Tag Archives: labour
Damian McBride and The Sleazegate Affair
It tears my creative little heart out to tag the lazy old appendage of “gate” onto any sort of scandal, but as that’s what everyone else is calling it, why struggle for originality?! Update: Just seen this – hilarious! Update … Continue reading
Immigration amnesty and Binyam Mohamed
Friday roundup of general twattage from the last week. Immigration Amnesty Update: I’d barely finished writing this, when Manchester No Borders (a neo-fascist*/anarchist group) attacked elected representative MP Phil Woolas. Their page says: “They include migrant rights advocates and members … Continue reading
Lies, damn Labour lies and Office of National Statistics
Remember a few months ago when New Labour were blasted for releasing early, innacurate knife crime figures showing a fall when there was a rise? How ironic that the same government’s Phil Woolas should be angry that the Office for … Continue reading
Hazel Blears and The Fabian Society on Political Correctness
I never thought I’d say this about any Labour government minister, ever, but … three cheers for Hazel Blears! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7909258.stm People must be more willing to challenge ideas that conflict with core British values, the communities secretary has said. Hazel … Continue reading
Shameless bankers and the myth of free market capitalism
What the hell is going on?! We now know that Taxpayers may become liable for £500bn worth of bad loans and investments made by Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group. And now, Sir Fred Goodwin, having run the bank appallingly, … Continue reading
Government caught lying, again. And again. And again…
I love the PM programme on Radio 4, and Eddie Mair is a brilliant interviewer. Here’s a couple of my recent favourites, making the Labour Liars squirm… Yvette Cooper talking about Government Borrowing [Audio clip: view full post to listen] … Continue reading
Another data loss stuffup.
We’ve been here before with Capita and Group 4 and all the others… Nov 2007: 25m people’s child benefit details, held on two discs Dec 2007: 7,685 Northern Ireland drivers’ details Jan 2008: 600,000 people’s details lost on Navy officer’s … Continue reading
BBC NEWS | Labour will win election – Brown
BBC NEWS | Politics | Labour will win election – Brown Gordon Brown has left London for the Olympics declaring Labour will “go on and win” the next general election. It comes as an Ipsos/Mori opinion poll gave the Tories … Continue reading
