I’ve just trawled through Nick Clegg’s speech on localism to the LGA today. A few thoughts: 1. He lets the Tories off too easily (unintentionally I’m sure). He is of course perfectly right to give them a hard time for refusing to even contemplate devolving spending, but the truth is it’s far, far worse than… Continue reading Clegg and localism: early thoughts
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David Davis – the view from Strasbourg (well, Kehl actually)
What funny games appear to be going on in Westminster at the moment. First, Labour and the DUP redefine porkbarreling for the UK context (deny everything, smirk, smirk), then David Davis resigns – with Clegg’s backing. In terms of the latter, I’m just confused by the whole business. It is a little moot about whether… Continue reading David Davis – the view from Strasbourg (well, Kehl actually)
Seumus Milne: why let the facts get in the way of a good argument?
Seaumus Milne is one of my least favourite columnists, to the extent that I rarely bother reading more than the byline of his articles. I bit this week though, although I needn’t have bothered. His article “A mania for tax cuts at any cost defies public opinion” gets the current political situation pretty much ass-backwards.… Continue reading Seumus Milne: why let the facts get in the way of a good argument?