He warned that influence and power would drift from West to East unless Europe was united and member states co-operated even more closely on trade, energy and the environment.

BBC: Euroscepticism like a virus, warns Blair

Some elements in this crisis can indeed be traced back eventually to defects in Britain's system, notably the drift of power away from Parliament to the executive.

ECONOMIST: Cleaning up Parliament

They come in riding high expectations for pro-business, pro-growth policies--and inevitably disappoint investors as they drift away from their power base.

FORBES: The Obama Effect

The general drift here is that, as I observed earlier, Olbermann has all the power here and he knows it.

FORBES: Olbermann Has MSNBC Over a Barrel and They Know It

It is more baffling that Sonia Gandhi, the real power behind the Congress Party, which dominates the government coalition, does little to stop the drift, especially given Congress's recent electoral setbacks in important states, notably Bihar.

ECONOMIST: Indian politics