Archive for the ‘Politicality’ Category

Lynne Featherstone’s new portfolio (video)

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

Lib Dem MP Lynne Featherstone has been given the new job of overseeing the party’s online campaigning as chair of its new technology board – this video illustrates the sort of issues she’ll be grappling with.

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Labour of love

Saturday, November 29th, 2008

I’m no fan of the Labour Party at all, or its doings, but I was impressed by one item among the usual drivel in its latest local newsletter.

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Today…

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

…is considerably better than four years ago.

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Oh how exciting – it’s election time again

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

Party election time again. Bah, humbug. Reminds me far too much of student union elections 20 years ago.

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It all sounds a bit familiar…

Friday, July 18th, 2008

The longer this government lasts, the more its rhetoric sounds like the bad old days of the Thatcher years – and the easier it gets to spot its mistakes coming.

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David Davis resigning as an MP? Blimey!

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

News just breaking that the Tory shadow Home Secretary David Davis is resigning – not just from the shadow cabinet but from the House of Commons.

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Huhne overtakes Clegg – sort of

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

Look – it’s close, OK? Too close for the difference to be meaningful. And it may not actually be good news for Huhne anyway. But there has been a small but measurable swing to him from Clegg in the attention they’re both receiving among bloggers.

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Your metaphor leaves me cold, Mr Pritchard

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

“Taking Christ out of Christmas is like serving the Christmas turkey without the stuffing,” says Tory MP Mark Pritchard. As both a pagan and a vegetarian, I’ll have to take his word for it…

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Mr Smug, Mr Smarm and my naked ballot paper

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

With time running out in the Lib Dem leadership election, I’ve finally thought of something that might make me vote – even though the one thing I’ve been certain of all along is that I don’t want either candidate in charge of my party.

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Loans that change lives

Friday, January 5th, 2007

Numerous things to write about – Christmas Day on the Cornish cliffs with Beloved Other Half, dashing across Heathrow Airport in the rain to meet Ali before her flight to LA, good books by Gordon Ramsay and Monty Don to review – but they can wait for another day.

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