Category Archives: Labour

The last refuge………….

Posted on May 25, 2009 by

It used to be said that the last refige of a scoundrel was patriotism. Now it is fast becoming Proportional Representation. We are now told that Alan Johnson, who presides on behalf of G. Brown over an unreformed Health Service, … Continue reading →

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Dirty tricks

Posted on April 14, 2009 by

Many people have asked me what I think about McBride and his foul insinuations in emails about leading Tory politicians. Of course these are the tactics of a politician in despair, and the fact that he was once a civil … Continue reading →

Posted in Elections, Kingston, Labour, Lib Dems, Politics | 2 Comments

To Hell in a hand cart?

Posted on December 9, 2008 by

Sky News at midnight had a review of tomorrow’s papers as usual, given by the Editor of the Mirror and the Assistant Editor of the Telegraph. It seems the Times poll has the Tory lead down to 4% with 9% … Continue reading →

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A very post-modern scandal

Posted on October 21, 2008 by

I am not, as it happens, George Osborne’s greatest fan. However one has to have sympathy for him being the victim of a piece of media-contrived disinformation such as we haven’t seen from Labour’s practitioners of the ‘Black Arts’ in … Continue reading →

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Responses to the Crisis III

Posted on October 9, 2008 by

So far David Cameron ad George Osborne have got it about right. But I do hope they realise that there’s a serious limit to what they can hope to achieve by their current bi-partisan approach. Oddly enough they might have … Continue reading →

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Responses to the crisis II

Posted on October 3, 2008 by

There’s an excellent expose in today’s Spectator of the origins of the the US sub-prime mortgage problem in the policies of the Clinton administration. A left-inspired attempt at social engineering by government pressurising the banks to abandon their traditional lending … Continue reading →

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