The Green Party unveiled its general election manifesto today, which promises no fewer than 14 measures for gay and transgender equality. At present, the party has no MPs, although leader Caroline Lucas MEP, standing for Brighton Pavilion, is its best hope of representation in parliament. Keeping up the theme of “fairness”, as espoused by Labour [...]

From NPR: While on the campaign trail, Barack Obama made hundreds of promises. And throughout the president’s first year in office, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Web site PolitiFact has tracked each one of those commitments. Just before Obama took office, PolitiFact combed through campaign documents, speeches and debate transcripts to see what promises he had made. [...]