100 days of "No"

US politics is conducted very differently than in the UK. For one thing, political advertising is banned over here, whereas over there ad firms are probably weathering the recession better than most because of the near $1 billion spent in last year's election campaign, principally on what they call ad-buys.

I just wanted to post a short example of a US ad that's just been produced by President Obama's Democratic Party - because all too easily could it reflect how the Conservatives are behaving over here.

It highlights how, 100 days into President Obama's term of office, the Republican opposition - and remember George Bush's Republicans are the sister party of UK Conservatives - have behaved: no ideas, no consistency, no grasp of the problems being faced. Just 100 days of saying "no" to everything. You don't need to recognise the faces - just as most people can't recognise the Tory shadow cabinet: just know that they represent the leadership of the opposition over there.

I know it's perhaps a quaint and outdated idea, but I believe politicians should set out their ideas openly and honestly - and that shouldn't change whether they're in power or opposition. Evidently George Bush's Republicans, and their sister party the Conservatives, think differently.