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Well before the General Election, I gave some examples of how politicians were trying to fundamentally meddle with the BBC’s political independence. I sat down to watch Question Time last night, and nearly spat my teeth out when Dimbleby announced that Cameron’s Government would only send a representative if Alistair Campbell was not on [...] A Scottish Labour candidate, Stuart MacLennan, said some offensive things about Conservative and Liberal Democrat leaders on his twitter page, long before he became a candidate. Labour lost their backbone and sacked him as candidate for Moray. The leader of the Scottish Conservatives, Annabel Goldie, said she was ”disgusted” by the “disgraceful behaviour from a Labour [...] Michael Gove is the shadow education secretary. He’s been having a go at Labour because it gets money from Unite, the trade union. The British Airways employees who voted to strike, are part of Unite. Would it have made any difference if they were part of a different union? Quite why, I’m not sure. [...] I’ve always been slightly suspicious of the Jobcentre, the Dole, DHSS, whatever the Government of the day wants to call it. It’s real name is the Welfare State. Essentially, it’s the welfare state. The bit which props us up when we’re down. At least that’s the job it’s supposed to do. Over the years [...] Harriet Harman MP famously wearing a stabproof vest in Peckham, 31 March 2009. Image from South London Press. To celebrate the launch of Age UK (Age Concern and Help the Aged working together), Harriet Harman made a speech, talking about older people. Harman is the Equalities Minister. The speech included a few lines [...] |
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