Monthly Archives: May 2010

…for the lack of blogging. In Littondale for the weekend, and down to Leeds for the Roses match tomorrow. Missing all the fun of the coalition, although I did catch Mehdi out debating Iain Dale on tv yesterday.

Now this is what we call a proper progressive partnership, leaving the yellow Tories to skulk in the wings with their new right-wing friends.

Surely the only reason Cameron’s people objected to Alistair Campbell on Question Time last night was that they were terrified he would wind them up Boulton-style. What a compliment it was too Campbell, who managed to look suitably hurt and … Continue reading →

Barnsley Councillor Tim Cheetham asks, Who are you calling a loser? And he’s right, too. Much was made about the General Election results, particularly the splendid victory by Gisela in Edgbaston, and the fact that the much hyped Labour meltdown … Continue reading →

Liberal Democrat John Hemming said he wouldn’t support a coalition with Labour because of electoral fraud. Oh, I see…

It was 28 years ago today….

As Tim Worstall might say… Bobby elsewhere, on the New Statesman website. Also on the NS… Dennis Skinner’s best Queen’s Speech quips.

I think most commentators realised that once Cameron had sucked the Lib Dems in… he would start to spit them out in fine pieces. Despite the sops thrown to the more gullible Lib Dem supporters, this shows that Cameron is … Continue reading →

This is surely just a piss-take… Nick Clegg to get his own Deputy Prime Minister’s Question Time. Well Labour should answer the Lib Dems speculation now, and make it quite clear they will not only not have any questions for … Continue reading →

I received an e-mail this morning from a publishing company pushing a book entitled Noel Skelton and the Property-Owning Democracy which, it is claimed is apparently… a fascinating insight into the life of one of Britain’s unsung political heroes and … Continue reading →