by nabidana | May 10, 2015 | Election 2015, politics
Some observations on the most interesting election since Sophia of Hanover. We didn’t call the election this way, no matter how many ‘prescient after the fact’ comments you read in media and online. People, like me, who put a small amount of money on...
by nabidana | Mar 7, 2011 | Ireland
If there’s not enough snorting arrogance in your life currently, why not consider checking out the newly fisked Irish Programme for Government. The document is freshly gone over by former Independent candidate for Dáil Éireann @john_mcguirk and the humble...
by nabidana | Jan 16, 2011 | Ireland, politics, Uncategorized
An Taoiseach Brian Cowen has moved decisively to quell uncertainty over the status of his leadership by launching two more days of media briefing, speculation and political torpor. The Offaly TD, appointed Taoiseach (Prime Minister) and President of Fianna Fáil after...
by nabidana | Sep 3, 2010 | Labour Leadership, politics
Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown has indicated that he intends to return to Parliament as a golem to haunt the Labour Party, it has been revealed. The MP for Kircaldy and Cowdenbeath has let it be known through close friends that he aims to sit ashen-faced and...
by nabidana | Mar 17, 2010 | politics, unions
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...