Monthly Archives: February 2008

Last June I attended the NHS Confederation annual conference, and as I reported on the blog at the time, I was quite taken aback by the seeming respect shown by health service professionals for the Conservative Shadow Health Secretary, Andrew … Continue reading →

Ian Austin in Comment is Free, making a bit of a nonsense over my assertion that perhaps Labour politicians are moving away from personalised attacks. Clearly, not all of them. I can’t get too excited by his point anyway…. surely … Continue reading →

This blog is changing tack. No more punch and judy politics. OK, it isn’t an original line, but I’m going to try to stick to it, and I would be most grateful to my readers if they pick me up … Continue reading →

The Political Penguin on The Express and Swastika’s Star’s selective political reporting of council tax rises in the Black Country.

Boris the Dipper. Hat tip to JHL

Cobblers! In a landmark judgement with far-reaching social implications, Italy’s highest appeals court has ruled it is a criminal offence for Italian men to touch their genitals in public.

Probably won’t prove popular with many members of the Knesset or with Gary Elsby from Stoke-on-Trent… but this is good news.

Bearwood’s very own Methodist Preacher writes to The Guardian: Polly Toynbee should not be surprised that the government was suckered into the myth of “responsible gambling”. Even Britain’s Methodist Church, normally a long-standing opponent of gambling, supported the laughably named … Continue reading →

According to my archives, I see that this blog is having it’s 4th birthday party today. Phew! I think I might just have a drink… only the one… to celebrate, of course.

I hate to say this but… I agree with the Lib Dems on their attempt to get a resolution on our continued membership of the EU. Yes, I know it was a stunt, and the whole think smacks of the … Continue reading →