The letter from Hoon and Hewitt, translated from Labourspeak to English

Hoons, politics 6 January 2010 4 Comments

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digg_title = ‘The letter from Hoon and Hewitt, translated from Labourspeak to English’;
digg_bodytext = ‘
Dear Colleague,
Fellow cowards,
As we move towards a General Election it remains the case that the Parliamentary Labour Party is deeply divided over the question of the leadership.
Like you, Patricia and I don’t much like Gordon Brown, but most [...]

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BNP balls

politics, stupidity 8 June 2009 0 Comments

You’ll forgive me though, if I reserve the right to reserve my congratulations mostly for candidates who aren’t racist, antisemitic holocaust denying neo-nazis.

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Expenses mob mentality is out of control

commerce and trade, politics, stupidity, technology 14 May 2009 0 Comments

We are pissed with our MPs and want them to go straight; this does and should not mean we kick the hell out of them until nobody with any sense or real world earning potential would ever consider a job in politics.

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NI MP expenses

Hoons, politics 24 April 2009 0 Comments

digg_url = ‘http://nabidana.com/2009/04/24/ni-mp-expenses/’;
digg_title = ‘NI MP expenses’;
digg_bodytext = ‘UnionistLite comments on his excellent blog that one solution to the troughing of Northern Ireland MPs might be, in part at least, the end of multiple mandate. He’s right, of course; I would extend that one person one mandate principle all the way down to district and [...]

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No two-tier MP system

Uncategorized 21 April 2009 0 Comments

digg_url = ‘http://nabidana.com/2009/04/21/no-two-tier-mp-system/’;
digg_title = ‘No two-tier MP system’;
digg_bodytext = ‘Northern Ireland’s MPs should be treated exactly the same as MPs from other parts of the United Kingdom. Their expenses should be based on their actual attendance at and participation in Parliament, and no MP should be entitled co claim a red cent from the [...]

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