Tag Archives: UK election
As Nasty As They Wanna Be
Well, they managed it. Cameron’s Conservatives – no doubt already wearying of the compassionate bit – have their ‘stealing the milk‘ moment. Since Maggie snatched the white stuff from millions of schoolchildren way back when, condemning them to easily snapped … Continue reading
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The Simple, Angry Men Of 10 O’Clock Live
Julia hasn’t been watching a lot of UK television lately, so here’s writer Nick Bryan with a guest post on Channel 4′s latest attempt to ‘do’ politics: — Like many in the left-leaning, Twitter-abusing internet world, I’ve been watching Channel … Continue reading
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The state of us
It is becoming increasingly clear that the things we need to have happen in order for a fairer, more just society to emerge, from economic reforms to climate change measures, as well as improvements in education, health and social care … Continue reading
The art of surprise
The only surprise is that people seem to be surprised. This is probably the third time in living memory, after all, that the Conservative Party has effectively told the poorer parts of the UK to fuck off and die, preferably … Continue reading
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Why Labour lost
Following a defeat or set back it is natural to contemplate what went wrong, human nature having developed this tactic to avoid repeating mistakes forever. One of my favourite and oft-quoted pieces of wisdom is that one, sometimes attributed to … Continue reading
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The Clegg and Compo show
Here we all are then, the Dave ‘n’ Nick show opens with the release of the initial and snappily titled ‘Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition negotiations agreements’ on how we are to be governed. You can read the whole thing here. The agreement … Continue reading
We’ve been here before
A short musical interlude for all ten minutes hate readers who don’t remember what this was like last time around. Listen carefully, this could be valuable survival advice: And if things get really tough, there is always this beauty: Good … Continue reading
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A new England
Right, I have slept on it and I think I have come up with a workable solution. Here is what we are going to have to do: I appreciate that this leaves a few people on the wrong side of … Continue reading
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Hang ‘em high
So… I bet you are glad you paid attention in constitutional law now, right? In case, like 80% of the people being interviewed across the media this morning, you have next to no idea what comes next, here is a … Continue reading
