Every now and then, someone in the Left takes a long look around and realises that there might be something in the state of  their movement. Latest in this distinguished line is Martin Bright the political editor with the left-leaning New Statesman magazine.

When Israel marked it's 60th anniversary recently, he decided to marek the occasion by publishing an article questioning the Left's increasingly hysterical assaults on the country, which have escalated from criticism of individual policies to an outright questioning of it's very legitimacy and existence.

The article was called "The Great Betrayal".

As regular listeners to Shire Network News will probably have guessed by listening to our previous chats with another UK left wing journalist Nick Cohen, who also raised these issues, Martin Bright found that the sky fell on him.

In blog news this week we take a look at a video that LGF linked to guessing what today's media might have said about the D-Day landings.

Are you in fact, not ready to be A Good Democrat and just pull the lever for Obama. There are some signs, as listed in the website "Don't Be a Good Democrat".

George Galloway supports Obama for president. What a surprise. Thank you Memri for bringing us more from this odious cretin.

EU allows privacy invasion of Americans. Another shock I know.

Doug Payton has sent in something this week about a lawless city. Can you guess where?