Monthly Archives: October 2009

Who’s your friend?

Liberal Conspiracy blows a hole in the ridiculous Paul Staines notion that a Prime Minister shaking hands with someone at an official engagement is the equivalent of forming a political grouping with an odious homophobe with a track record of … Continue reading

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A None Starter

David Herdson over at Political Betting writes a thoughtful piece about David Cameron’s options post-Lisbon. One of the options that caught my eye was that the Tories could: accept that Lisbon is a done deal but argue that much of … Continue reading

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Equal Pay Day

An interesting snapshot comparison between Tory Wokingham and Labour Haringey.

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Sound of Silence

I see Kamiski apologist Iain Dale has been stunned into silence over this. Shame on you.

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UKIP are a threat to Tories in the South

Tory commentators are fond of telling people that the BNP vote comes from disaffected Labour supporters. I wonder what they will make of the Tory and UKIP share of the vote in the Tory stronghold of Huntingdonshire District Council yesterday.

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Good friends are not hard to find

It can’t be easy being the Chief Rabbi when the State of Israel sits on top of you because you’re upsetting one of their friends. In an interview on the Today programme we hear Michal Kaminski’s anti-semitism is moderated by … Continue reading

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Post Office privatisation not popular

According to ComRes only 22% of people polled support the privatisation of Royal Mail, with 68% of respondents saying they are opposed to privatisation. Interesting.

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One polling reform I would welcome

I agree with much of the thrust of this article in the Times this morning. We should really be looking at ways in which we can increase participation in elections by introducing measures that would make it easier to vote, … Continue reading

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A Big Thank You

Watson’s libel bonanza… It was Dale wot won it! Drinks all round on Daley then Tom!

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Well… do they?

Letter in The Guardian:  I was interested to read about Lynn Rogers and his findings (The truth about bears: not violent and don’t eat honey, 27 October). But surely, after over 40 years of studying bears in the woods, he … Continue reading

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