In this episode of The Political Fourcast, Nicky Morgan and Charlie Falconer join Krishnan Guru-Murthy to discuss how the war in Gaza could change the political fortunes of UK parties.
Matt Frei
Gun violence is an epidemic in America. But every time there is a school, cinema or restaurant massacre, the sale of guns and ammo increases and the gun control debate gets drowned out.
Jonathan Rugman
If Tony Blair was ever considered an honest broker as Middle East envoy, it is a title he may well have lost – even if most of what has gone wrong is not his fault.
Jonathan Rugman
Sky News’s Adam Boulton swallowed a fly during a live broadcast today. It reminded me of an incident 10 years ago, in the US, when a cicada edged towards my underwear as I spoke on camera.
Alex Thomson
Spin is what it is all about when it comes to Syria. If the regime is only using chemical weapons on a “small scale”, why has the US “red line” on taking action now been crossed?
Matt Frei
In the final feverish days of the campaign both Obama and Romney are outdoing each other in air miles, rally counts, hands shaken, cheeks squeezed and flossed smiles flashed across this vast country.
Matt Frei
“The struggle between man and elements helps to define America’s character. Some day it might even define this country’s policies towards the environment.”
The Trade Minister Lord (Stephen) Green was today refusing to answer questions about what he knew about the large-scale money laundering at HSBC exposed yesterday by the US Senate Investigations Committee in a damning report.
Alex Thomson
Will the Taliban renounce “international terrorism” as the US demands? Will they get their prisoners out of Guantanamo Bay? And will they recognise the Karzai regime in Kabul at all? Once you see movement on this you can start taking matters seriously.
Matt Frei
Matt Frei visits an exhibition of art normally confined to the offices and homes of British officials around the world with its curator the historian Simon Schama.
Petraeus is a bullet-proof general and there should be a relatively seamless handover between McChrystal and Petraeus, but will the US public back a new approach to the Taliban, asks Sarah Smith.
Washington is a town where proximity to power is considered all that matters. So no wonder the stories about just how many people managed to gatecrash President Obama’s official state dinner for the Indian prime minister in November have everyone gripped.
Running round LA for the last few days covering Michael Jackson’s death, I’ve been amazed about how polite, pleasant and accommodating the LAPD have been. They might not have told us all the details of their investigation (although they seem to obligingly leak quite a lot of info) but they have been doing their best…
WASHINGTON DC, USA – Is there nothing that Barack Obama can’t do effortlessly well? This weekend he’s had a lot of praise for his comic timing as he pulled off a very assured performance at his first White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner. Traditionally the president makes a comic speech. Some do better than others –…
Jon Snow
Perhaps inevitably, my final highlight from the last 20 years is from the day an African American man became president of the United States. I was out on the streets early in the morning encountering the people from near and far who’d come to share in the moment. – See the whole of Jon’s first show…
