The politicians are, once again, taking shots at each other over the spiralling cost of government and how they are going to reduce it. The Leader of Her Majesty’s Opposition, David Cameron, said yesterday he would cut back on the expensive and unelected quangos should his party win the next election. What is needed, though, […]
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PM Wants To Teach Not Lead!
Speaking in a peculiar but presumably honest interview in today’s Guardian, Gordon Brown has said he would like to go into teaching when he leaves office. He has also admitted to being a poor communicator and admits he has lacked the ability to forward plan because he has had to concentrate on dealing with real […]
It’s So ‘Transparent’ They Think We Can’t See Through It!
With what has turned out to be rather bizarre timing, the government announced on Tuesday, their plans for a broadband tax on phone lines in the UK, to guarantee all of us are able to surf the internet at the highest possible speeds. Today, the Commons authorities have published over a million documents on the […]
The ‘Dud Missile’ Of An Iraq War Enquiry
Yesterday afternoon, our failing prime minister, Gordon Brown, finally announced what many have been demanding for years – an enquiry into the Iraq war. So far so good. The fully independent enquiry is to be held in secret, will not report until after the next general election and will not apportion any blame. Now that […]
PM Brown Takes Low Blow From Blears!
If the wheels on Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s bus have not yet fallen off, they are certainly wobbly to the point of collapse. Following yesterday’s rumour that Home Secretary Jacqui Smith is to leave his cabinet, Communities Secretary Hazel Blears, has now followed, using perfect showbiz timing (some might question what she ever did anyway). […]
Minister Suspended For ‘Sloppy Accounting’
When was the last time you made the ‘mistake’ of forgetting you had paid off your mortgage? To most sane people it would sound ridiculous. Not so, apparently, to ex-Labour minister Elliot Morley, who has been exposed by the Telegraph as yet another greedy MP fleecing the public purse with his expenses. He has claimed […]
Expenses Of A ‘Sorry’ Pog Of MPs
Instead of hanging their heads in shame, as most of us would do, Members of Parliament – from all parties – have defended their over excessive use of the parliamentary expenses system, by saying they have done nothing wrong and have only claimed what is allowable under the rules. Some have said a half hearted […]
Beware The Ninjas Gordon!!
The Ninjas are busy ironing their best black pyjamas and sharpening the points of their knives. While PM Gordon Brown hops from foot to foot on You Tube, looking like an epileptic on steroids, his trusted cabinet colleagues are busy plotting. Last week, Communities Secretary, Hazel Blears, openly stated that her boss had led a […]
Iraq – More ‘Official’ Lies!
An article in today’s Independent’s Commentators section by the much respected Robert Fisk highlights the deception that is still being ‘spun’ about our role in Iraq and the state in which the country has been left. The article has been based around a letter, forwarded to him by one of his readers, Tom Geddes, and […]
Iraq – The War of The Vanities!
Today, saw the official ending of our six years of military presence in Iraq. Only future generations will be able to provide a clear answer as to whether we should ever have been in the country in the first place; many of the official documents recording the decision to take military action are still classified […]