Speaker Michael Martin is a disgrace

At the end of Prime Minister’s Questions today, the Speaker called upon an MP to speak who was not on his feet, and who, when called, was clearly heard to say ‘that’s a surprise’. The question he asked was clearly a plant, and obviously a...

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...

We’re on our way…

The post-budget polls begin to surface, and it’s a pretty nasty result if you happen to be a one-eyed caledonian dilletante playing at being Prime Minister.  It’s probably a great day to be a prospective leader of the opposition such as Harriet Harperson...