The Morning After.
Following a fairly uninspired four-week campaign, this morning we see new Labour returned with a much reduced majority. The BBC’s Exit Poll appears to have […]
Following a fairly uninspired four-week campaign, this morning we see new Labour returned with a much reduced majority. The BBC’s Exit Poll appears to have […]
I’ve been taking a close interest in the build up to the UK election. I wonder why sometimes, because our system is so cack-handed that […]
There’s an interesting discussion going on over at Redbaron Blog. Now while the baron and I may disagree over detail, broadly we are in consensus […]
The local membership secretary of the constituency party called round yesterday. My resignation hadn’t reached him, so I told him about it and explained why. […]
The Tories in the UK are in trouble. Given the unpopularity of the present administration, it seems absurd that the main opposition party should be […]
I have been critical of the Lords over the years. They are after all an anachronism – unelected and therefore unaccountable. However, this week, I’ve […]
According to Tony Blair, Britain faces “terror without limit.”. So, here it is; the politics of fear laid bare. The draconian erosions of our liberties […]
I said yesterday that reports of Charles Clarke rethinking his controversial suspension of habeas corpus was, perhaps, premature. Seems I was right. Not that I […]
It seems Charles Clarke has been forced to rethink his plans for house arrest of suspected terrorists following concerns from the security services, if this […]
I was brought up Old Labour. My maternal grandfather was a staunch union man and proud of it and as soon as I was old […]
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