The Vatican -- New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is moving to complete a deal that would make him the second Jewish Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church.
"St. Peter was Jewish and he turned out to be the indestructible rock God chose to head his ch...
A friend told me about a week or so before we left that he couldn't quite believe it was actually happening and weren't we concerned about racism.
I recall frowning with genuine confusion. It wasn't as though John had ever been one to over-dramatise, that always fell to his wife, Lucy, and even as we had this conversation, she was frantically talking to her mother, advising her where the 'Meni...
Three of the cities that held referendums on the introduction of elected mayors have so far rejected the idea:
In Nottingham, 57.09% of voters decided against it.
Comment:
"It's perfectly understandable really. If the proletariat of Nottingham had to turn out to vote for a mayor, they would have less time for shoplifting, benefit claiming, and also they'd risk getting themselves shot by one o...
AS the debate on the Scottish referendum kicks off in earnest, SNP leader Alec "Fishy" Salmond has issued a stark warning to the Westminster government: "I'll batter those stuck up Tory English c***s!"
In a speech to party faithful at the 300-Year...
Proponents of electoral reform were delighted today at the news that after wasting time with stuff no-one cared about like PR or AV or whatever, one of the real issues actually gripping the nation was to be decided by a plebiscite of the whole elect...
(Published 2031) BIRMINGHAM URBEM - It is only one week before local elections in England, and the PR referendum. Both sides of the debate are gearing up for major campaigning for the battle.
None more so than the No camp. However, political exper...
Employers all over the United Kingdom have been receiving complaints of harassment from staff who voted Lib Dem in last week's elections and "Yes" in the Alternative Vote referendum.
Thousands of employees who made the wrong choice twice last Thur...
(Published 2014) EDINBURGH - A referendum by the Scottish National Party (SNP) has found out that 70% of Scotland want to become independent from the United Kingdom.
However, Scotland has been fast-tracked to join the European Union (EU), and will...
In a sensational development grotesque comedy character, Vicky Pollard, from BBC hit sketch show, Little Britain, has been blamed by Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, as the cause of the Yes campaign being comprehensively thrashed earlier this eveni...
Iceland has rejected for a second time a proposal to repay the Netherlands and UK for losses incurred after the collapse of the country's banking system.
The result means that the 2 governments are still £3.5 billion out of pocket after already re...
Nick Clegg, deputy leader of the Con-Dems has been outlining his plans to reform the electoral system for the next general election. Before it is implemented, there will be a trial run using the referendum to decide whether to use the new voting syst...
Ministers are to meet in the House of Commons on Wednesday to try to decide whether or not they should hold a UK-wide referendum to decide whether or not they should hold a UK-wide referendum on the troublesome...