Palin's Campaign Video: "Because apparently anyone can lead the free world these days, so why not?"
Like peterblack_fd says, this was bound to happen sooner or later: (Note: it seems only fair to point out that Michael Palin (or at least his wife - scroll down to "Palin by Comparison") is at pains to point out a total lack of connection - genetic or political - with the governor of Alaska) (more)
Portillo comes out for Local Income Tax
There's a rather remarkable turnaround from former top Tory Michael Portillo in his column in today's Sunday Times: Labour - and the Conservatives - have manoeuvred themselves into the stance of opposing taxation (at local level at least) based on ability to pay. It is not an easy argument to sustain. [The SNP's Alex] Salmond has [...] (more)
On Being Liberal
Since Liberal Conspiracy started there have been people complaining that you CAN'T be Liberal AND left, and that the conflation of the two terms is a bad thing for linguistic accuracy. I agree with the latter part of that, but not the former: I think that saying the former shows a misunderstanding of both terms. Left is an economic marker; liberal a social one. If you are in the bottom left quadrant of the Political Compass, you are both. This is why I don't have a problem with Sunny using both terms in the description of the site (although, for ... (more)
Labour Minister Sleaze
A Labour Minister has been sending a string of unpleasant text messages to a 25 year old who worked for him. The 25 year old women received text messages that made her eventually want to move to a different department. The Article can be read HERE. The Labour MP from Bury broke up with his wife for a Labour Councillor and then he went on to doing this. Is this Person Fit to be MP? I don't think he is. (more)
Hello world!
1, I'm not going to take any lectures from people who attack others for going back to their own blog in the middle of an argument and then do exactly that. Seriously, Tim, I hate to resort to Christianity, but before criticising the speck in my eye... P.S., if you make a response, do be sure to link to me somewhere in it: rather like your nemesis whom you increasingly resemble in style and content, I don't actually read your blog unless the trackbacks tell me to, because I find it supremely boring. And don't expect me to comment on ... (more)
Clegg: Lib Dems to pledge larger tax cuts
In an interview with the Telegraph published today Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg makes clear that the 4p basic rate income tax cut the party has already announced is just the start: Mr Clegg has announced that he will cut £20 billion from public spending, which will be ploughed into tax cuts for middle earners. "We [...] (more)
Labour search for the self-destruct button
As if things were not bad enough for Labour already, what with being 20 points behind in the polls, having a massively unpopular leader and a Chancellor of the Exchequer who is intent on doing a passable imitation of Private Fraser from Dad's Army, the start of Conference season has seen the Unions jump in with both feet as well. The Observer reports today that the leader of Britain's biggest union has launched 'a venomous personal attack on Foreign Secretary David Miliband'. The paper tells us that: Derek Simpson, joint general secretary of Unite, the union with the biggest group ... (more)
Palin for President
It had to happen! (more)
The Observer on Michael Brown and that Lib Dem donation: economic with the actualite
The spectre of Michael Brown - currently on the run ahead of a fraud trial due to begin this month - and his £2.4m donation to the Lib Dems in 2005 returns to the headlines today, with news from The Observer that Lib Dems face court over funding: The Liberal Democrats are facing an embarrassing High [...] (more)
Lib Dems love their leaders
Last night, a post from Stephen about our current survey degenerated in the comments to a rather ill-tempered argument about whether Clegg should be proposing now to cut taxes in general when he didn't mention that he wanted to when standing for the leadership. All that aside, the key interesting thing the comments generated from my [...] (more)