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All modern governmental systems are built on social contract investment . Social contract means intellectual thought or attempt to explain the relation between individual and government, the idea which has inspired a vast amount of writings throughout the history of modern man; what is the legitimacy of government in the minds of governed? From the times of ancient Greece philosophers have been trying to explain this relation. For Hobbes, the most important reason for the social contract…Continue reading this article…
As the interminable Republican nominating contest draws to its inevitable close, they could be forgiven for not thinking too far ahead of themselves in this most important of election years. Yet, if they were to take some fairly basic assumptions, and fast forward a few decades they would be terrified at what the future holds for their party. It is well known that the population of the United States will grow to 400 million by…Continue reading this article…
This week saw George Galloway sweep to victory in Bradford Standard deviation West with just over 50% of the overall vote, instigating the “Bradford Spring” as he called it, displaying the kind of pomp that has served him so well in politics for all these years. Celebrity Big Brothers finest has however been arguing this is the end of the big three parties dominance and the start of a new trend. He however is not a trendsetter…Continue reading this article…
A Presidential race has the tedious tendency to develop into a lengthy and uninspiring event. I felt the buzz when John Kerry challenged George W. Bush for the Presidency in 2004 and who can forget the closest of Presidential races in 2000, when it took a Supreme Court to rule in favour of ‘W’. By 2008, I was experiencing two delights- the close race for the Democratic nomination between Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton…Continue reading this article…
A few months ago it was alleged that Patrick Mercer the Conservative MP for Newark claimed that David Cameron was the worst politician in British history since William Gladstone. Mr Mercer denied making the comments but even if they were said do they actually have a basis in reality. If we discount what is probably an opinion of the current Prime Minister based on personal animosity, does the argument that William Gladstone was a terrible…Continue reading this article…
‘Arguably the greatest peacetime Prime Minister in British History’ D.Read- Peel and the Victorians 1987 The current Coalition government in the United Kingdom and its policies are always being compared to what has gone previously. Some commentators use history to make unfavourable comparisons and to suggest that the current administration is just a continuation of Conservative governments of the past. Others mainly on the right however, use the past to provide examples of regimes…Continue reading this article…
Many in Europe are amazed at the vitality of religion in the United States. They are amazed not just at the levels of participation, but the role many of these religions play in the civil discourse in the United States itself on a day to day level. The Catholic Church, like many of its counterparts across the United States, run its own schools, hospitals, adoption services and homeless shelters as well as a host of…Continue reading this article…
Today’s developments that Peter Cruddas was essentially caught allegedly trying to wheedle money from wealthy foreigners (in certain cases banned under British Electoral Law) is going to do the image of Politics and the ruling Conservative Party no favours at all. Despite disputing the claims of impropriety, the video transcript of the Sunday Times sting seems pretty self explanatory, unless Cruddas is using those words in ways, as yet not interpreted by the Oxford English…Continue reading this article…
Is the European Union doomed to fail? So far it looks like the member states of the European Union (EU) have chosen to widen their borders instead of further deepening their economic and political integration. Though the Euro, the region’s monetary system, did well for a while, its future has been threatened since the world economic crisis of 2008. The region’s largest economies, like Germany, have been throwing money at Greece in order to stave…Continue reading this article…
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