Labour Candidate arrested.
Kathryn Smith, Labour general election candidate for Gravesend, was arrested after crashing her car into a roundabout, says her agent. She was breathalysed at the scene. Her agent said she had asked to
Continue reading →Am I right to be suspicious?
Last week, CMA published a report showing that despite Britain apparently retaining its Triple AAA rating, the market had in fact marked us down to –aa.
Yesterday
Continue reading →Re-definitions – Nu-Labour speak; Issue 5
Quote of the Day
Nick Robinson
For those of us who have had
Continue reading →Main Stream Media v The Blogosphere (again) (yawn)
Er, Hello, Mr Telegraph Sub-Editor? Hello, can you hear me down there in Aussie land? Laura Moffat was the Labour MP for Crawley, not Croydon Central, North, East or South……..or Continue reading → Tikka or Treat?
Jack Straw should have seen it Cumin.
The Legal Beagle has bhaji-ed in where other candidates fear to tread, and treated 700 constituents to a slap up- curry at Jan’s
Continue reading →Odds on its still a sin.
I had always though that the Catholic Church regarded gambling as a sin.
I was surprised to learn (not partaking of that good book too often!) that the bible doesn’t
Continue reading →ZaNu Labour – A Future Not Fair At All
Is it still considered a surprise when people with morals, integrity and judgement reject the Labour Party?
I would be more surprised to find someone who actually understands ethics
Continue reading →Brown’s Campaign Bus Narrowly Misses Rabbit on M.4.
‘Tis always a quandary, every morning ‘tis a quandary. Which of the many stories, rumours and salacious gossipy bits do you pick up and blog your opinion on?
Whenever I am trying to master a new
Continue reading →Sweet 16?
Privilege.
‘Privileged background’ is the buzz phrase in this election.
Cameron apparently has, so does Clegg, Gordon Brown would tell you that despite being the son of Manse in a poor
Continue reading →An Elective Dictatorship?
Papal Bull!
There seems to be a bit of a witch hunt going on at the moment with regard to the Catholic church.
Of course a lot of the negative publicity
Continue reading →Café En-lite-enment.
The onset of spring is a private delight in these parts. Our little community watches the nest building antics of the Tourterelles long before the
Continue reading →Bun Fight at the U.K. Corral
Saturday Evening Posts Worth Reading.
Al Jahom and the blogging community in the comments section for services to education ‘above and beyond’ the call of duty. Dizzy – for and against hanging Continue reading → A Farage-o of nonsense
I’ve always thought that Nigel Farage was a decent enough cove, a bit rough and ready, but generally rather sound. And since he has experience of the real world, his attitude towards taxation and business Continue reading → The Dangers Of Fighting The Last War
How very dare he!
Dr Julian Lewis
It seems that the slightest hint of stepping outside the bounds of the political orthodoxy has officially become anathema:
David Cameron was urged
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Embarrassing Candidates?
Gosh, following local candidates is unexpectedly fun.
Tonight the Libertarian party are celebrating, having welcomed Nikki Sinclaire into the Libertarian fold.
Nikki might have thought she would be standing
Continue reading →An Exclusive Look at a Candidate for Hornsey and Wood Green.
I didn’t think someone like me could be a politician. I am second generation immigrant and came from a family with very few books where we were just expected to
Continue reading →Main Stream Media v The Blogosphere – Sequelae
Caption Contest.
British Jobs for British Olympics
Saving Voter Ryan.
COBRA, shorthand for the Cabinet Office Briefing Room A has, as it always does, stepped up to the breach in an emergency. This is the same team of top flight Ministers from
Continue reading →On Yer Bike Laddie.
I took a look at Thornton Heath,
Continue reading →Clegg Dancing.
Nick Clegg bounced along through the last debate, all floppy haired and puppyish, and the message he seemed most eager to get across was that he was quite unlike ‘you two’ as
Continue reading →Blogwarts School and “The Deathly Election”
The headmaster’s spectacles gleamed as he turned from the leaded windows of his study to beam upon the three boys who stood
Continue reading →Dying to get home?
Where are my brown trousers?
It’s very rare indeed that I would endorse a centralised EU response to a problem.
Europe’s air industry has called for
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