In tomorrow’s Mail on Sunday and Sunday Times, two stories reveal just how venal former Labour ministers are. It simply beggars belief that these four, Geoff Hoon, Patricia Hewitt, Margaret Moron (sic) and Stephen Byers will almost certainly escape at the very least some form of criminal investigation for corruption. One other thing is certain, [...]
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Troughers To The Bitter End
Posted in corruption, expenses, Labour, parliament, scandal, sleaze on 20/03/2010 | 2 Comments »
I Agree With Guido
Posted in Brown, expenses, guido, parliament, politics on 05/02/2010 | 2 Comments »
I agree with Guido insofar as, if I understand him right, parliamentarians should be forced to make a choice upon their election: you’re either an MP (and therefore a public servent) or a corporate type on a promise (and therefore something else) – and never the twain shall meet. You must not, in other words, [...]
We Are Not Amused
Posted in Brown, cameron, Labour, parliament, policy, queen's speech, spectator on 18/11/2009 | 4 Comments »
The Speccy’s Lloyd Evans pretty much sums-up the impact – or lack thereof – of the most inadequate, partisan and self-serving Queen’s Speech I think any of us have ever had to listen to. The Queen herself hardly seemed amused and with old lefty trolls like Denis Skinner loudly remarking that the current, hopeless Sergeant [...]
MPs Need To Earn Our Money
Posted in Brown, cameron, conservatives, expenses, fudge, Labour, parliament, reform, scandal on 11/11/2009 | Leave a Comment »
A new take on the expenses scandal by Andrew Alexander in the Daily Mail this morning certainly interested me. Briefly, from what he says, the majority of MPs are basically under-worked idlers leading cushy daily lives at the taxpayers’ expense – and that’s before their profiting from the long-abused old system of extra remuneration, particularly [...]
Expenses Reform Backtracking: The Cambell Connection
Posted in campbell, expenses, parliament, reform, scandal on 07/11/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Just been listening to Radio 4′s news on the way back from a little trip and was surprised (or, perhaps, wasn’t surprised one little bit) to hear that Sir Ian Kennedy, friend of Alastair “David Kelly’s Death Made Me Depressed” Campbell, no less, and appointed head of the flash, new independent committee charged with monitoring [...]
Old Grinners, Part 1
Posted in humour, mps, parliament, veterans on 04/11/2009 | Leave a Comment »
One wonders how many of these venerable political veterans are actually going to make it to the next election, let alone keep their seats by fighting in it. Mind you, quite a few of them have been found with snouts firmly planted deep in the trough during the expenses scandal, so they’re already treading water [...]
The Challenge for Cameron
Posted in cameron, conservatives, democracy, election, expenses, general election, Labour, misgovernance, parliament on 26/09/2009 | 4 Comments »
This is what I call top-class political journalism. Clear, cogent, cohesive and devastating. Another journalist seems to have finally understood the true scale of the damage set to be inflicted upon Brown and Labour by a country that has, quite simply, had a bellyful of them. It’s worth the read… They have no idea what [...]
Another Day, Another Disaster For Brown
Posted in Brown, corruption, democracy, Labour, parliament, unions on 14/09/2009 | 3 Comments »
Aside from being utterly horrifying – just how much damage has Labour done to democracy in Britain! – this story in The Times is timed to perfection (Brown’s about to grunt through his much-leaked, pathetic TUC speech) and potentially is political dynamite. It will generate a great deal of indignation, not to say indigestion, in [...]
Bercow Can’t Add Up
Posted in Brown, cirsis, lies, parliament, reform, scandal, sleaze, speaker on 24/06/2009 | 3 Comments »
Bercow seems to think that he is going to be the star of the All-New Reformed-Parliament Show. So far, though, he has not struck me as the sort of person who will do anything other than an absolutely terrible job. He’s full of what is clearly Labour reform spin and he sounds, frankly, dishonest. Why? [...]
Bercow Can’t Add Up
Posted in Brown, cirsis, lies, parliament, reform, scandal, sleaze, speaker on 24/06/2009 | 3 Comments »
Bercow seems to think that he is going to be the star of the All-New Reformed-Parliament Show. So far, though, he has not struck me as the sort of person who will do anything other than an absolutely terrible job. He’s full of what is clearly Labour reform spin and he sounds, frankly, dishonest. Why? [...]
