Jaz Coleman of Killing Joke has been found in Western Sahara. Tut, the lengths some people went to avoid the Olympics. But the Sahara, in August; are you sure about that? Here’s the Wikipedia page on Western Sahara:. By all accounts it’s a vast, bleak area. It is a disputed territory, part of an ongoing struggle between The Kingdom of Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, a government in exile. There was a war from 1975 (following the end of Spanish rule) until 1991. A ceasefire was brokered on the agreement Morocco would organise a referendum on independence. Such a referendum has failed to materialise. There was a protest movement in 2010-11, a far-western echo of the Arab Spring.
Less than a sixth of the population thinks the coalition government will last until 2015. Either that’s wishful thinking (and not necessarily left-wing wishful thinking – there are many, far too many people out there who don’t think this government is right-wing enough, hurting the working class enough) or it’s a political misunderstanding.
All three mainstream parties are committed to Thatcherite principles of government. They are committed to these principles against the population and against any democratic formal or informal process if needs be. Disputes about boundary changes or social housing schemes mean nothing next to the fact that the Liberal Democrats will be annihilated at the next general election while the Tories are unlikely to win a majority of seats. They will use as much time as possible to rig the terms of national politics for as long as possible.
Koranon cilaria ozu mahok! Hard line Republican Paul Ryan accidentally hailed by Mitt-for-Brains Romney as “the next president of the United States” is considered by conservatives to be the ideal candidate, including by squeaky clean, mentally competent, octogenarian media magnate Rupert Murdoch.
Laugh, but if in January next year he’s Romney’s organ grinder he’ll be the second most powerful man in the world, a man who opposes healthcare, welfare support, pay equality legislation and abortion even after rape… and a fine mahok to you all.