January 3, 2010
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Tweet…if we win this year’s election, I will invite leaders of the main opposition parties to attend the war cabinet on a regular basis so they can offer their advice and insights. Ah, so the opposition leaders won’t be actual … Continue reading
December 27, 2009
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TweetDavid Cameron’s media release cardex system has spun round to “cuddle up to the LibDems” again. On the BBC News he said that politicians should work together and then contradicted himself in the same breath by saying that a hung parliament … Continue reading
November 3, 2009
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TweetThat appears to be the “choice” Torylab present us with, in respect of the Nutt affair. As I astonished myself with my own readiness to listen to Smooth radio with Mark Goodier yesterday, I heard our Pontificater-in-waiting, D. Cameron, on … Continue reading
October 9, 2009
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TweetI should have known Steve Bell would have been onto this… Tweet This Post Tweet
October 3, 2009
by paulwalternewbury
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TweetPoliticshome have done another massive study of marginal seats to predict that the Tories will win the next election with a majority of 70. In 2008 they predicted 398 seats for the Tories. This year they predict 360. The LibDems … Continue reading
October 2, 2009
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TweetI was struck by the latest language being used by the Tories about the Lisbon treaty. It’s “pretty shabby” for the UK not to hold a referendum on the issue, says Greg Clark. While agreeing, the language is obviously being … Continue reading
October 1, 2009
by paulwalternewbury
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TweetI’d like to add my voice to the others to condemn the Daily Mail for the disgusting little piece on Iain Dale in today’s Ephraim Hardcastle column. What the heck do the Mail think they are doing publishing such bile … Continue reading
September 10, 2009
by paulwalternewbury
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TweetSo, first of all, Georgie Osbourne refuses, in April, to ring-fence schools spending from any cuts in any future Conservative government scenario. Schools spending will receive a “shake-up” he said. In other words, it’s back to the bad old days … Continue reading
September 6, 2009
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Tweet The Mail on Sunday has an intriguing list (above – click on it to enlarge) of what MPs earn per hour on jobs outside parliament compared with the average hourly rate for their constituents. Patrick Cormack eat your heart … Continue reading
August 22, 2009
by paulwalternewbury
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TweetAlmost everyday (indeed several times a day, sometimes) we are reminded that David Cameron seems to be very unsuccessful at taming the beast which is the Tory party. At times it is ridiculous how he smarms his way around pretending … Continue reading
July 29, 2009
by paulwalternewbury
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TweetIt is interesting that David Cameron hams it up to try to please particular audiences. It so transparently contrived. Just after elected Tory leader, he appeared on a London community radio station for the “young”. When asked to give a … Continue reading
July 29, 2009
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TweetIt is interesting that David Cameron hams it up to try to please particular audiences. It so transparently contrived. Just after elected Tory leader, he appeared on a London community radio station for the “young”. When asked to give a … Continue reading
July 21, 2009
by paulwalternewbury
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TweetThe leader in today’s FT says that the Tory plans to close down the Financial Services Authority and give its powers to the Bank of England represent unnecessary and counter-productive butchery: Under the Tory plans…an unchecked and unchallenged Bank may … Continue reading
July 21, 2009
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TweetPhilip Stephens in the FT says that David Cameron has made a basic error in promising to abolish Ofcom: The problem is that in promising to transfer Ofcom’s work to Whitehall so it is more directly accountable to ministers and … Continue reading
July 21, 2009
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TweetPhilip Stephens in the FT says that David Cameron has made a basic error in promising to abolish Ofcom: The problem is that in promising to transfer Ofcom’s work to Whitehall so it is more directly accountable to ministers and … Continue reading
July 19, 2009
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TweetI haven’t met David Cameron. With age, I have decided to at least try not to hate people I have not met, although George Bush is naturally an exception. With a carefully contrived cocktail of alcohol and prescription drugs inside … Continue reading
July 17, 2009
by paulwalternewbury
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TweetI was thinking of screwing myself up into a flurry of indignation over the Tories and their new European parliament grouping. But Alex has got there first so there’s no point in “knocking out” (Boris phrase that) a flimsy “Me-too”: … Continue reading