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Brown feeling the heat 2008-09-13 10:46:57 Gordon Brown
must be getting worried… we can only imagine the sort of swear words coming out of No. 10. He’s probably made a few brand new ones up. Maybe he’s swearing in foreign tongues. But however he’s doing it, you can probably hear him cussing halfway up Whitehall.
Seven more MPs are calling for a [...]
The first-ever ASBO… 2008-09-12 17:21:02 I’m no big fan of ASBOs (’What is the point of ASBOs?‘) but I am a big fan of history. So I’ve been reading about Henry VII. And I couldn’t believe it when I came across a bit that seemed to describe a 15th-century ASBO.
Henry had a bit of a security problem, you see… because [...]
My money is on McCain 2008-09-11 16:53:04 I am going to put my money where my mouth is and say that McCain
has got two feet in the White House. He is going to win the US election.
I can’t believe how badly Obama has messed things up. His problems started when he began to believe his own press. That is always fatal. [...]
When are the knives coming out? 2008-09-11 16:28:01 Drummerboy can’t help feeling that September has been dull. He sat through August reading all sorts of stories about a coming coup in Westminster, and what has happened? Nothing! Everybody is suddenly cuddly again.
And there was such promise… First of all we had David Milliband’s lethal set of interviews in which he stood up to [...]
Boris trumps the Home Secretary 2008-10-02 12:34:45 The Mayor of London Boris
Johnson has forced the resignation of Met police commissioner Sir Ian Blair, over the head of Home Secretary
Jacqui Smith.
Don’t catch a thief, or he’ll sue 2008-10-02 06:26:22 When Simon Cremner caught employee Mark Gilbert stealing 800 pounds from the company kitty, he took him down the police station. And now the thief has the gall to sue him for inflicting 'humiliation and upset'. What has become of our criminal justice system, that lets people get away with this?
Why are we giving monetary aid to China? 2008-09-30 11:18:46 Last year Labour gave the Chinese £38 million in foreign aid handouts. Why? The Chinese ecomony overtook the UK's a few years ago - so why do they still need monetary aid from us? Read more:China
When is a tax cut not a tax cut? 2008-09-30 08:18:48 George Osbone's headline-grabbing 'Council Tax Freeze' may not be what it seems... The Tory Party chancellor has dressed up a prize-freeze as a tax cut -- without giving us a single penny in return. And there isn't even a guarantee that our councils will back it!
Another kid stabbed to death 2008-09-27 13:27:55 Another teenager has been stabbed to death
in London, bringing this year's grisly total to 27. Is knife crime in the capital getting worse?
Why are we so stingy when it comes to the Queen? 2008-09-25 13:00:05 The Queen
is running out of money. The Civil List is no longer enough to cover the Royal Family's expenses, and they need more funding. Why is the Government so loathe to give it to them? Read more:comes
And it was all going so well… 2008-09-24 07:49:06 Cabinet Minister Ruth Kelly has announced her intention to resign from the Labour Government, saying she wants to quit to spend more time with her family. But what about Gordon Brown, and the growing leadership challenge?
A rose by any other name… 2008-10-18 15:41:59 The next general election will not be Labour v's Conservative, but Brown v's Cameron. With the parties so close together on policy, it will all come down to personality. And there's only going to be one winner in that contest.
Employee sues council for spotting his mistake 2008-10-18 05:07:46 Afghan single mother Toorpakai Saiedi and her family of seven kids thought their luck was in when Balham council put her in a £12,000 a month house. But now the councillor responsible, David Lewis, and two of his collegues have been sacked after the story was leaked to the press. And guess who's sueing who? Read more:Employee
He’d have to be nuts, wouldn’t he? 2008-10-17 13:50:05 There are rumours that Gordon Brown is thinking about calling a snap election after Christmas, on the back of his successful banking bail-out. But will the Prime Minister have the balls to call a general election on the cusp of a financial recession?
