Category Archives: Lord Pearson

Why shouldn’t Britain go the same way as Greece? (and other musings)

By DiamondGeezer | Published: May 5, 2010
Prevalent in the news today have been the riots in Greece. The country is now sufficiently unattractive to investors and ratings agencies that their bond markets have frozen, and due to this and their enormous deficit they are no longer able to service their debts. Greek workers’ unions hold enormous sway, and thanks [...]
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Hung Parliament: can tactical voting save us?

By scrubber | Published: April 21, 2010
Back in late February, I wrote an article entitled “So, what chances a hung Parliament?” which was basically a pointer to an article by Daniel Hannan in which he claims that David Cameron is still on course to win. Of course, last week’s “debate” has changed things dramatically, and made a hung Parliament far more [...]
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UKIP: Country before Party

By scrubber | Published: April 14, 2010
UKIP launched its manifesto yesterday; I watched it on Sky News. I don’t know if it was broadcast on the BBC, I doubt it, but I can’t be sure as I hardly watch the BBC News these days; its leftward bias just infuriates me. Anyway, the manifesto, which can be downloaded, is just 13 pages long, [...]
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UKIP’s Lord Pearson gives pre-General Election speech.

By scrubber | Published: March 23, 2010
Well, Lord Pearson is not exactly a natural public speaker, and therefore no Nigel Farage, David Cameron or Tony Blair when in front of a camera. He’s a million times better than our “wooden and perfunctory” Prime Mentalist, though. That said, this speech is a triumph of content over presentation. Straight-talking indeed. I recommend watching it [...]
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