In this week’s West Sussex County Times we have Francis Maude start his column by saying: For the last few months not a week has gone by when I haven’t received a letter or e-mail from someone who is struggling because they now find themselves without a job. It does not help that Maude himself […]
Entries Tagged as 'Tories'
Cameron’s new plan
January 12th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Politics
Having failed to excite anybody with his few, vague and contradictory policies, it appears that David Cameron now plans to rescue the country using a variation of the Pygmalion effect. What he seems to be saying is that he does not need any policies because he will achieve success merely by winning an election. His […]
Good News First
December 19th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Politics
For the last few weeks everything has been a bit hectic. Work has been busier and the hours a bit longer, while I have been out more, and consequently I have not been paying too much attention to the news. I have still been buying a paper, but only skimming through it in the evening.  […]
Making Your Mind Up
November 20th, 2008 · 5 Comments · Politics
The Rev John Stanton gets about a bit doesn’t he? According to the Times he appears on the infamous BNP members list, but before that he had been a local party chairman of the Green party, had spent four years as a Lib Dem councillor, five years as a Tory and before joining the BNP […]
Poor L’il Rich
November 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Politics
Well who would have thought it? Apparently ‘Dave’ Cameron’s plan to make his frontbenchers give up all their extra jobs is not proving to be popular with his frontbenchers.
The Big Money
November 4th, 2008 · Comments Off on The Big Money · Politics
How strange to not only find myself in agreement (sort of) with David Cameron, but to find myself in agreement with him twice in the same day.
Sugar Coated Iceberg
October 10th, 2008 · Comments Off on Sugar Coated Iceberg · Politics
Why was it no great surprise to find out that West Sussex county council have some money tied up in Icelandic banks? The council say that this will not have an impact on frontline services, and play down the significance in several ways: it is not in an Icelandic bank but in the UK arm […]
Found A Job
October 6th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Politics
I was a little gobsmacked while watching the BBC local news (for London – because that is what Virgin Media think is local to us here in West Sussex) about Kit Malthouse. I wasn’t really paying attention at first, so I may be a bit sketchy on some of the details, but as a member […]
Dead Men Tell No Tales
October 3rd, 2008 · Comments Off on Dead Men Tell No Tales · Politics
Many thanks to Danivon for bringing to my attention this story in advance of the local papers coming out. It is quite a hilarious story really. The gist of it is:
