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The article offers news briefs related to economic activities from across the world. According to the mid year trade data, the U.S. is expected to have an increase in its export and import trades for the year 1955. A joint venture between French and German companies has been achieved to extract iron from ore deposits in Gabon and to built prefabricated houses in South Africa. Also, members of the Tory Party in Great Britain are opposing the government's decision to raise domestic coal prices.

Reports on the support of United States 2004 Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry by Alan Duncan, a spokesman for the conservative Tory Party of Great Britain, and a Tory member of Parliament named Simon Burns. Excerpts from a report by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).

The article discusses the skepticism over the move of the U.S. Republican Party to follow the political strategy of the British Conservative Party, also known as the Tory Party, under the leadership of David Cameron. Accordingly, the Tories put a young politician to lead the party for them to reinvent and modernize. Moreover, political analysts believed that the move of the Republicans may not seem effective since both countries have different political scenarios.

Focuses on how the 2004 U.S. presidential campaign and George W. Bush's victory may influence the 2005 Great Britain elections. Observation that the Bush campaign motivated voters by speaking to their fears and prejudices in order to avoid its weak reputation on important issues, and attacked the character and trustworthiness of the Democratic nominee John Kerry; Comparison with the campaigns for Prime Minister in Great Britain, where the Conservatives can also attack Tony Blair's trustworthiness; Growing strength of the Christian right; Factors that could be beneficial for a Tory party victory.

The article presents an overview detailing the different factions within the consecrate party in the U.S. Conservatism is effective when political radicals attack the fundamental institutions of the society. Toryism has not been a major trend in U.S. political culture as it has the conviction that government is the art of managing the state. A tory accepts the burden of public duty in order to deal with problems as they come. British political theorist Michael Oakeshott said that politics is a practical rather than an intellectual activity and that therefore it is best learned not from books but from being apprenticed to a master.

The article employs political satire to evaluate how European Parliament member Daniel Hannan of Great Britain’s Tory Party has made statements about the British National Health Service (NHS) that are fully in keeping with his party’s ideology. U.S. republicans opposing health care reform proposed by President Barack Obama have asserted that the NHS is an evil form of national health care. Hannan has also criticized the NHS.

The article employs political satire to evaluate global political goings-on. After Bill Emmott, editor of the “Economist," predicted that Great Britain and the U.S. would recover from the global financial crisis, France and Germany became the first to resume growth. Americans are protesting U.S. President Barack Obama’s proposed health care reform measures. Great Britain’s Tory Party wants to impose stricter measures on school exams.

The article discusses a study by academics at Stanford University which cast doubts on the school reform policies of the Conservatives in the U.S. The study found that more than a third of charter schools in the country are offering pupils worse education compared to standard state schools. It also revealed that only a fraction of charter schools have demonstrated any improvement. Furthermore ,the study puts doubts on Tory policy. INSET: Free to experiment.

`The article presents statistical data on several global issues. It presented the four top soccer teams in England for 25 consecutive years including the Manchester United, Liverpool, Everton and Arsenal. There was a decline in votes for the Tory party from 10.3 percent during the 2005 general election to 7.8 percent in the Dunfermline and West Fife by-election. President George W. Bush aimed on reducing the U.S. oil imports from the Gulf by 75 percent and to finance the development of ethanol as an alternative fuel for petrol.

The article comments on American and British relations concerning Iraq. Last weekend, it was revealed that Karl Rove, George W. Bush's closest political adviser, had told Michael Howard's aides that the Tory leader would not be welcome if he turned up to see the president. What had caused such anger in the White House was Mr Howard's apparently equivocal attitude to the war. In particular, his attacks on Mr Blair for having misled the country over Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and his suggestion that the prime minister should "seriously be considering" his position were seen as contemptible opportunism and a direct criticism of Mr Bush himself. While a few Tory MPs were horrified by the implications of the spat--in particular what it said about the White House's view of Mr Howard's chances of becoming prime minister--dislike of Mr Bush is so widespread and deep-seated among British voters, including Tory supporters, that most thought it would do Mr Howard nothing but good. The Tories' confusion about who and what they are is largely the result of Mr Blair's ruthless ability to steal their ideas and occupy their traditional ground. Defining themselves against Mr Blair without looking silly or extreme is not easy. But even without the phenomenon of Mr Blair, today's Conservative Party would still look at Mr Bush's Republicans with a mixture of disbelief and horror. In Britain, there is no equivalent of the religious right, which dominates the social agenda of the Republican Party. The social conservatism that is the bedrock of today's Republican Party hardly exists in Britain.