Monthly Archives: April 2009

Ninety degrees in the shade in Havana, and tomorrow we are going to join the one-million strong trade union May Day celebrations in Plaza de la Revolution. A good hat may be necessary to prevent the sun frying my thinning … Continue reading →

I won’t be around here for a while, I’m going for a mojito (or two… or more)

Councillor Paul Cotterill is a humourless dour git who can’t take a joke, and if anyone disagrees, they’re for it! ‘ave ‘im, Paul. You hold him, me and Hopi will give him a kickin’.

Not for the first time we are seeing the stark differences between Conservative rhetoric in opposition to their actions when they are in power. The Stirrer website today shows the sharp contrast between David Cameron’s Conservatives in opposition in Whitehall … Continue reading →

Aston Villa and Everton are locked in battle for fifth place in the Premier League, just one place away from the apparent Nirvana of qualifying for the inappropriately named Champions League. The prize for this failure to qualify is that … Continue reading →

Dizzy has what you might call a Jim Callaghan moment. In a way, though, Dizzy is right. For those paying the right sort of mortgage and who have stayed in employment, the drop in interest rates has increased their disposable … Continue reading →

Iain says at 9.22 am…. And as always with a Labour budget. Don’t rush to judgement on it immediately. Iain says at 1.47pm…. I have rarely been so angry after a budget speech. I’m fizzing. This was a cheap budget … Continue reading →

I know you are all busy with the budget and all things money, but…. Has anyone seen anything from David Davis (for freedom) over the police behaviour in assaulting people on the G20 demonstration? Or on the death of Ian … Continue reading →

Regular readers of Iain Dale’s Diary will appreciate that if the former Conservative Party candidate had ever been successful in getting anyone to elect him, he was not destined to be part of any Tory government’s Treasury team (although given … Continue reading →

Skipper on a safe pair of hands, and advice for the Chancellor on how to save 60 billion pounds in the budget by cutting waste.