I’m determined not to get my hopes up regarding the Chilcot Inquiry, but I have to say that I found Sir Michael Wood’s revelations about Jack Straw’s attitude fascinating. Jack Straw is an impressive political survivor. Aside from Gordon Brown, he is the only person who has been in cabinet continuously from 1997 to the… Continue reading Chilcot clutching at Straw
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Party funding on OK
I’ve written a piece on Our Kingdom about the government’s meaningless new party funding proposals: Hencke asserts that “The Conservatives have been blocked from targeting Labour marginals with spending that can run to tens of thousands of pounds a year by legislation which will limit all parties’ candidates to spending a maximum of £12,000 from… Continue reading Party funding on OK
Dawkins: start growing a beard
According to the BBC, Jack Straw today is to announce plans “allowing MPs to scrutinise public appointments and choose bishops.” Sounds good to me. I think it should be Lib Dem policy to make Richard Dawkins the next Archbishop of Canterbury.