December 6, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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(Originally published on The Sharpener) Professor Victor Bulmer-Thomas, in his last briefing paper as Director of non-profit foreign policy analysts Chatham House, is suitably damning of our dear foreign policy obsessed PM – with a few nice little digs to … Continue reading
November 24, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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He really just doesn’t get it, does he? “A new contract between the state and the citizen setting out what individuals must do in return for quality services from hospitals, schools and the police is one of the key proposals … Continue reading
October 26, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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As if it wasn’t enough to have spent the last nine years under the most legislation-happy government in forever (who love the idea of new laws so much they want to bypass parliament through the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill … Continue reading
September 26, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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yet observ’d Their dread Commander: he above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent Stood like a Towr; his form had yet not lost All her Original brightness, nor appear’d Less then Arch Angel ruind, and th’ excess Of … Continue reading
September 11, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Wouldn’t it be nice if similar scenes greeted Blair on his return?(Without the bombed-out buildings, infrastructure reduced to rubble, and human suffering on an almost unimaginable scale, naturally… I meant the protests… Erm…)
September 8, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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It really is the end times… Extracts from today’s Quentin Letts column, reporting on Blair’s visit to Quintin Kynaston school in north London yesterday, where he announced his plans to depart office within twelve months: “By 1240 hours the noise … Continue reading
September 7, 2006
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Blair will step down “within the next 12 months”? Better than nothing, admittedly, but now he’s got precisely the problem that he always said he’d have if he announced a date – no policy initiatives seen to be coming from … Continue reading
September 6, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Since this morning’s resignations, a few rumours have begun to circulate about the possibility that a senior cabinet minister is set to resign. Whether there’s any truth to these, I have no idea – Tory blogger Iain Dale, who has … Continue reading
September 6, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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A big welcome back to the blogroll for Labour MP Tom Watson, who I dropped when he became a government whip as he’d no longer be able to be interesting. But let’s face it, anyone called “disloyal, discourteous and wrong” … Continue reading
July 17, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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One of the perennial problems for an aspiring UK Prime Minister is the need to juggle domestic popularity with workable international relationships – especially with our EU partners. Because if you’re seen to suck up too much to the French … Continue reading
July 3, 2006
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As if by magic, as England get booted out of the World Cup and the country basks in a heatwave, all sorts of New Labour unpleasantness has bubbled to the surface once more, the stench cunningly hidden by the reek … Continue reading
June 23, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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You have to get 43 paragraphs into his speech on anti-social behaviour (“ASB”, apparently) before you get to what he’s really getting at. Unfortunately, most journalists seem only to have made it to paragraph 38, where he mentions (among many … Continue reading
June 20, 2006
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Hi, my name’s Tony, and I love the environment – Labour have just thrown away their “Cameron’s an environmental hypocrite” card…
June 5, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Yep, it’s “pretend we care” time at Downing Street again, as Blair “will be taking questions from two respected newspaper journalists, Sarah Sands of the Daily Mail and Michael White of The Guardian, as well as from users of the … Continue reading