This is an excerpt of my latest post for Hot Air.

Tory leader David Cameron has caused somewhat of a controversy in Britainby saying he does not want former Prime Minister Tony Blair to become president of the European Union. Is there a president of the EU, you might ask? Why no, not as of yet, but Brussels has decided it should have more power and that, in order to have it, it also needs to have its very own president. Do voters agree? Again no, but who cares? Brussels knows best.

In his monthly news conference, the Tory leader said if the role had to exist at all, it should go to someone who would see himself as a chairman of the European Council.

“I do not want the job to exist, but if it has to exist, I don’t think it should be the all-singing all-dancing President Tony Blair,” he said.| MORE ›

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.| 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 ›

The Tories try to save local newspapers. Should they be bailed out or survive on their own?

The British Tories have kicked off a major effort to save local newspapers that are struggling to survive. The recession has hit them hard, and they have trouble adjusting to changing times.| MORE ›

The Daily Telegraph reports:

Parliamentary authorities, overseen by Michael Martin, the Speaker, gave secret permission for some MPs to over-claim for thousands of pounds in home loan interest in deals that led to the systematic abuse of the taxpayer-funded expenses system.| 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 ›

When the financial crisis first hit Great Britain, the Tories were divided about what to do: one group said leader David Cameron should launch a massive war against Prime Minister and former Chancellor Gordon Brown, since he was the man who ruled the country’s treasury when the government acted irresponsible, resulting in this year’s massive crisis.| MORE ›