McCain saves Senate career with $20m negative campaign against Republican rival
By Tim Montgomerie Last night John McCain defeated an attempt by former Congressman J D Hayworth to replace him as… Read more »
Australia’s election winner is conservatism
By Tim Montgomerie Before I get into the detail of the inconclusive election result here's some wisdom from the Editor… Read more »
Labour loses its majority as Australia votes for hung parliament
3.18pm: AV does not produce proportional results. 3.12pm: With votes still being counted the Coalition is slightly ahead after second… Read more »
Your brief guide to the fast-approaching Australian General Election
By Tim Montgomerie Before directing you to an interesting link or two here are six bullet headlines on where we… Read more »
Republicans keep eyes fixed on economy, largely ignoring judge’s decision to allow gay marriage in California
By Tim Montgomerie Some political observers said that the issue of gay marriage was important in re-electing George W Bush… Read more »
Are we reaching the end game for Berlusconi?
By Tim Montgomerie On Wednesday David Cameron flew to Rome for dinner with his Italian counterpart, Silvio Berlusconi. Photographs of… Read more »
Republican Governors accused of evoking Guy Fawkes in anti-Obama ‘Remember November’ campaign
Three months ago US Republican Governors launched a web-based 'Remember November' campaign that aims to rally voters for this year's… Read more »
Australian Liberals put tax at heart of election
The video above is the Australian Liberals' latest election ad. It plays on a fear that the ruling Labour party… Read more »
US conservatives warm to Cameron
Tuesday's New York Times piece described David Cameron as a "Slasher of Government Bloat". The article by John F Burns… Read more »
Tony Abbott has been a model Leader of the Opposition
With just a few weeks until the Australian General Election the opinion polls suggest that Labor will be re-elected. Given… Read more »
Australia’s new Labor PM is bolting to the polls
Christian Kerr is a reporter with The Australian. No one has ever doubted Julia Gillard's popularity, but pollsters and market… Read more »
Australian Liberal leader Tony Abbott welcomes the calling of a general election with a number of messages which will not be unfamiliar to British Conservatives
By Jonathan Isaby Julia Gillard, who replaced Kevin Rudd as Australia's Labor Prime Minister just three weeks ago, has today… Read more »
Bronislaw Komorowski beats Jaroslaw Kaczynski to Polish presidency
Investors, reports the Wall Street Journal, are likely to welcome the result. The government of Donald Tusk will have a… Read more »
Ten reasons why Republicans can look forward to substantial gains in November’s mid-term elections
(1) The President's overall approval rating has fallen steeply since he was first elected. It has been below the magic… Read more »
Why Australia’s newly-installed first woman Prime Minister could face defeat at the polls within months
Jason Groves is President of the UK Branch of the Liberal Party of Australia. A desperate Australian Labor Party has… Read more »