http://blogs.independent.co.uk| Blogs from the Independent newspaper - news, views and features from the world's most free-thinking newspaper| Wed, 22 May 2013 06:00:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2| en hourly 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/14/romney-and-ryan-can-money-buy-any-office/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/14/romney-and-ryan-can-money-buy-any-office/#comments Tue, 14 Aug 2012 08:45:15 +0000 Leighton Vaughan Williams http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=27363 Why Romney picked Ryan was the question observers of the American political scene have been asking ever since Willard Mitt Romney became the presumptive Republican nominee for President of the United States.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/14/romney-and-ryan-can-money-buy-any-office/feed/ 3 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/06/why-did-the-supreme-court-deliver-president-obama-an-unexpected-favour/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/06/why-did-the-supreme-court-deliver-president-obama-an-unexpected-favour/#comments Fri, 06 Jul 2012 14:34:04 +0000 Leighton Vaughan Williams http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=26078 It is a little over a week since the US Supreme Court delivered its landmark judgment on President Obama’s signature policy achievement in office so far, the Affordable Care Act, which extends medical insurance coverage to additional tens of millions of Americans as well as covering those with pre-existing conditions. ]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/06/why-did-the-supreme-court-deliver-president-obama-an-unexpected-favour/feed/ 5 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/05/17/is-obamas-support-for-gay-marriage-a-political-ploy-or-a-moral-choice/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/05/17/is-obamas-support-for-gay-marriage-a-political-ploy-or-a-moral-choice/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 10:17:12 +0000 Leighton Vaughan Williams http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=24277 The declaration of support for gay marriage, recently articulated by President Obama, gratified some, astonished others, and drew both great praise and great condemnation. Was this a President demonstrating the moral courage to do what he believed right, or was it a political ploy driven by electoral expediency?]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/05/17/is-obamas-support-for-gay-marriage-a-political-ploy-or-a-moral-choice/feed/ 4 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/05/02/with-newt-gingrich-and-rick-santorum-gone-who-will-romney-turn-to-for-his-running-mate/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/05/02/with-newt-gingrich-and-rick-santorum-gone-who-will-romney-turn-to-for-his-running-mate/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 13:00:21 +0000 Leighton Vaughan Williams http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=23776 Mitt Romney has basically won the Republican nomination to stand against US President Barack Obama in November. His next hurdle? His running mate ‘Veepstakes’.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/05/02/with-newt-gingrich-and-rick-santorum-gone-who-will-romney-turn-to-for-his-running-mate/feed/ 0