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Where was Milliband when Cable declared war?
Ed Milliband is getting good press for his stance on News International and his calls for new media ownership rules but, once again, Mr. Milliband is behaving like a hypocritical chancer without...
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The riot bandwagon
There was a discussion on Radio 4's PM program this afternoon where some bloke speculated that two years ago, during the G8 demonstration, the police were too heavy handed leading to the death of an...
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Alistair Darling Quacking Like A Duck
Last Thursday evening I saw the ex-chancellor, Alistair Darling, speaking about his new book: Back From The Brink, at The Old Market in Hove. These talks are organised by City Books, a small but very...
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Thank God for Diane Abbott
I believe that hypocrisy in the racism debate does matter. While not knowing anything about Brian True-May I am not willing to brand him as racist for the handful of comments I have been fed during a...
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Blair? Back in Politics? With his reputation?
Even after the New Labour years have been shown to be a drunken binge funded by borrowing from the next generation; even after the Iraqis have been shown not to have had weapons of mass destruction;...
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Glorious Britain
The root cause of the British political dichotomy is probably the British class system. The toffs are indoctrinated in special schools to have unjustified self confidence. They believe that they are...
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Left, Right, Left, Right, Left, Right
“Men who think that they're right.” - It's a good phrase. Yes, it's applicable to Hitler but, more than that, it's applicable to the Hobsbawnes of this world. It's applicable to the English Defence...
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Stoned, Gay or foreign – When it comes to SPIN, politicians don’t discriminate
A funny old week but great for the talking of bollocks in the media. With the economy still in the doldrums it's clear what the lead stories in the press should be. So what were the three main parties...
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The Confessions of Gordon Brown
Kevin Toolis‘ The Confessions of Gordon Brown is playing at The Old Court House on Church St and I went along to the 2pm show on Sunday. This monologue debuted at the Edinburgh Festival in July, moved...
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Professionalisation of Politics – Labour sign Axelrod
Labour have engaged Bill Clinton’s old political consultant David Axelrod on a six figure salary to be their strategic adviser. Good grief! Just what they need. Another spin doctor! Margaret Thatcher...
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Barack Obama, anti-intellectualism and Tea Cozies
Intellectuals can never admit their contempt for the poor and uneducated and so politician of both Left and Right pay vociferous lip service to defending the rights of the poor.......but only in a...
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