By Steve Parkhurst, Senior Editor, USDR.
Looking at the news and opinion out of London each day.
1-11-16
More mentally healthy, more strong families, more socially just
What it is that makes old people less likely to be lonely, men less likely to kill themselves, and girls and boys less likely to self-harm.
1-10-16
Is Zac a politician?
Win or lose, the London Mayoral candidate now needs to show the message discipline of a conventional candidate…without losing his individualist charm.
1-9-16
Jeremy Corbyn’s fans are making Labour look like a cult
Screaming about mandates and media conspiracy theories used to be exclusively for unelectable fringe parties
Finally! A banker who talks sense on Brexit
Unfortunately the loudest voices in the Brexit debate tend to be hysterically pro-EU, warning that any change to the status quo would trigger economic Armageddon
Corbyn’s Labour is now an irrelevant cult
Labour is now mostly a front for some of the vilest and most repulsive political movements on the planet
1-8-16
Gaddafi’s warnings to Blair have been proven by today’s attack on Libyan police training centre
Transcripts of two telephone calls between the leaders on February 25, 2011 reveal that the West was quick to downplay the presence of Islamic extremists in the 2011 uprising
Emily Thornberry tells ITV News: I don’t know why Jeremy Corbyn gave me shadow defence job
Emily Thornberry, the new shadow defence secretary, has admitted to ITV News that she does not know why Jeremy Corbyn gave her the job. Ms Thornberry, who wants to scrap the UK’s nuclear deterrent, replaced pro-Trident Maria Eagle in Mr Corbyn’s first reshuffle as Labour leader this week.
The Labour leadership dismisses Nato at everyone’s peril
Europe still needs Nato – not least because of Vladimir Putin – but Jeremy Corbyn and Ken Livingstone doggedly refuse to acknowledge this fact
It is far better to extend FOI to charities than to restrict it further
Wherever our money goes, transparency should follow.
1-7-16
Voters aren’t applauding Corbyn, they’re giving up all hope for Labour
Corbyn’s team claims to represent and understand the working class – but his Islington clique does nothing of the sort
Corbyn’s Labour reshuffle signals a likely return to unilateralism
No self-respecting politician could remain in Corbyn’s shadow cabinet
The Labour ‘heroes’ who resigned showed a courage sadly lacking in many of their colleagues
Can we have an Opposition, please?
Corbyn’s farce may be good for the Conservative leadership – and fun for this site – but it is thoroughly bad for Britain.
Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: Cameron treats Corbyn with superfluous rudeness
The Labour Leader got through by sticking with grim determination to the floods.
1-6-16
Davidson pushes for Scottish school reform
Also: Welsh Conservatives seek power to bring standing back to sports grounds; SNP MPs under pressure over business and property dealings; DUP and Sinn Fein signal closer cooperation; and more.
Labour’s reshuffle kerfuffle is over – Corbyn must get on with the real work
The party needs to put internal politics aside and focus on the vital issues affecting the country, from housing to floods to the NHS
Obama’s gun control measures are astonishingly hypocritical when you consider his track record in arms sales
While Obama has been seen by some as a peaceful leader, he has escalated America’s drone wars and sold huge amounts of weapons
Might Grayling end up leading the Conservative Leave campaign?
Both he and Villiers showed nerve and resolve in helping to secure Ministerial freedom to differ over the EU referendum.
1-5-16
What I’ll be looking for in the next Conservative leader
It isn’t mindless flattery to think we are blessed to have Cameron. But when he does step back, here’s what his successor should be like.
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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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