Lies, Liars and Boors
There was a time, not so long ago, when the political elite was looked up to. They were our betters, the ruling elite. That changed […]
Political
ID Cards – Back to the Lords
The ID Cards Bill is heading back to the House of Lords today. Of course, if Geoff (buff) Hoon had his way, this wholly undemocratic […]
More ZANU Labour Shenanigins
Geoff Hoon, no doubt irked by the Lords’ ongoing resistance to the totalitarian tendencies of ZANU Labour wants to put a stop to such nonsense. […]
Political Allegiances
If you’re not a liberal when you’re 25, you have no heart. If you’re not a conservative by the time you’re 35, you have no […]
Lords Reform
Dr John Parkinson discusses the Lords today in the Grauniad It is said to be undemocratic, unrepresentative, and out of keeping with a modern democracy. […]
Coalitions and Collectives
Doctor Vee has criticised Bob Piper’s remarks about Liberty Central. He chose to take a somewhat sarcastic approach, but there is an underlying point worth […]
Thatcher – A Retrospective
The spectre of Margaret Thatcher has risen like a cadaverous apparition in the British blogosphere of late. It all started innocuously enough with a comment […]
The Pricking of my Thumbs
“By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes” William Shakespeare – Macbeth Act IV scene 1 You would have thought that the […]
Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill
It’s a bit of a mouthful and it’s just had its second reading in the commons. So, what does it mean? well, Spyblog and Talk […]
The £1.7bn Identity Fraud
The only fraud in the latest figures being touted by Andy Burnham today is in the figures themselves. As with the £1.3bn figure last year, […]