Friday, October 19, 2007

The Myth of MPs' Holidays

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There's been lots in the papers today about how MPs "have awarded themselves an extra ten days holiday" next year. Apparently ...
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Alex Deane: Report from the Aussie Election Day 5

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CAMPAIGN DAY 5 – 36 TO GO Labor’s tax plans have been announced. Conventional opinion suggested that it would have to be out before Sunday, ...
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What is the Point of the Greens?

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Jeremy Paxman wonders what the point is of the LibDems. I would ask the same question of the Green Party nowadays. All three parties have la...
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2014: You Can't Stand As a Conservative!

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On Vox Politix last night, UKIP Deputy Leader David Campbell-Bannerman made an astonishing claim. He reckons that, under a little noticed cl...
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It's All Because (The Gays Are Getting Married)

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One of the funniest satires I have seen in ages. And yes folks, it is satire. Just before anyone thinks it's actually serious. OK?
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Thursday, October 18, 2007

Alex Deane: Report from the Aussie Election Day 4

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CAMPAIGN DAY 4 – 37 TO GO In the run-up to this election, Labor deselected several sitting MPs for this election, replacing them with union ...
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The Independent: It Isn't

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The Spectator Coffee House blog reveals a disgraceful tale of connivance with the government by The Independent . Here's an extract fro...
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Panic at the Ministry of Defence

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Remember THIS story yesterday about the Defence Secretary Swiss Tony Des Browne misleading the House of Commons about troops stationed in ...
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Having Your Cake

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LibDem Treasury Spokeswoman Julia Goldsworthy (age 29 3/4) today showed why she was wise to stay out of the LibDem leadership race. At the e...
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Ashcroft Goes on the Attack over Candidate Funding

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Michael Ashcroft goes on the attack in today's Telegraph , where he mounts a vigorous defence of his role in the Conservative Party targ...
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The Tory Totty Night Out

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A parliamentary mole has told me of a momentous event. Last night Tory women MPs enjoyed a night out on the tiles. This begs a number of que...
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Clear Yellow Water in the LibDem Leadership Contest

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The news that Steve Webb will not be standing in the LibDem leadership contest is a shame. Not because I want to see a bloodbath, but I thi...
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Read the Small Print

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UPDATE: When I originally posted this I didn't realise Kerron Cross had already done the story. The picture was sent to me from another...
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Wednesday, October 17, 2007

You Won't Get Me, I'm Part of the Union

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An attack ad from the Australian Election for your delectation.
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Their Lordships Are Not Amused

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Following on from the Des Browne post below, another example of government carelessness with the truth has winged its way to me. During Hous...
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The BBC's Odd Sense of Priorities

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The estimable Glen O'Glaza from Sky News tells THIS little tale on the Boulton Blog ... When Chris Huhne launched his Lib Dem leadersh...
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EXCLUSIVE: Straw Loses Out in the War of Lordly Procession

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There's been a huge - and I mean HUGE - row between the Lord Chancellor, Jack Straw and the Lords Speaker Baroness Hayman. In their typi...
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Des Browne: Knowing Your Own Policy Is Very Much Like Making Love to a Beautiful Woman...

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The Defence Secretary is in a bit of trouble this afternoon. Yesterday he either lied to the House of Commons, or he proved that he hadn...
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LibDems Must Not Copy Cameron

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Last night on Vox Politix we (naturally enough) discussed the LibDem leadership. Spectator columnist John Torode made a very telling point. ...
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Secretaries of the World Unite!

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Yesterday there was a meeting between the House of Commons secretaries and researchers and the Administraion Committee which proposed the co...
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