It would be churlish to pick holes in Labour’s funny party election broadcast this evening, so of course, I couldn’t resist. The first point is that its funny, but not half as funny as it could be. The problem is that voiceover: couldn’t they have dug up Pete Postlethaite or Patrick Stewart or some other… Continue reading The colour of hypocrisy
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Beyond our Ken
This is possibly the most offensive thing Ken Livingstone has said in years, yet who wants to bet that the Standards Board afficionados don’t make a complaint about it? “In the same way that Trafalgar Square has had an interesting history, not always a peaceful one, there’s a very clear parallel. “We’ve had some interesting… Continue reading Beyond our Ken
Chucking in the Lords
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