The CSA saved by the House of Lords
Every government since 1993, when the Child Support Agency was founded, seems to think they can reform the CSA, and the coalition government is no exception. Starting from 2013, the...
View ArticleSalmond and Moore are talking this morning
I don’t know if Michael Moore has quite grasped yet that Autumn 2014 is a done deal – it is not in the effective power of Westminster to change the date. I hope so. Because I’m sure that David Cameron,...
View ArticleNick Clegg tells Lib Dems: Drive dangerously!
Nick Clegg to the Liberal Democrats at their spring conference today: “So let’s tear off that rear-view mirror and look straight ahead.” No, really, apparently he actually said that. Avoiding MOT...
View ArticleWhat does the NHS mean to me?
What have the LibDems accomplished, says this bright infographic. It doesn’t reference the coming privatisation and breakup of the NHS in England. (Not in Scotland or Wales, thanks to devolution –...
View ArticleDid the LibDems just vote me towards independence?
A record-breaking 172,475 people have signed Dr Kailash Chand’s e-petition to drop the NHS Reforms bill. David Cameron promised once upon a time that any e-petition that got more than 100,000...
View ArticleNick Clegg: Heel Face Turn
Apparently at the Lib Dem conference in Gateshead last weekend, Nick Clegg tried to claim that the NHS Reform bill is strictly Tory. This is of course not true. While it originates with the Tories, and...
View ArticleDear LibDems, climb out of the window now
I woke up yesterday to a Tory on Twitter accusing all of us who have protested the NHS Reform of being “hysterical”. A Lib Dem suggested that we really shouldn’t call it privatisation because that’s...
View ArticleLibDems: Dying for a general election
Nick Clegg’s New Year message leans heavily on things he had less than nothing to do with: “The last twelve months have been lit up by moments that will stay with us forever. When Mo Farah approached...
View ArticleGeneral Election, Corporal Reality
If you’re a Conservative/LibDem supporter, this must be like watching Titanic, except that Nick Clegg and David Cameron and Ed Miliband aren’t even as appealling as DiCaprio, Winslet, and Zane. The...
View ArticleWe are the Opposition
Today: Thatcher’s funeral cost = £10 million. Latest ‘unavoidable’ cuts to Arts Council England = £11.6 million. — Damien Walter (@damiengwalter) April 15, 2013 Margaret Thatcher’s funeral: 23 things...
View ArticleWhat are LibDems for?
For about fifty years, until Nick Clegg agreed to a coalition with the Conservatives, probably most people would have agreed that LibDems or Liberals, the third party in UK politics, were “for”...
View ArticleWhat should the LibDems do after May 2015?
The next General Election for the UK will be on 7th May 2015. In Scotland, we’re all looking at 18th September 2014, but for the Westminster parties, the general election campaigning has already begun....
View ArticleTuition fees, remember?
It’s been so long. Do you remember this? On Wednesday 28th April 2010, Nick Clegg began a final push for students to vote for the LibDems. “Labour and the Conservatives have been trying to keep tuition...
View ArticleLeaders debates: BBC bias
The BBC, ITV, Sky and Channel 4 will be holding three four debates before the general election in May 2015. One of them, reasonably enough, will be a head-to-head between David Cameron and Ed Miliband....
View ArticleDid the Mail tip off Cameron?
When the story broke that David Cameron had refused to wear a t-shirt that said “This is what a feminist looks like”, ELLE professed itself surprised: When ELLE asked him, along with Ed Miliband, the...
View ArticleWho should be in the leaders debates?
What are the leaders’ debates for? Because the UK is run by representatives from elected from constituencies, most of us watching a leaders’ debate will never get to vote for the party leader we think...
View ArticleGE2015: Why there will be no grand coalition
Vince Cable just made me laugh. He declared: that it would be inconceivable for the Liberal Democrats to agree to any post-election deal involving the Scottish National party after the general...
View ArticleWhen Prime Ministers Make Promises
On 14th April 2011, David Cameron made a promise: So, taking all this into account, I believe controlling immigration and bringing it down is of vital importance to the future of our country. That’s...
View ArticleWhat are you staying up for?
The exit polls look depressing: Conservatives: 316 Labour: 239 SNP: 58 LibDem: 10 UKIP: 2 Green: 2 Plaid Cymru: 4 If the DUP get 10 seats, as some polls predicted, the Conservatives would be able to...
View ArticleThe morning after the night before
“A Labour, a LibDem, and a Tory MP walked into a bar. Oh, said the bartender, I must be in Scotland.” I stayed up til 7am hoping to hear Thanet South declare – the only Tory victory of the campaign...
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