This non-story about Hazel Blears has been on the BBC website for over 36 hours now. Either she’s standing or she isn’t. Clearly some flunky got over-excited, blabbed all to the BBC and Blears had to march back down the hill at the last minute. All in all, it isn’t the best start to a… Continue reading How “soon” is now?
Category: musings
Casino Boyale
David Boyle has written an illuminating article in Lib Dem News about Black Hawk, Colorado where gambling has been legalised for more than a decade now, and advises people to visit their website as a taste of what might be to come for Manchester: We might point out that if you visit Black Hawk, leave… Continue reading Casino Boyale
Denis MacShame Again
Sorry to keep going on about this, but it does really annoy me. Of all the things a Labour MP might rebel against over the last ten years, changing the method of voting in the Commons – ONCE – is a pretty pathetic one. Where were you, Denis, during the Iraq debate, the tuition fee… Continue reading Denis MacShame Again