KOLKATA, India — She spent her life fighting communists but is the biggest obstacle to economic liberalization in India today. She is the leader of a small regional party but wields more power than the prime minister. Read full article > >

See the original post:
Mamata Banerjee personifies populist force in Indian politics

The House beat back an unusual coalition of liberal and conservative lawmakers and approved a contentious $642 billion Pentagon policy bill.

Read the original post:
House Votes to Preserve a Power of Indefinite Detention

The SNP and Labour have claimed victory in the Scottish council elections, while the Liberal Democrat vote collapsed.

View original post here:
SNP and Labour gain in elections

A candidate who stood in an Edinburgh seat under the name Professor Pongoo won more first preference votes than the Liberal Democrats.

Read the rest here:
VIDEO: ‘Penguin’ beats Lib Dem in election

A candidate who stood in an Edinburgh seat under the name Professor Pongoo won more first preference votes than the Liberal Democrats.

Continued here:
VIDEO: ‘Penguin’ beats Lib Dem in election

The defeat of two conservative Pennsylvania representatives by more liberal opponents foreshadows an even more polarized Congress next year.

Continued here:
2 House Democrats Defeated After Opposing Health Law

The Liberal Democrat president says his party would “kill” plans for more monitoring of emails and internet use if they were not watered down.

View original post here:
Lib Dems would ‘kill’ web plans

For all of the fretting by liberals and legal analysts, it is certain there will be substantial political repercussions over the ruling on the Obama health care overhaul.

Visit link:
Political Memo: Whatever the Ruling in Health Case, Bipartisan Fallout

Cross-party talks on reforming the rules on political party funding are to start soon, Liberal Democrat Danny Alexander says.

View post:
Talks ‘soon’ on political funding

“Mad Men” plays to libertine fantasies of louche living, but it also gives credibility to the liberal belief that high taxes won’t constrain the rich.

Originally posted here:
Big City: Not-So-‘Mad’ Ideas About Taxes

The House of Lords backs an amendment to the government’s health bill aimed at assuaging Liberal democrat concerns over a growth of competition within the NHS.

Go here to read the rest:
Peers accept concessions on NHS

Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords launch a new attempt to rewrite the government’s controversial plans for the NHS in England.

Go here to see the original:
Rewrite NHS bill – Lib Dem peers

In the effort to drive out the paramount Russian leader Vladimir V. Putin, the opposition, driven by liberal and middle-class Russians, has tentatively reached out to nationalists.

See the original post:
Russian Liberals Weigh Alliance With Nationalists

MOSCOW — Russian election officials are threatening to bar a veteran liberal politician from running for president, prompting allegations of bias and interference that echo complaints of misconduct in December’s parliamentary elections. Read full article > >

The rest is here:
Possible ban on Russian candidate prompts new charges of election bias

CAIRO — Liberals and Islamists in Egypt announced a temporary agreement Monday on a power-sharing plan that would install a Muslim Brotherhood leader as speaker of the country’s newly elected parliament. Read full article > >

Original post:
Egypt’s next parliament will be led by Islamist