THE YORKSHIRE MAFIA......
Greetings from Yorkshire which is now the nerve-centre of the Opposition.With nine out of 19 Shadow Cabinet members, including Labour Leader, now based north of Watford, the White Rose county seriously...
View ArticleWRONG CALL, ED
Alan Johnson should not be Shadow Chancellor. Fact. he knows about as much on economics as I do and has already confessed he needs a "primer" to even comment on matters money-like.I was hoping Ed Balls...
View ArticleTHE X FACTOR
I wonder whether blogging is in serious decline with the advent of Twitter. my guess is Yes.As a recent arrivee in the twitosphere it was fascinating to jon in the virtual conversation as Labour...
View ArticleTHE SHAME OF THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS
On Friday night I am going to be debating the AV system with local Tory MP Craig Whitaker and local Lib Dem councillor Nader Frekri.My guess is Calder Valley's Conservative MP Craig will be against it...
View ArticleTIME FOR LABOUR MPs TO UNITE -AND WIN!
From yesterday's Morning Star....Labour movement activists urged MPs today to take a small step towards resisting the Tories' vicious anti-union onslaught next week.Lobbyists swooped on Parliament in a...
View ArticleLOWER THAN VERMIN......
Tomorrow I am heading out on the early train from Halifax so I can join in the TUC rally against the cuts coming up on Wednesday. Around £84 billion of them so I believe.While millions of workers face...
View Article11 PER CENT....AND FALLING
An opinion poll out tomorrow will reveal that support for the Liberal Democrats is now at 11 per cent. My guess is it wil be single figures before the year is out.Yesterday I attended a full house TUC...
View ArticleA LONG TIME IN POLITICS..........
This time a vote for the Liberal Democrats can really change BritainI want a Britain that's different. A Britain where we have more police on our streets to keep us safe. A ...Britain where ordinary...
View ArticleLABOUR'S CHANCE TO COME OUT FIGHTING
LABOUR'S high command in the Shadow Cabinet has ordained that tomorrow there will be a free vote on John McDonnell's Lawful Industrial Action Bill. It is progress of a sort as my guess is previous...
View ArticleLABOUR MPS WHO BACKED RIGHT TO STRIKE
........And the others should hang their heads in shame.Abbott, Ms DianeAlexander, HeidiBarron, rh Mr KevinBerger, LucianaBlenkinsop, TomBlunkett, rh Mr DavidBone, Mr PeterBrown, LynBrown, rh Mr...
View ArticleTIME TO CALL MPs TO ACCOUNT
As a recent convert to Twitter I was interested to note that Ben Bradshaw MP today enjoyed a chat with the Federation of Small Businesses. I know their concens are valid and I wish them well in these...
View ArticleDISGUSTING VOYEURISM
THE ghoulish nature of the Fourth Estate is nothing new. But the worldwide syndication of pictures of a gravely ill Michael Douglas represents a new low in the dark arts of the paparazzi.I was so...
View ArticleNO HOMES TO GO TO
IF I am a little tetchy these days it is because every day brings another vile bit of policy making from the Coalition Con-Dem cabal now running the country.Not only do they cheer on £83 billion worth...
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NOT OXBRIDGE MATERIAL.....
I was amused earlier today when a local Lib Dem tried to have a go at me on Twitter by asking where I went to University.Amused is probably not the word. Sickened, definitely, by the attempted,...
View ArticleTURNING UP THE VOLUME......
Not much time for blogging recently as too busy trying to hang on to employment and in many ways the sheer scale of the onslaught against working people makes Twitter a much easier option.I have...
View ArticleTHE ROYAL WEDDING ..........
Funny how at times of economic hardship those toffs can always be relied upon to come up with a feelgood solution to current crises.It worked in 1981 so obviously they are going to do it again. Yep....
View ArticleGOODBYE TO GRIMMER......
Tonight kids from Calder High School are out protesting and surrounded by an absurd number of police as the nationwide demonstrations demonstrate that sometimes direct action is the only way of making...
View ArticleOFF TO CAMBRIDGE
Braving weather to go to Cambridge LRC and if I get there will be looking in on student occupation. Just want to say thanks to those who have posted to say they enjoyed the blog.I truly don't have the...
View ArticleFROM GRIMMER TO GRIMMEST
The harsh winds of the recession have reached gale force round here which means blog time is soon to be mine once again."Grimmer" is about to become "Grimmest" as in a couple of weeks' time I will be...
View ArticleNOT A FAIR DIVVYING UP....
In times of stress, people tend to seek the comfort of addictive substances like alcohol and cigarettes. No they shouldn't, but that doesn't give anyone else the right to act as judge and jury....
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