No thanks from Salmond, just a call for more money 2008-10-15 11:03:26 SNP leader Alex Salmond has demanded an extra one billion pounds from the English taxpayer to prop up Scotland's economy. This comes shortly after Westminster bailed out two Scottish banks to the tune of 37 billion quid.
Strange encounter with a plastic policeman 2008-10-15 08:26:38 A plastic policeman raised eyebrows this morning when he proceeded to take the personal details of everyone waiting for a train. He said he was on an anti-terrorist drive -- and was there to reassure the commuters that terrorists would be spotted if they tried to board with a bomb. Read more:Strange
David Davies won. But what did he lose? 2008-10-14 05:50:21 David Davies
rejoiced today, as the House of Lords overturned the 42-days detention limit without charge. But what has he got to shout about really? The former Conservative Shadow Home Secretary has just chucked away his career for nothing. Read more:David
Gordon Brown saves the world from financial chaos 2008-10-13 14:10:23 The Prime Minister has done it again -- he's saved the world from money meltdown. The global financial crisis looks like it has finally turned a corner as world leaders pledge to follow in the footsteps of GordonBrown
, and back his bank buy-out plan. But how much credit can he take for it? Read more:Gordon Brown
Tony Blair’s security scare in Israel 2008-11-11 10:44:55 Ever had one of those days? Tony Blair
's bodyguard did, when he accidently fired a round at Israel
's Ben-Gurion International Airport. He was immediately set upon up by the Israeli security
services, who gave Tony Blair
the scare of his life.
If you thought Bush was bad… here comes Palin 2008-11-11 07:37:52 Get ready... Sarah Palin is coming. She has just announced her intention to run for President in 2012. The Republican Party must now choose whether they really want the female version of George Bush as their nominee in 2012. Read more:comes
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Who do the pollsters poll? 2008-11-11 03:31:29 The Daily Mail published two polls this week, one on Monday and one on Tuesday -- but they gave a widely different spin on each. So why do we bother reading polls when the numbers change from day to day?
It’s time we saw through the tax credit con 2008-11-10 04:30:58 Gordon Brown loves the tax credit
system, because he can trumpet a tax cut without actually giving us the money. The level of unclaimed tax credit in this country is a scandal, and it's about time we called the government to account.
A bad day to bury good news 2008-11-07 13:03:50 Labour chose a special date for the Glenrothes by-election -- one day after the US election. This was so they could bury the bad news of their defeat under an avalanche of Obama stories. But there's one problem... they won!
Brown settles down for the long haul 2008-11-07 06:09:58 Labour are smiling this morning... their surpise victory at the Glenrothes Scottish by-election has given them a welcome boost in a troubling month. But it is also a personal victory for Gordon Brown
-- he has killed off the Labour party rebellion and is safe until 2010.
Why the 3-month wait? 2008-11-06 05:54:23 President Obama woke up this morning with the world's top job. So why can't he start work until January? The US constituion makes him wait another three months before he can move into the White House. Can anyone see an upside to that?
Is the country heading for Civil War? 2008-11-29 06:48:13 Tory MP Damian Green has been arrested for leaking embarrassing stories about Government policy to the press. The parallels with King Charles I's arrest of five MPs in 1642 is striking. Is the country heading for four years of Civil
War? Read more:Civil War
The sorry state of justice in this country… 2008-11-28 07:26:55 Simon Cremner thought he was doing his public duty when he caught a thief robbing his company. He marched him straight to the police station, only for the criminal to get off with a caution. But the police have now charged Cremner with false imprisonment. Read more:sorry
Queen fights crazy attacker back with her handbag 2008-11-27 16:00:03 The Queen
had a frosty reception in Oxfordshire today, as she was assailed by a crazy man shouting abuse. The police immediately assumed that it was just Prince Philip playing up again, until they realised that it was a crazy local.
Old noses in the trough… 2008-11-25 07:47:09 You might think that Tony Blair deserved a wage increase... but on his first day? The Prime Minister's salary nearly doubled by 42% in May 1997, alongside a 36% rise for Cabinet Ministers. But the normal MPs wages, on the other hand, rose by.... zilch. Read more:trough
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