Outsourcing the budget

Dizzy, on his as-usual spot-on blog, has made a case for conservatives to prepare for the ground-war that will accompany the budget on March 24.   His reasoning is impeccable; March 25th is the last practicable date for an announcement of a May 6th General Election....

Someone at the MOD needs a PR course

If I was the PR at the MOD (and I am by no means asking for a job) I would go home each night and kick the cat, wondering why I’m so shit at my job. Alternatively, I might think I’m so brilliant I need a pay rise. It’s rare when a story about a...
Defending Julie Kirkbride

Defending Julie Kirkbride

The media and public response to Julie Kirkbride’s completely justified attempts to clarify her entirely legal and reasonable Additional Costs Allowance claims is woefully inadequate, and risks driving an exceptional woman out of Parliament. Julie Kirkbride The...

Gordon’s bizarre and dreadful expenses smile

I was always warned about people with bogus smiles as a child.  Whoever’s coaching Gordon Brown on how to look more human is clearly implicated in some elaborate practical joke; Brown smiles at precisely the wrong points throughout, and what is with the crazy...

Police over-reaction strikes again

After the decision not to prosecute Conservative MP Damien Green for doing his job embarrassing the senior police force in the UK, the Metropolitan Police have turned their attention to preventing tourists from taking photographs in the capital. (Guardian) The price...