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MPs Expenses – (Hoon, Smith, McNulty et al). They really don’t get it at all.
Posted in Politics, society on April 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So what about us savers?
Posted in Economics & Finance, Politics, tagged banks, borrowing, financial crisis, Gordon Brown, interest rates, lending, savings on January 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Are there many more out there in the UK who are totally hacked off at this government’s treatment of savers during this financial crisis?
At a time when it’s clear to just about anyone with half a brain, that the present problems stem from excessive borrowing, this wonderful government of ours is doing all it can [...]
The Downfall of Gordon Brown – the prequel
Posted in Civil liberties, Economics & Finance, Politics on December 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A film showing the Labour Party’s solution to the financial crisis in the UK.
Ireland and the I can’t really believe it’s not the Lisbon Treaty
Posted in European Union, Politics, tagged Commissioner, EU, Ireland, Lisbon, referendum, Treaty on December 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The consequences of attempting to buy a Yes vote in the next Ireland referendum on Lisbon
Lisbon Treaty and the Irish referendum
Posted in European Union, Politics, tagged European Union, Ireland, Lisbon Treaty, referendum on December 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ireland and the Lisbon Treaty. Why the UK government is fortunate to have signed it first.
Michael Martin and the Damian Green affair – or ‘not me guv’.
Posted in Civil liberties, Police, Politics on December 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
So now we know. He knew but didn’t check.
The speaker did know in advance of the raid on Damian Green’s office, and in what must be the most pathetic and weakest of excuses possible he says he wasn’t told that the police did not have a search warrant. (I’ll leave aside the very debateable [...]
UK Energy policy, a rush to self destruction?
Posted in Climate change, Economics & Finance, Political correctness, Politics on December 2, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Yesterday, dramatic new targets to reduce the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions by at least one-fifth from today’s levels in just over a decade were proposed by the government’s Climate Change Committee.
Why is the UK continuing with its self-flagellation over energy policy? Do the government not realise there is a recession, and people are going to [...]
The silence of Gordon Brown explained.
Posted in Police, Politics, tagged damian green, Gordon Brown, leak on November 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Why has Brown been silent over the Damian Green arrest affair?
Look no further than the following.
Damian Green – DNA sample
Posted in Civil liberties, Police, Politics on November 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Amongst the furore of the Damian Green arrest, and all the other implications that flow from that, is the largely unremarked element of the collection of DNA ‘evidence’.
I, like many others these last few years, have been extremely concerned about the routine collection, and retainment of DNA evidence. It seems to be the case that [...]
The Damian Green arrest – an open letter to my MP
Posted in Civil liberties, National Security, Police, Politics, tagged arrest, damian green, George Martin, Jacqui Smith, terrorism on November 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Dear Helen,
Re the Damian Green affair.
I have on previous occasions reminded you that after the primary duty of representing your constituents, your secondary duty is to hold the government to account. I have so far not detected this in your dealings with Ministers. I trust that even you can see the seriousness of this affair [...]
