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Tag Archives: Conservative Party
New Politics for a new Year!
The opening piece on last nights Newsnight picked up on a theme that had been running all day on the BBC, we are 15 months from a General Election. The Conservative Party has been making statements about spending plans for … Continue reading
Like lambs to the slaughter
Our Politicians are in an impossible position! They want to be trusted and for us to give them the benefit of the doubt when they make difficult statements, and they want to be able to show leadership when it comes … Continue reading
The debate to end all debates
According to Michael Gove, through his chosen mouthpiece, the Daily Mail, its time to stop belittling true British Heroes, something that he believes that at least one academic and several comedians are doing. This is incendiary language, in part because the only … Continue reading
Square pegs and round holes
It seems hard to believe that a safe Tory seat would be offered to a candidate who had built a reputation from a business that publishes pornography, but that in effect is what has happened. Karren Brady who was unveiled in September as … Continue reading
We can’t rely on apathy
This morning the Guardian has published an article which should act as a spur for all of the Political Parties to spend the rest of their Christmas Holidays working on a plan B to enable themselves to do things differently. However it … Continue reading
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A challenge for all of us!
According to Iain Duncan Smith, the Trussell Trust are scaremongering when they suggest that the increased use of foodbanks over recent years is in part linked to welfare reforms. As the Daily Mail reports, Mr Duncan Smith wrote to the … Continue reading
Donkeys pretending to be Lions
On the day the Queen held a Christmas lunch for her extended family and MPs received an advertisement from Fortnum & Mason for a range of Christmas Hampers, you and I could have gone online to witness the obscenity of our Parliament pretending to debate … Continue reading
Planes fluffy dogs and Twitter
One of the values of social media is the opportunity to catch glimpses of the experiences of MPs and indeed Government Ministers should you wish. Some of this is as a result of people in broadcast mode, wanting to tell others … Continue reading
My specialist subject is …….
In the last 24 hours two stories have emerged that show how our Political system approaches themes that are important to society at large. It is clear that we need a change. The first was an interview on Meridian TV with Helen Grant, … Continue reading
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