Embattled British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is busy trying to save his butt. The recent local elections were a terrible blow to the successor of Tony Blair. His party was wiped off the map. He knows that he and his top advisers, and nobody else, are responsible.

Yet, he hangs on to power. Why? Well, that’s what politicians do. In the end, most of them don’t care about their country or their party. No, they care about one thing, one person only: themselves.

Which is why it is rather strange to see that other Laborites have not already revolted. They too should worry about their jobs. If Brown stays on, as he wants, they are doomed.| MORE ›

Once again proof that laborites really have no idea how to counter a major economic recession: Dutch Labor (PvdA) Member of Parliament and Labor leader Mariëtte Hamer wants the government coalition – of which her party is a member – to accept a bill that would decrease the regular work week to four days.| MORE ›

The British economy shrank at its fastest in almost 30 years in the first quarter of 2009, official data showed Friday. The news heaves fresh doubt on government hopes of a quick recovery.

AFP summarizes the findings as follows:| MORE ›

The Labor party led by Defense Minister Ehud Barak has joined the center right coalition currently being formed by Likud leader Binyamin Netanyahu. Barak wanted to join the coalition, but several important Labor figures opposed such a move. After an intense debate earlier today, the party voted to join the coalition nonetheless, however.

Although a majority of Laborites voted to join, many (grassroots) opposed the decision vehemently:| MORE ›

Hazel Blears wrote quite an interesting column for the liberal Guardian newspaper about how she believes Britain’s Labor Party can win next year’s elections.| MORE ›

Israel’s upcoming Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu said Wednesday he will seek a peace agreement with the Palestinians. The comments were clearly aimed at critics who fear the new center-right government will hinder the peace process and take a hardline approach to the Israel-Palestinians problem.

He said he will negotiate with the Palestinian leadership and work with them to improve their economy.| MORE ›

Labor leader Ehud Barak is having a tough time selling a coalition deal with Likud (led by Benyamin Netanyahu) to members of his party. Labor lost the last elections and seemed unlikely to be part of a coalition led by Netanyahu. However, since the Israeli electorate is deeply divided, Netanyahu had no other option than to reach out to people and parties who would rather not do business with.| MORE ›