John Bercow as Speaker
As I read the reports, and even as I was blogging yesterday, I had this niggling suspicion in the back of my mind that the Margaret Beckett frontrunner story was just a blind for the Labour party voting in John Bercow. When I saw the results, I nearly dropped dead laughing. Serves them right, I [...]
Politicians show immaturity and idiocy in spending row and the BNP issue
Gordon Brown and his cronies are sounding extremely childish with regards to this silly row over spending. So what if the Tories have shown their hands? At least now the public does have a better understanding of some Tory policies. Didn’t the Labour party accuse them of not having any? My only concern is that [...]
Can we get back to the business of running the country now?
What to make of this political mess? Or, is it a mess? Conflicting opinions about New Labour have me trying to figure this out: if leftist Labourites consider New Labour an extension of Thatcher and the Tories, does that mean that Gordon Brown will not get any votes from the Labour left-wing? Also, does that [...]
Still talking about 50p tax
The chancellor’s budget is still being debated. And the biggest talk is the 50p tax on the wealthy. How is the budget going to affect you? Well, personally, it won’t affect me yet. And I doubt if in this next year it will affect me much. Why? Because I’m one of those 2 million unemployed [...]
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