October 31, 2007
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TweetI do find the “candidate A good/candidate B bad” stuff really pathetic. So, I’m going to break the mould and praise the candidate I am not backing! Nick Clegg has done a brilliant thing with his pledge to lead a … Continue reading
October 31, 2007
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TweetChris Huhne has launched his manifesto here, entitled the “Liberal Revolution”. Tweet This Post Tweet
October 31, 2007
by Paul
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TweetChris Huhne has launched his manifesto here, entitled the “Liberal Revolution”. Tweet This Post Tweet
October 31, 2007
by paulwalternewbury
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TweetIt was far too easy for Will, as feared: Is it Angela Thorne? She played Thatcher in a couple of TV things (including Anyone for Denis?), and her son is Rupert Penry-Jones what plays Adam. Indeed it is. Is there … Continue reading
October 31, 2007
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TweetWhat connects “Spooks” with Margaret Thatcher? I’ll give a clue if needed but Will will probably get it without one. Answer in a bit. Tweet This Post Tweet
October 30, 2007
by paulwalternewbury
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TweetTry this little comparison. Speech One, according to Tory Spin Central is a “dog whistle” speech. Speech Two, TSC says, is not a “dog whistle” speech. Any help in understanding the distinction would be very gratefully received. I have cut … Continue reading
October 30, 2007
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TweetAlix on “The People’s Republic of Mortimer” has played an absolute blinder with this post about Giscard d’Estaing’s letter regarding the EU Treaty. Tweet This Post Tweet
October 30, 2007
by paulwalternewbury
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TweetFollowing my earlier post here: Only on Saturday night, Iain Dale wrote: “Brown to Spotlight Immigration in Bid to Woo Back Middle England A reader tips me off that according to a government minister he spoke to tonight, Gordon Brown … Continue reading
October 30, 2007
by Paul
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TweetAlix on “The People’s Republic of Mortimer” has played an absolute blinder with this post about Giscard d’Estaing’s letter regarding the EU Treaty. Tweet This Post Tweet
October 30, 2007
by paulwalternewbury
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TweetStephen Tall asks the $64,000 question: Would you be happy to see our MPs voting against the only EU referendum that’s on the table? It’s the sort of question which brings a thin film of sweat to one’s brow. But … Continue reading
October 30, 2007
by paulwalternewbury
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TweetOnly on Saturday night, Iain Dale wrote: Brown to Spotlight Immigration in Bid to Woo Back Middle England A reader tips me off that according to a government minister he spoke to tonight, Gordon Brown sees immigration as the issue … Continue reading
October 30, 2007
by paulwalternewbury
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TweetThe Guardian: David Cameron’s alleged off-the-cuff remarks about “one-legged Lithuanian lesbians” at a recent arts funding lunch have caused outrage in Lithuania, and a complaint from the country’s ambassador to the UK asking the Conservative leader to explain himself. Tweet … Continue reading
October 29, 2007
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TweetThank you Will Howells for pointing this out. The BBC website says there are 286 English Labour MPs, plus 193 Tory, 47 LibDem and 2 other. That gives Labour a clear majority. That rather drives a coach and horses through … Continue reading
October 29, 2007
by paulwalternewbury
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TweetNick Robinson asks some very pithy questions about the Tory proposal for an English “Grand Committee” within the House of Commons: Wouldn’t this proposal (if it were in operation now) mean that Gordon Brown had no Commons majority for Labour’s … Continue reading
October 29, 2007
by Paul
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TweetThank you Will Howells for pointing this out. The BBC website says there are 286 English Labour MPs, plus 193 Tory, 47 LibDem and 2 other. That gives Labour a clear majority. That rather drives a coach and horses through … Continue reading
October 29, 2007
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TweetIt’s a leadership election… (click big arrow twice if it doesn’t work the first time) Tweet This Post Tweet
October 29, 2007
by paulwalternewbury
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Tweet Mike Huckabee While it is enticing to imagine that the US Republicans will choose the boy from Hope, Mike Huckabee, as their candidate (as Today suggested this morning), he’s going to need a great deal of hope to get … Continue reading