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The Swift Rise and  Fall of Scotland’s Humza Yousaf, Europe’s First Muslim Leader

Monday, April 29, 2024 at 1:27 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Yousaf’s historic election results in abrupt resignation Humza Yousaf became the first Muslim to lead a Western European country a year ago. I hailed his historic election.  But he banked his leadership on an uncompromising pro-independence agenda. I warned it was “bound to go bankrupt.”  Sure enough: Scotland’s first minister, Humza Yousaf, resigned on Monday in the latest setback for… Read more.

Liz Truss Resigns as UK Prime Minister. The Lady’s for Turning

Thursday, October 20, 2022 at 9:03 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Just weeks ago, Liz Truss threw her Chancellor under the bus, hoping to save her job. No doubt she also wanted to show that, like Margaret Thatcher, this lady’s lady’s not for turning. But Truss failed to appreciate that there was no taming the mob. MPs force Truss to resign Tory MPs urged Ms Truss to… Read more.

The Abdication of Pope Benedict XVI

Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at 6:47 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths due to an advanced age are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry. (Pope Benedict XVI, BBC, February 11, 2013) This, in part, is the papal announcement that shocked the world this morning. Here,… Read more.

President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan forced to resign!

Monday, August 18, 2008 at 8:23 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

The writing was on the wall for Musharraf even before the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), once headed by the assassinated former prime minister Benazir Bhutto but now headed by her widower, Asif Zardari, and the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N), headed by Sharif, defeated his “king’s party” (PML-Q) resoundingly in parliamentary elections last February…. [Pressure mounts… Read more.

Anna Nicole Smith’s ‘Friendship’ with Bahamian Minister of Immigration Forces Him to Resign

Tuesday, February 20, 2007 at 11:30 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Anna Nicole Smith’s ‘friendship’ with Bahamian minister Shane Gibson is the Bahamian Minister of Immigration and Labour. A week ago, pictures of him in compromising positions with the late Anna Nicole Smith went viral. Those images gave the impression they were more than friends. I argued that those pictures left Prime Minister Perry Christie no… Read more.