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Yes, it’s time to look at the news from today… Clegg defiant against the voters An odd day to read the news, Nick Clegg says people should not “write off” the Lib Dems, despite them slumping to sixth place in the Barnsley Central by-election. “”In truth it was a no contest for any non-Labour candidate,” [...] “My speech was seen and heard on the BBC and in the interests of impartiality and fairness, so the prime minister’s should be.” Ed Miliband. Sorry, Ed, I missed it. I’ll probably miss Cameron’s too. No hardship, I missed the Liberal Democrat leader’s speech. Greens and UKIP too! Party Leader speeches are just over-rated opportunities [...] 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 the [...] 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 candidate”. [...] 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. It’s [...] 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 some [...] 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 about [...] |
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