Category Archives: Politics
The Time Lord and the Defence Secretary
Important political question of the day: is Philip Hammond actually David Tennant with grey hair? Does this mean that his pleas to protect defence spending are actually about protecting Britain’s share of the UNIT budget? Related PostsEXCLUSIVE: First David Miliband campaign video 2010 General Election Diary Day 16: There’s less to go than has already [...]
Video: Nick Clegg and Mike Thornton in Eastleigh
I went to help out in the Eastleigh by-election yesterday, and it turned out to be a day when Nick Clegg came down to campaign as well. At the end of the day, with a lot of volunteers gathered back at Lib Dem campaign HQ, Nick and our candidate, Mike Thornton, spoke to those who’d [...]
Thoughts on Chris Huhne and the Eastleigh by-election
Chris Huhne did something that was wrong and stupid, and now he has to take the punishment for it. It’s a shame that a career that promised so much has to end this way, but if he’d taken the care to actually drive sensibly in the first place, he wouldn’t be in this position. As [...]
An easy opportunity to get more women in Parliament
Following some of the links from the Lib Dem Voice Golden Dozen, I found this post by Richard Morris suggesting names for potential new Lib Dem members of the House of Lords. As I’ve stated many times before, I’d like to see the House of Lords replaced with an elected chamber – it’s the 21st [...]
The comic genius of ‘Eric Pickles’
There surely must come a point when everyone realises that Eric Pickles is a master satirist. He’s pulled off the routine for far longer than anyone else might have managed – Morris, Baron-Cohen, even Sellers, they could keep up a character for ages, but none ever managed anything close to the length that the ‘Pickles’ [...]
Being pro-politics is not the same as being pro-politician
Lib Dem Voice have produced a remake of the old ‘where is the British West Wing?’ posts of a few years ago by asking ‘where is the British Borgen?‘ (The answer to that question is ‘waiting for someone to forget the poor ratings previous dramas about politicians got or for someone to come up with [...]
How to ‘refresh’ the Lords
Via Jennie, Michael Crick on how many new peers need to be appointed to make the House of Lords representative of the votes cast at the last election. It’s an absurd number, but then it’s part of an absurd system where people get appointed to jobs for life on the whim of the Prime Minister [...]
In a blog post to be published today, Mr Barlow will say…
In light of the crisis in Algeria, David Cameron has opted to postpone giving his much-trailed speech on Britain’s place in Europe, which he was planning to deliver today. Of course, this leaves lots of holes in media schedules from people who’d expected to be writing pieces on it, based on what they were expecting [...]
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