Lord Mandelson warns of return to ‘conviction or principles’ in politics

Labour Leadership,politics 31 August 2010 0 Comments

Lord Mandelson, former First Secretary, has warned that the Labour Party risks slipping back into being ‘a party with policies and positions based on principles and political convictions’, should members elect Ed Miliband party leader next month. Speaking at a meeting of the Moral Relativists Association, Lord Mandelson warned that a vote for Ed Miliband, [...]

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Andy Burnham reveals inspiration for Labour leadership bid

Labour Leadership,politics 25 August 2010 0 Comments

Mr. Burnham, member of Parliament for the safe Labour seat of Leigh, in working class Wigan, finds himself inspired by the plot and music from 80′s film ‘The Karate Kid’.

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No vigilantism plea as Ed Balls found safe in wheelie bin

Labour Leadership,unstupidity 24 August 2010 2 Comments

The wife of Labour leadership candidate Ed Balls has asked the public not to take matters into their own hands after the hapless politician was found in a wheelie bin outside his own house

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Ed Miliband. Clearly not completely useless.

Labour Leadership,politics 13 August 2010 1 Comment

As a pro-Cameron tory, it’s actually quite hard at the moment to write a blog with a political theme without feeling a pleasant calm ennui.  It’s actually difficult to find something to write about.  Labour MPs are being wooed by a shower of talentless wannabes while the blogosphere of the left is still in arms-folded [...]

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Changes to the site

the interwebs,this blog 4 August 2010 0 Comments

As you can no doubt see, the site is a good bit prettier than it was before.  Gone is the radioactive lime green rounded helvetica, and in come some truly lovely fonts (IMHO) from the collection at Font Squirrel. I wanted to share with readers which tools I used to complete the site. It’s a [...]

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-13

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Cameron laying out exceptionally clearly the need for cuts in Milton Keynes. Workmanlike speech that even a Labour voter could understand. # £770bn of Labour Debt. 4% economic contraction since 2007. Tories have a duty to protect the UK from Labour. # David Cameron should send a comedy budget to Van Rompuy. Brussels must not [...]

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-30

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Weather improvements under a Conservative-led government are for the many, not the few. # Geraldine Dreadful for Labour Leader. # http://yfrog.com/4zo4aj Stay in school, kids. # Happy Towel Day everyone. # Any news on Boris moving the commies before Her Majesty opens Parliament? # It's twenty past eleven. Do you know where your towel is? [...]

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-16

tweets 16 May 2010 1 Comment

Electoral reform would be anotherbindication to the people that the political class can't see beyond the village. # There is no trouble ahead for the Union. The majority of people in Scotland voted for a unionist party, just not our unionist party. # I'm delighted to announce I've had a constructive and positive meeting with [...]

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David Cameron is Prime Minister.

Uncategorized 11 May 2010 1 Comment

Rejoice, just rejoice.  As Gordon Brown made the single best speech of his life, resigning his commission, I doubt many in the country who care about these things had a dry eye.   I’m delighted to see the Labour Party in opposition, and I’m hoping that David Cameron will live up to the hopes and [...]

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An advert for hung parliaments this is not.

Election 2010 10 May 2010 6 Comments

Apologies for the title, but really, seriously, what is it we have now? The Liberal Democrats offered Proportional Representation.  They slumped in the election losing seats, and retained their position as the third party in UK politics. The Labour Party offered a referendum on Alternative Vote PR.  They lost 91 seats. The Conservatives said no [...]

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