Lobbying for all
Time for Party Conference radicalism and a more rational opposition
Conservatives – winning the next election
The issue that dare not speak
Britain and the Euro
“British jobs for British workers”
Proportional representation?
Bail outs and Busts
Letter to the Press: Misterton drains
Clegg thinks dumping the pound will put the economy right
He’s in the White House
MP’s expenses – againConservatives»
Lobbying for all (0)
One of the key issues floating around the news of Liam Fox’s problems has been the issue of lobbyists. As the Cabinet Secretary’s report in to this debacle has revealed the civil service does not believe that Mr. Werrity was a lobbyist. Whilst he clearly held views he was not promoting them on behalf of [...]
Economy»
Britain and the Euro (0)
I am not normally a fan of Peter Oborne – he looks a bit like a right-wing Gordon Brown. Having said that one cannot argue with the thesis he lays out in this very entertaining booklet on the disgraceful way Clegg, Huhne, Heseltine, Blair, the BBC and CBI tried to sell our currency down the [...]
General Interest»
A New Year (0)
This has been a welcome long break over Christmas and New Year. The changing face of the UK economy seems not to have dampened the spirits of those who went shopping after Christmas. There was, apparently, a 12% increase in retail footfall in the last week of December and on the few occasions I ventured [...]
International Politics»
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Four year’s ago Ming Campbell was the Leader of the Lib Dems – I know it seems such a short while ago. In the Autumn of 2007, in a bid to save both himself and his party, he bizarrely proposed that there should be an in-out referendum on Britain’s future in the EU. I say [...]
Kingston news»
National Politics»
Proportional representation? (0)
Image via Wikipedia Yesterday was a telling day for proportional representation. It involved bribery and the smallest party holding the largest party over a barrel. To cap it all the form of PR that has been used in Scotland has meant the smallest party has MSP’s for whom no one has ever voted! That’s where [...]
Somerset»
Train cuts see 100 carriages axed (0)
This seems on the surface to be an extremely worrying proposal. It might well be that the recession is biting into train company revenues but one thought there was a franchise contract which would have ensured there was a level of service provided. I have recently been on the train to Yeovil from London and [...]
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