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07/08/2008

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Kastelic, Brane

2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.

Dnevnik - Slovenia | 04/08/2008

No mere coincidence?

The daily Dnevnik speculates that the publishing of the letter written by former Prime Minister Tony Blair in the midst of the current inner-party struggle is no mere coincidence: "This civil war was triggered on the one hand by the fear of losing the next elections and on the other by the conviction that David Cameron and the Conservative Party can indeed be defeated if the Labour Party can only get rid of Gordon Brown. Now former Prime Minister Tony Blair has intervened in this war. He is angry because Brown rejected his strategy yet failed to replace it with a new one. ... Although yesterday three members of the Brown government reiterated their support, Blair's criticism has dealt him a harsh blow. ... Is it just a coincidence that Blair's criticism has come to light now that it has become obvious that David Miliband is aiming for the leadership?"

Dnevnik - Slovenia | 09/05/2008

Irresolute Gordon Brown

"British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is losing his support and is once more coming under fire, this time in the dispute over a referendum on Scottish independence," Brane Kasteli writes, sketching the dilemma facing Brown. "The impression he makes as head of government is that of one who no longer holds the reigns of power, or worse. His indecision and lack of authority have him hurtling from one crisis to the next. ... Now yet another dispute has broken out over the referendum called by Wendy Alexander, head of the Scottish Labour Party, on Scottish independence." Kasteli comments that Brown, himself Scottish, "astonished everyone by not saying in parliament whether he would support a referendum or not. ... If he had spoken out in favour, he would have weakened the cohesion of the Union. ... If he had spoken out against it, he would have had to remove Wendy Alexander from office, which would have started the next party crisis."

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