![Brown’s best blarney beggars belief.]()
by nabidana | Sep 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
Today, Gordon Brown gave his last conference speech as Leader of the Labour party. It will not be enough to save his party from defeat, and it is not quite enough to get rid of him in advance of the general election, now widely considered likely to fall on May 6...
by nabidana | Aug 22, 2009 | Uncategorized
I think the scales have now effectively tipped against Labour, and that further wriggling will sink them further. I think their brand is irretrievably damaged and they need a cathartic change now if they are to survive the next election without a catastrophic split...
by nabidana | Aug 19, 2009 | Uncategorized
The NHS, and its sister organisations across the UK, are in dreadful shape. At best, a doctor would prescribe bed rest, at worst amputations. Waiting lists, overstressed doctors, Whitehall setting targets on the basis of focus group findings, and now the appointment...
by nabidana | Aug 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
Sorry about the hashtag-as-a-title thing, but it will make Tweeting a lot easier. The media is alight today, as it often is in silly season, with news of Dan Hannan, erstwhile Tory MEP from the South of England calling the NHS a ‘sixty year mistake’ and...
by nabidana | May 12, 2009 | politics
Last night I got an email asking me why I’m a Conservative. I got a series of questions, based around the stereotypes of the party. “Are you English?” Nope, I replied. I was born and grew up in Northern Ireland. Same for my parents. “Are you...
