Come on LIbs - John’s Your Man
Thursday, October 18th, 2007I wouldn’t normally bother myself here with the travails of the Lib Dems, but their leadership contest has catapulted my old mate John Hemming (Lib Dem MP for Birmingham Yardley) into the national spotlight - at least that’s what John hopes.
John is probably the most indefatigable politicians around. And he’s completely shameless to boot. I [...]
Spending Review? Comprehensive? Vision?
Thursday, October 11th, 2007I sit down to write this piece as we come towards the end of Gordon Brown’s worst week (so far) as Prime Minister. The worst of fuss and the fury over the election now - thankfully - seems to be over. But as the drama and the excitement fades away there remains a lot for [...]
Gordon Stands Tall
Monday, October 8th, 2007Occasionally, I have the opportunity to watch the Prime Minster’s Press Conference live; I thought today’s would be worth watching.
Brown did very well, probably as well as he could have done in the circumstances. Yes, he’d considered the election. He’d talked to candidates in marginal seats (who were convinced they could win) and, of course, [...]
Moving On After Learning Lessons
Sunday, October 7th, 2007Perhaps the only good thing to have come out of the election debacle, is that political bloggers can get back to work again. It’s been almost impossible to consider anything - other then the election - over the last couple of weeks. But, before moving on, there are some series issues to reflect on.
About the [...]
