September 30, 2008
by paulwalternewbury
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TweetCNN is leading on “McCain takes hit from bailout collapse”. After 10 days of incoherence on the economic crisis, McCain probably had no alternative but to try something dramatic – his return to Washington. But his impulsive action has brilliantly … Continue reading
September 30, 2008
by paulwalternewbury
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TweetJulie Walters is all over the shop at the moment, promoting her autobiography. Regardless of Oscar nominations or any awards or accolades Ms Walters achieves, as far as I am concerned, her apotheosis is this sketch. It has me in … Continue reading
September 30, 2008
by paulwalternewbury
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TweetI am now a proud new shareholder of the Royal Bank of Scotland. Call it contrarianism, call it bloody-mindedness, call it recklessness but a new and proud RBOS shareholder I am. Today’s “get it into perspective” statistic: The Dow fell … Continue reading
September 29, 2008
by paulwalternewbury
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TweetAshish Prashar has worked for the last two and a half years in and around the Conservative Party. He’s spent the last 11 months within the press office, serving as a spokesman for the Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office, … Continue reading
September 29, 2008
by paulwalternewbury
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TweetThis is incredible – live blog – updates at the bottomThey’re just approaching the vote on the bail-out/buy-in in the US House of Representatives. I was much entertained at watching the Dow Jones Industrial Average as Rep. John Boehner was … Continue reading
September 29, 2008
by paulwalternewbury
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TweetWith all this talk of Sarah Palin and her Alaskan roots (‘people being outnumbered by Moose’ and ‘The only time she gets awoken at 3am is when there’s a moose going through the garbage can’ etc etc), I thought that … Continue reading
September 29, 2008
by paulwalternewbury
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TweetWith McCain now trailling by about 5-9 points in the tracking polls (Rasmussen -5, Gallup -8, Diageo/Hotline -5, Daily Kos/Research 2000 – 9) I think we can safely expect a McCain bombshell at any moment. We’ve had the Palin “Moose … Continue reading
September 29, 2008
by Paul
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TweetAshish Prashar has worked for the last two and a half years in and around the Conservative Party. He’s spent the last 11 months within the press office, serving as a spokesman for the Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office, … Continue reading
September 27, 2008
by paulwalternewbury
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TweetDomnic Grieve makes some comments about multi-culturalism in the Guardian today. He says: “We’ve done something terrible to ourselves in Britain”. Breathe in….count to ten….breathe out. First of all I would say that Mr Grieve represents Beaconsfield, a town with … Continue reading
September 27, 2008
by paulwalternewbury
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TweetThis ad (below) really is the most bizarre thing. It was the rapid response from the McCain campaign after the Presidential debate last night. But for the end voice-over, I suspect it would qualify for Obama to say “I approve … Continue reading
September 27, 2008
by paulwalternewbury
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TweetIt’s too early to say, but thank goodness I finally have an excuse, albeit a wafer thin one, to use that title. I’ve waited two years to do it! McCain needed to win the first debate clearly, given that it … Continue reading
September 26, 2008
by paulwalternewbury
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TweetYes, isn’t that great to know? John McCain has apparently won the first Presidential debate even before he has arrived in the town where it will be held in eight hours time! Well, so says internet advertising already being shown … Continue reading
September 26, 2008
by paulwalternewbury
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TweetI am being spoilt at the moment. My nearest and dearest has given me tickets for Newbury Corn Exchange to see several of my heroes in quick sucession. Coming up are Ed Byrne and Barry Cryer. Last night I had … Continue reading
September 26, 2008
by paulwalternewbury
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TweetFollowing on the two LibDem Voice posts on this subject, the Newbury Weekly News this week carries the following article: Blog bogged down by political commentNEWBURY MP Richard Benyon has been forced to take his blog offline less than a … Continue reading
September 26, 2008
by paulwalternewbury
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TweetMany thanks to all those who took part in my quick quiz. Most people got the right answer, but quite a few got wrong answers. Here’s the full SP. The question was: Which of the following has nothing to do … Continue reading
September 26, 2008
by paulwalternewbury
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TweetIt is laughable that McCain has “suspended his campaign” to solve the financial crisis. He has admitted, as at Tuesday, that he had not read the draft bail-out plan. He didn’t fly to Washington until 24 hours after his announcement … Continue reading
September 26, 2008
by Paul
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TweetI am being spoilt at the moment. My nearest and dearest has given me tickets for Newbury Corn Exchange to see several of my heroes in quick sucession. Coming up are Ed Byrne and Barry Cryer. Last night I had … Continue reading