagree with their Leader and to remain true to the flexible pro European and pro military intervention stances of Blairism. This sad volte face is not surprising.
1-1-16
When are Labour party ‘moderates’ going to do more than just moan?
Until these self-styled keepers of the flame recognise their own failings and accept that Jeremy Corbyn won, tensions in the party will be unresolved
Welcome 2016
You are here at last, and most welcome.
12-31-15
Independent bodies are often wrong, damaging and expensive
It is commonplace in the modern UK political world for the politicians to share the general view of them as unsuited to making important long term decisions. So often the UK establishment in alliance with the front benches of the two main parties agrees that a matter is “too important” for politics, should be taken out of politics, and given to some all wise and expensive independent quango.
Donald Trump, modern-day Marxist
Globalisation has divided rich countries economically. Trump speaks for those who have lost out.
12-30-15
Leaving the EU would be a disaster for Britain. Business needs to speak up
Industry leaders speak for a much bigger constituency than any politician or commentator
12-29-15
Prefer Cameron to Corbyn for Prime Minister? That doesn’t make you a Tory – it makes you normal
Generation hashtag rebels in Africa
2016 is set to be a year of elections in Africa. Hopes for more democracy are dim but young Africans are starting to kick against autocratic rulers, writes Claus Stäcker.
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Across The Pond is edited daily by Steve Parkhurst. Steve is a political consultant, a writer at his blog as well as a Senior Editor here at US Daily Review. Follow Steve on Twitter @SteveParkhurst
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