Monthly Archives: April 2010
Workhorse, show pony or the outsider?
The debate started like last week with an admission from Gordon Brown. At least he was honest. It would have been foolish for him to let someone else, either on the stand or in the crowd mention it first – … Continue reading
Can Ocean Finance Solve the debt crisis?
Treasury representatives from each party have tried to defend their fiscal policies before the third and final debate on the economy. It emerged on Newsnight on Tuesday 27th that whilst outright honesty is never high on a politician’s agenda (if … Continue reading
A defence of the Rt. Honourable Gordon Brown M.P.
If you had to place a bet before the campaign as to which major political leader would make the first significant gaffe, odds on you would have backed Gordon Brown – the Prime Minister of Great Britain & Northern Ireland. … Continue reading
Filed under British Politics, Electoral spin, Gordon Brown, Immigration, Politics
A Tory Ideological Timebomb (TIT)
I feel there is a real need to dig deeper into what ‘Big Society’ will mean for a key sector that will have widespread ramifications for ‘Brilliant Britain’s’ future – Education. Just one of the Tory Ideological Timebombs(or TIT) that … Continue reading
Is Clegg a Tory Pleb?
Is Clegg a secret Tory boy? Well he has a background that any Tory Toff would be proud of. In regards to his party going into a coalition with the Conservative Party – I would say that it would go … Continue reading
Lib/Con – New Nazi-Soviet Pact?
David Cameron seems to have finally acknowledged that it seems likely the Tories will not win a majority large enough to govern outright. That is significant – especially with the timing of Nick Clegg’s message that his party will not … Continue reading
Let’s Put ‘Fears and Smears’ in the rear
Arguably the prominent theme of this campaign so far has been a media backed agenda on personality with the occasional political sortie into attacking one another in some brutal ding donging and tit for tat. Like the expenses scandal – … Continue reading
Gordon too late to get out of the Brown stuff?
Last week our reaction was dictated by what the leaders had done compared to our expectations. Clegg had appeared to come from nowhere – thus ‘Cleggmania’ has dominated the last week. It seems unlike last time each party is … Continue reading
Daily Mail wins Smear of the Year
Well done to the Daily Mail – they have just won the award for utterly absurd smear of year. With incredible coincidental timing being that the second TV debate being this evening – they are essentially trying to accuse Nick … Continue reading
Filed under British Politics, Cleggmania, Daily Mail, Liberal Democrats, Politics, Prime Ministerial debate, Smear
Lab/Lib far from a fib – it can prevent a Con
A small rift from within the Tory Party has exposed Cameron & Letwin’s manifesto for what it is – a con. A shadow minister told the Guardian “Oliver Letwin had this great ‘big society’ idea, though it might have been … Continue reading
