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Disaster A week later, Ellis was still waiting for the operation to be approved, when disaster struck - and a signature Afghan disaster at that. At about 5 a.m. on April 12, an American convoy passing through Senjaray on the Ring Road slowed on the curve in front of Dog Company...
So on to those different visions of Britain. On Tuesday, Conservative leader David Cameron presented his party's manifesto in a derelict power station festooned with the word "CHANGE." He has promised Britons "change [they] can believe in" and at the launch reworked another familiar phrase, saying, "Yes we can...
If Britain's election campaign seems a bit, well, American, that's not entirely surprising. British politicians watched the 2008 U.S. presidential contest closely. "All the main parties are trying to grab a trick from [President] Obama's campaign textbook, focusing efforts and resources on social media," says Alberto Nardelli...
So Cameron is unlikely to duck the debate, unlike Tony Blair. In 1997 Blair, who was ahead in the polls, challenged incumbent Prime Minister John Major to a debate, but Labour then claimed that negotiations over the format had broken down. Major riposted that Blair had chickened out, and the...
So what do the politicians believe might help to improve British politics? The Conservatives seem to be pushing people power, JFK-style. "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country," intoned Cameron, waving his new manifesto, which also proposes California-style...