Far be it for me to get a reputation as a nay-sayer all the time. I have just read the three leadership contender’s positions on land value taxation (courtesy of ALTER) and pronounce myself Well Pleased. There are subtle differences. I’m not entirely sure about Ming/Cable’s line that LVT should be set nationally rather than… Continue reading Lloyd George would approve
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Gordon Brown: a man of peace or morbidly obsessed with war?
I find Gordon Brown’s actions over the last few weeks, well, a bit odd. On the one hand we are assured by Jim Wallis that he is not only a man of peace, but veritably a reincarnation of the prophet Micah. One the other hand, he wants to promote military service and to define British… Continue reading Gordon Brown: a man of peace or morbidly obsessed with war?
Prescott on Blair
John Prescott: The Tories will come to learn that voters won’t trust anyone who writes a right-wing manifesto one month and disowns it a few weeks later. That’s a bit harsh. I mean, yes, Tony Blair has made a few changes to the Education White Paper, but he hasn’t totally disowned it. B-dum, tsss!