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Local man volunteers to help keep library open

Posted on September 17, 2010 by Dan

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 →

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THE OSBORNE IDENTITY PART XVVIII

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Gideon

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 →

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“There are those who will condem us…”

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Dan

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

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Dan

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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Cable tells it how it is

Posted on September 22, 2010 by Dan

In a refreshing speech to conference Vince pulled no punches in blaming The City for the current economic crisis. He said: “I make no apology for attacking spivs and gamblers who did more harm to the British economy than Bob … Continue reading →

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY & CLIMATE CHANGE DECIMATED BY FORTY PER CENT

Posted on September 23, 2010 by Dan

How is the “greenest government in history” fighting global warming? By merging Buffhuhne’s fledgling Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) with the Treasury, of course!  Mmm. Great bedfellows… Greenpeace is calling the move “sheer insanity”. http://tinyurl.com/climate-cuts

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Charity chief says cuts could destroy David Cameron’s ‘big society’

Posted on December 30, 2010 by Dan

Key supporter of PM’s social policy initiative says spending cuts could become Hurricane Katrina moment for government
Patrick Butler blog: A dire warning the PM would do well to heed Continue reading →

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