A Round of Anniversaries And Elections
December 4th 2006 05:06
Last weekend saw the one-year anniversaries of diverse set of leaders.
First, David Cameron. He's been elected the leader of Tories an year ago and the Tories are not only fed up with him but positively alarmed the way he has transformed the party into a Labour-Lite. The same problem haunts the Republicans in the US as the frontrunners for 2008 all seem to be less conservative than is usual. They maybe more independent than the GOP but they are not at least Democrat lapdogs. While Cameron is nothing more than a Blair's doppelganger. A big thumbsdown!
Another leader from another part of the world. It's Iran and its President Ahmedinejehad, who has completed 1 year in office. And guess what, looks like less than 30% Iranians support him. Shooting off letters to half the world and arming militias in half dozen countries is not going to help matters much. Iran's economy is suffering and even with all that oil wealth, the people are sliding into poverty.
Which should be an eye-opener to Hugo Chavez who seems set to be elected as Venezualan President once again but its more than our life's worth to hope he's going to learn and change.
Coming to Down Under, Labour party has shoved Kim Beazley off and elected Kevin Rudd to replace him. He's the sixth Labour leader to be elected since the unstoppable John Howard came to power.
First, David Cameron. He's been elected the leader of Tories an year ago and the Tories are not only fed up with him but positively alarmed the way he has transformed the party into a Labour-Lite. The same problem haunts the Republicans in the US as the frontrunners for 2008 all seem to be less conservative than is usual. They maybe more independent than the GOP but they are not at least Democrat lapdogs. While Cameron is nothing more than a Blair's doppelganger. A big thumbsdown!
Another leader from another part of the world. It's Iran and its President Ahmedinejehad, who has completed 1 year in office. And guess what, looks like less than 30% Iranians support him. Shooting off letters to half the world and arming militias in half dozen countries is not going to help matters much. Iran's economy is suffering and even with all that oil wealth, the people are sliding into poverty.
Which should be an eye-opener to Hugo Chavez who seems set to be elected as Venezualan President once again but its more than our life's worth to hope he's going to learn and change.
Coming to Down Under, Labour party has shoved Kim Beazley off and elected Kevin Rudd to replace him. He's the sixth Labour leader to be elected since the unstoppable John Howard came to power.
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