Among erstwhile friends, political argument becomes reflexive vituperation.
In today's politics, it is erstwhile Baathists and the Communist Party that speak a secular language more familiar to Americans.
For, ironically, the very sort of thing that Issa himself endorses, right here in the present politics of the erstwhile Golden State.
French President Francois Hollande has been outspoken about the situation in Syria, and may have more room to maneuver in terms of domestic politics than the U.S.'s erstwhile ally in such matters, Great Britain.
Even Mr Saakashvili's erstwhile friends are heartily fed-up with his presidency, but Georgian politics is still commendably open and contestable.That cannot be said of Russia.
The news, initially announced by the government website dolat.ir, was the latest in a series of bruising setbacks for Ahmadinejad, who has fallen foul of his erstwhile patrons and lost a great deal of influence in Iranian politics.
Somehow, the tragicomedy of California politics has thrown up a suitably improbable deus ex machina an erstwhile cyborg with an Austrian accent.
We say this, not just because of our various backgrounds in combat aircraft design, defense acquisition, weapons testing, defense budget analysis, and defense budget politics, but also because we know what John Boyd, Dr. Carafano's erstwhile icon, had to say about the F-22.
Meanwhile, Hari Kunzru brings radical politics closer to home for My Revolutions (Hamish Hamilton, June), in which an erstwhile activist is haunted by his past.
The importance of these erstwhile strongholds for the Conservatives is based on a long-established pattern in British politics, in which the Conservatives have relied on their strong support in England in general elections to offset the strength of rival parties in Scotland and Wales.
