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Monthly Archives: September 2010
Toff off!
Local wags cover Bruton in social commentary on the eve of the election. This one from the Unionist Club…
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May the farce be with you
Just a bit of background: we all know that Election 2010 ended in a ConDem coalition government. And probably rightly so. The electorate were disenfranchised after 13 years of Labour and had no appetite for the media unsavvy and mistrusted … Continue reading
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More on the mandate
A poll commissioned by Newsnight back in July showed that four in 10 LibDem voters weren’t backing the coalition. A breach of democracy? Maybe. But 40% seems low to me. I’d be interested to see the results of a similar … Continue reading
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6.2 Billion in cuts and counting
To make sure that everyone was paying attention and to get us all warmed up for the spending review Osborne detailed 6.2 Billion in cuts within a fortnight of collecting the keys to No.11. Watch this space… http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/press_05_10.htm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8699522.stm
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Area man closes local library
Somerset County Council leader Ken Maddock is tripping the light fantastic with the announcement of across-the-board cuts. Almost relishing the idea that he’s ahead of the Downing Street curve Tory Boy Maddock plans to chuck a quarter of the authorities’ … Continue reading
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Local man volunteers to help keep library open
The Big Society starts here. Right here. Taking him at his word I thought I’d follow up on In-The-Red-Ken’s promise to try and make it easy for “volunteers to keep services going.” (See below). So today I popped into my … Continue reading
“There are those who will condem us…”
Never a truer word spoken. Not from Clegg at least. No less than six years after entering the house as an MP Nick Clegg today made his first conference speech from a position of previously unimaginable power. Not simply leader … Continue reading
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Rich ‘just as bad’ as poor
Another nice snippet from Cleggs’ new centre-cleft school of British politics: “We all read the headlines about benefit fraud. We all agree it’s wrong when people help themselves to benefits they shouldn’t get. But when the richest people in the … Continue reading
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ConDems cut Queen’s speech
The ConDem’s intention to scrap the 2011 Queen’s speech has been dressed up as a legitimate requirement of the new 5-year fixed term. The fact of the matter is that by delaying the current session of parliament the government is … Continue reading
THE OSBORNE IDENTITY PART XVVIII
George Osborne reckons benefit claimants make a “lifestyle” choice… Really? No doubt then it was a ‘lifestyle’ choice when the Chancellor decided to avoid capital gains tax when he ‘flipped’ and then sold his London home in 2006 for a … Continue reading →