Chris Grayling and the Gay Guesthouse Farago

Chris Grayling has apparently been recorded secretly (but not secretly enough) suggesting that in a B&B, owners should be able to reserve the right of service to gay couples who wished to stay there.  Chris then releases a statement making it clear that he...

Brown declares war on own party

After the hilarious and damning Channel 4 Dispatches programme this evening, three MPs – Geoff Hoon, Patricia Hewitt and Stephen Byers – have all been suspended from the Labour Party. More interesting than that is the decision not to suspend Margaret...

Jonah Brown curses Brian Cowen

Gordon Brown has hailed the abilities of his ‘friend’ Brian Cowen, Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland. Brown, whose past benedictions have destroyed the British banking sector, the car industry and the value of Sterling, declared: “Nobody deserves...
Unite: the gift that keeps on taking

Unite: the gift that keeps on taking

Unite, the UK’s largest trade union, is the key funder of the Labour Party, providing some £11m to the party since 2007.  Since the Union Modernisation fund was established in 2006, the Union has received £4.4m from the government, which is of course a Labour...

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....