That forum, and his active membership of the youth arm of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) of Mr. Barrow, the Young Democrats, (he was the President between 1980 and 1982) virtually catapulted the then precocious youth into the national limelight and he was seen as a future leader bequeat...
Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand (since Oct 26, 2017) Jacinda Kate Laurell Ardern (born 26 July 1980) is a New Zealand politician who has been serving as the 40th Prime Minister of New Zealand since 26 October 2017. She is also Leader of the Labour Party, having taken offic...
Established in 1997 through a merger between the United Nations Drug Control Programme and the Centre for International Crime Prevention, UNODC is a global leader in the fight against illicit drugs and international crime. Dragonfly:It is the name unmanned nuclear-powered drone which NASA plans to...
Turning to politics, Hugh Gaitskell, leader of the Labour Party died suddenly in 1963, and there were three contenders to replace him: Harold Wilson, George Brown, and James Callaghan. Wilson eventually won the leadership contest and became Prime Minister in 1964. Brown served as Foreign Secretar...
As it turns out, I stumbled on a New York Times review of a new book by the German historian and journalist Volker Ullrich, titled “Hitler: Ascent, 1889-1939,” the first of two volumes on the German politician and leader of the Nazi Party. So, instead of Shirer’s opus, I settled...
Rt Hon. Neil Kinnock (Former leader of the Labour Party) "The Parthenon Marbles are a serious matter to Greece... Our relations with democracy in Greece could be greatly improved if the Government could show the intelligence and magnanimity to deal with that matter..." ...
Topics include Conservative Party leader and Prime Minister David Cameron's refusal to participate in televised debates without the inclusion of smaller parties, Labour Party leader Ed Miliband's rejection of an SNP-Labour coalition, and the appeal of Sturgeon's stance on fiscal independence in ...
A Sherpa is a personal representative of the leader of a member country at an international Summit meeting such as the G8, G20, the Nuclear Security Summit etc. Sherpas are career diplomats or senior government officials appointed by the leaders of their countries....
The election of Kemi Badenoch, as the new leader of Britain’s Conservative Party seems to have rattled not just the common public but even the diehard Tories. But this should also be seen as the last-ditch efforts by the Conservatives to revive the party’s fortunes. Last week, Britain...
I saw Mr. Andrew Scheer, Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada as well as Leader of the Official Opposition, standing on a stage making a short statement. He was inciting Mr. Justin Trudeau, the Prime Minister, to proceed with his libel action over the SNC-Lavalin comments. Mr. ...