Bloomberg Ruffles Some Feathers Over Guns
THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH: Michael Bloomberg, the multi-billionaire mayor of New York who is considering a self-financed run for president as an independent, is lauded in his home city for the crackdown on guns that has helped slash crime there.

But firearms enthusiasts who gathered at a "Bloomberg Gun Giveaway" near Washington last week had a very different view. In a show of defiance, the Virginia Citizens Defence Group, a gun rights lobby, was raffling tickets for weapons to support two local gun dealers who are being sued for alleged illegal arms sales. Gun lobby takes aim at ‘Yankee’ Bloomberg (more) By Philip Sherwell

Mark Alexander

Bloomberg for President?

Photo of Bloomberg courtesy of THE TELEGRAPH

THE TELEGRAPH: Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire businessman and mayor of New York, is building the foundations for an audacious third-party presidential candidacy that would transform the 2008 race for the White House.

The Daily Telegraph has established that a senior aide to Mr Bloomberg has held three lunch meetings with officials from the Independence Party, during which detailed discussions took place as to how a third-party bid could be launched. Bloomberg readying for a run at the White House (more)

Mark Alexander