The Lib Dem appointments to the Lords were made by Charles Kennedy, not Ming Campbell. Unfortunately, it has to be said they demonstrate a lot of what was wrong with the Kennedy administration and why, however it was done, we are better off without him. Firstly, the bizarre appointment of John Lee, a former Conservative… Continue reading Chucking in the Lords
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Pie-eyed Piper?
This latest incident concerning ALDC campaign handbooks is bizarre, on several levels. Firstly, it should be said that it is a different order of issue than the ridiculous “be wicked, act shamelessly, stir endlessly” in which wicked, shameless, Labour and Tory stirrers queued around the block to express “shock” at how any politician would behave… Continue reading Pie-eyed Piper?
Fisking Foster
Don Foster‘s press release on the BBC today caught my eye: Ahead of Tuesday’s anticipated publication of the BBC White Paper, Don Foster MP, Liberal Democrat Shadow Culture, Media and Sport Secretary today warned the Government against a TV licence fee ‘smash and grab’. Don Foster MP said: “The White Paper must rule out a… Continue reading Fisking Foster