Tag Archives: MPs expenses
The tip of the iceberg
The News International scandal is just the tip of the iceberg of unelected oligarchies and corporate power in Britain’s democracy, according to a new report by David Beetham of the LSE, arguing that: it serves to distract attention, as the … Continue reading
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Home strange home
I have been back in the UK for eight days and so far I have been unable to listen to any soundbite or speech by any politician all the way through. It is a sad state of affairs for a … Continue reading
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They still don’t get it
The first scalp of the new government was claimed by the media over the weekend and, surprising all those who were betting on Vince Cable being the first to walk, it was rising star David Laws who got the push. … Continue reading
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Politics drops its drawers
The best party is but a kind of conspiracy against the rest of the nation – Lord Halifax, 1750 It is difficult to judge how far the effect of this latest scandal extends outside Westminster. I suspect that many people had … Continue reading
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Some animals are more equal
Just when I thought all the residual anger I could muster had been squeezed from the MPs expenses scandal, along came some of our ever-so-unHonourable Members to remind me that I am still angry enough to head down to Westminster with some … Continue reading
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No alternative
Quote from a ‘senior source’ talking about the latest expenses scandal: We were led up the garden path by Gordon. I have never known a prime minister to be heckled at a meeting of the parliamentary party as he was … Continue reading
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It’ll all come out in the wash
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be -Kurt Vonnegut Having trounced the troughing politicians so well, and given the ‘dead tree press’ a run for their (lack of) money, the … Continue reading
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Rampant anti-hipsterism
I have been having a lot of fun in recent weeks taking the mickey out of the hipper inhabitants of my neighbourhood. Ripping them for their lack of irony, helping a friend to surreptitiously take pictures of overly sincere straw … Continue reading
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ten minutes hate
When this blog was named (by a very talented writer, if a slacker when it comes to updates) and I was looking to see if anyone else had been similarly inspired, I stumbled across something from the States defining a … Continue reading
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