Free this morning? Tim Ireland wants you to risk arrest in the rain. (Hey, at least that way you’ll be grateful when they bundle you into the back of the van…) Here’s why.
May 24, 2006
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May 22, 2006
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Miliband’s blog
Those lovely chaps at the Hansard Society want our opinion on Labour bright young thing and government minister David Miliband’s blog.Take the survey – but be nice. It may not have been the most interesting in the world, comments may … Continue reading
May 19, 2006
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More Gordon Brown subtlety
From today’s Metro freebie: Chancellor goes on a power tripGordon Brown plunged a car into a stunt pool yesterday and joked: “A great sense of power – you don’t get that as Chancellor.” Mr Brown made the crack as he … Continue reading
May 18, 2006
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Brown, not bitter…
Missed this – interesting interview with Gordon Brown in last Sunday’s Washington Post. Some edited highlights: Many in the Labor Party say Blair should announce a date to leave office. Your response?We have just had very difficult elections. People want … Continue reading
May 15, 2006
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A constitutional note to Tony Blair
The way the British system works is that the legislature makes the laws, and the judiciary then applies them. If, as head of the executive (and therefore the person responsible for ensuring that new laws that pass through the legislature … Continue reading
May 14, 2006
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Blai’s bad legislation (again)
Tony Blair: “I’m crap at drawing up legislation – so what we need is even more legislation that I’ll draw up to counter the bad legislation I passed a few years ago!“Labour’s latest slogan: If in doubt, chuck more laws … Continue reading
May 12, 2006
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ID scare stories
You’d have thought that now they’ve got the ID cards bill through parliament they’d shut up already with the nonsense scare-stories about identity theft. Either that or, if it’s currently so leniently punished as is being claimed, you’d think they … Continue reading
May 9, 2006
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Blair as bad as Thatcher
As an opinion poll shows Blair’s Labour party to be as unpopular as Thatcher’s Tories in late 1981 (following mass unemployment and tax rises during a recession, giving Thatcher personal approval ratings of just 23%, 11 points lower than even … Continue reading
May 8, 2006
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Blair and grammar
The importance of grammar, part 4,673: At today’s press conference (amid much guff), Tony Blair commented on the 7th July bombings: “He said he knew of ‘nothing that would indicate [the security services] should have known or been able to … Continue reading
May 8, 2006
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Reshuffle
Superb reshuffle analysis from Tim Hames in The Times (neither a columnist nor a paper that I normally find myself in agreement with): “This reckless reshuffle has thus imperilled the Prime Minister to an extent that five Conservative leaders and … Continue reading
May 8, 2006
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Xenophobe
The dilemma of the xenophobe (in this case, Roger Knapman, leader of UKIP): you don’t want foreigners in your country, you don’t want to allow their home country to join the EU, but your pathetic stereotyping means you’ll still happily … Continue reading
May 5, 2006
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The reshuffle
(This post will be continuously updated as details emerge) Clarke’s lost the Home Office (possible yay, depending on who replaces him), Straw’s lost the Foreign Office (why?). Only announcement of an appoiintment so far makes no sense. The Blair government’s … Continue reading
May 4, 2006
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Associated Newspapers give the Tories a handy freebie
Today, the day of the local elections, the Metro newspaper – a freebie given out to commuters every weekday morning in around 15 major cities, including London, Manchester and Birmingham – handed the Tories between £11,000 and £16,000 worth of … Continue reading
May 3, 2006
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A deportation inanity, pot/kettle name-calling, and local elections quickie
It’s a real shame that Australia’s no longer simply a prison colony – it’d solve so many problems. Perhaps they could convert part of the Outer Hebrides instead? (I wouldn’t put it past them, actually…) As it is, we’re now … Continue reading