I got home from work today, fired up the PC, and the first thing that caught my eye on Twitter was news that Crawley’s MP, Laura Moffat, is standing down. I have very mixed views about this.
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In the Loop
March 8th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Life, Politics
I watched In the Loop on the TV this evening, so I have now seen one of the films nominated for an Oscar today. I saw it the way most of the Academy judges would have seen it – i.e. without having seen In the Thick of it. Really. Not only have I never seen [...]
A week is a long time in politics
March 5th, 2010 · 14 Comments · Politics
If a week is a long time in politics then several weeks is long enough for an almighty u-turn. Or is it called a flip-flop these days?
David Cameron on Feb 8th:
For years all parties have taken the same view that someone’s tax status is a matter between them and the Inland Revenue. That needs to [...]
Celebrity endorsements
March 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Politics
As the general election draws ever nearer we should expect the political parties to start rolling out their celebrity endorsements. The Tories were already hard to beat with such personalities as Jim Davidson, Paul Daniels and Peter Stringfellow, but it looks like they now have the backing of foreign heads of state too. What a [...]
Tags: Elections
First time voters
March 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Politics
Tonight I broke a few TV habits to watch First Time Voters Question Time: I watched a TV programme live rather than on iPlayer or V+, I watched a political programme, and I watched something on BBC Three – all things I don’t really do very often these days. I actually enjoyed it a lot [...]
Out in the sun
March 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Life, Politics
I picked a good day to take a day’s holiday from work today. After what seems like weeks of relentless rain and high winds it was sunny and warm, which was just as well because I had decided to spend part of my day off helping with canvassing in Crawley and had been dreading going [...]
Tags: Broadfield·Elections·Weather
Are evangelicals shaping Tory policy?
February 25th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Life, Politics
This is not my question, but one asked on the front page of a free newspaper called Heart of West Sussex. The paper is a christian paper distributed around churches. Piles of the paper are left in the public areas of the Broadfield Community Centre.
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A future fair for all
February 22nd, 2010 · 6 Comments · Politics
I am not a big fan of political speeches generally, whoever they are made by. I am also really turned off by campaign slogans, which soon start to blur into each other, so I was prepared to cringe when Gordon Brown unveiled the Labour slogan for the election this year.
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First-class councillors
February 22nd, 2010 · 9 Comments · Politics
The comments of Nicholas Winterton this week certainly wound a few people up for various reasons. For once I find myself in total agreement with the official Tory party line that this represents “the out-of-touch views of a soon-to-retire backbench MP”, although I do wonder it it also represents the out-of-touch views of some MPs [...]
As recommended by economists
February 20th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Politics
I am starting to lose track of what all these economists are saying. First we have 20 of them writing to the Sunday Times to say that the Tory policies of spending cuts is the only way forward, then another 67 economists write to the FT to say that policy would be a disaster. I [...]
Tags: Economics
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