http://www.redstate.com/qlangley Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:53:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en        English cricket fans were delighted when their team defeated Australia – long the foremost nation in international cricket. Supporters of Brighton & Hove Albion Football (soccer) Club were no doubt joyous when their team escaped relegation from top flight English football. Supporters of both teams were no doubt pleased, ... http://www.redstate.com/qlangley/2009/08/31/gordon-brown%e2%80%99s-right-to-silence/ For all the fulminations of Foreign Secretary David Milliband, that any suggestion of a deal would be offensive, it seems that his predecessors, when Tony Blair was Prime Minister, did discuss a possible prisoner exchange with Libya.  Blair has always denied that Megrahi could have been part of any such ... http://www.redstate.com/qlangley/2009/08/26/was-there-a-deal/ From the diaries by Erick. The only real test for the stability of a constitution is not how it copes with consensus, but how it stands up to the stresses of division.  Iran's complicated constitutional structure is about to face that test. Some have suggested that all power lies with the Supreme ... http://www.redstate.com/qlangley/2009/06/22/the-rupture-in-iran/ It seems as though the ruling Congress Party has made major gains in the general election and the BJP has conceded defeat.   The result was unexpectedly good for Congress, which seems to have been because the large youth vote - a rather apolitical group more interested in commerce - swung ... http://www.redstate.com/qlangley/2009/05/16/good-news-from-india/ There are many good reasons for criticizing the Congress Party.  The party that has dominated India for most of the past 60 years was pretty much unchallenged for the first half of that period. During that time it introduced one of the most comprehensively socialist economic structures ever devised. The ... http://www.redstate.com/qlangley/2009/04/25/india%e2%80%99s-awful-election/ Damian Green, Conservative spokesman on terrorism was arrested yesterday and questioned for nine hours. His home and his offices - in Parliament and in his constituency - were searched before he was bailed with out being charged. Look at the following sentence from BBC News online. Police say Mr Green ... http://www.redstate.com/qlangley/2008/11/28/conservative-politician-arrested-in-britain/ I hear you want to appoint some Republicans to your cabinet. I hear you want to achieve real change. Good. I confess, I have seen no evidence of any political courage on your part. I don't know that you have ever confronted your party's special interests ... http://www.redstate.com/qlangley/2008/11/08/dear-president-elect/ I really don't want to jump in before the appeals process is exhausted, because everyone, no matter how much I despise them, has the right to be presumed innocent, but I feel this is essential. It would be irresponsible if you were not already considering the matter, so now ... http://www.redstate.com/qlangley/2008/11/08/dear-governor-palin/ Barack Obama accuses John McCain of playing the race card. Most voters seem to think it is Obama who is playing the race card, but he is actually doing something rather different. He is playing the racist card. There is a difference. The race card - as most people tend to ... http://www.redstate.com/qlangley/2008/08/10/playing-the-racist-card/