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...feeling the credit crunch, and people will not tolerate the self-centered government of Gordon Brown while people suffer huge increases in the cost of living. The government of Major lost because of infighting. History is repeating itself. David Cameron could be what Britain needs, a confident and natural Prime Minister in the style of Tony Blair, but without the endless spin and arrogance that defined Blair's tenure as Prime Minister. Jonathan Chapman, FORKHILL, NORTHERN IRELAND...
What an informative and entertaining writer Catherine Mayer is! Apart from enjoying her article on Cameron, I now have a much clearer insight into the person most likely to take the helm as Britain's next Prime Minister. Bob Buckley, GAUTENG, SOUTH AFRICA...
...complete when the provisions of the Lisbon treaty are brought progressively into effect in the next few years. The Conservatives have consistently furthered the interests of the European Union in complete disregard of the interests of our own country. Mr. Cameron conforms to that Conservative policy. Even as Prime Minister, he will have no real power and will only be able to tinker with ? peripheral matters and, like his immediate predecessors, will spend much of his time posing on the international stage. Stanley Booton, SOMERSET, ENGLAND...
...achieves his ambition to become Britain's Prime Minister - and opinion polls suggest he is on course to do so - Conservative leader David Cameron promises a new candor in relations with Washington. The Labour government, he says, has tended to flatter Britain's allies across the Atlantic rather to deliver helpful home truths. But as he considered the sorry sight of a Congress unable to agree on measures to avert a global financial meltdown, it's just as well that Cameron spared U.S. politicians his unvarnished opinions, which would have been anything but pretty...
...likely to be welcomed by Washington and may even relax tensions with Islamabad, analysts say. While the shake-up helps Kayani advance a more coherent response to the challenge of rising militancy, it also underscores the army's enduring clout. The ISI nominally falls under the purview of the Prime Minister, but on this occasion the civilian government merely gave formal approval to a decision by the military leadership. Two months ago, the civilian government attempted to bring the ISI formally under its control. The move was vetoed by the armed forces, proving again where power truly lies in Pakistan...