Category Archives: Parliament

EU Referendum vote…

By scrubber | Published: October 28, 2011
I have a lot to say about this, none of it positive to Cameron and his acolytes, but as can be seen from the paucity of posts lately, no time to write it down. However, I can let Mr Farage say some of it for me: Wikio Wikio
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Eric Illsley MP pleads guilty to three counts of fraud

By scrubber | Published: January 11, 2011
As reported everywhere, Barnsley Central’s sitting Labour MP has pleaded guilty to three counts of fraud. I say “Labour”, but to be fair, he has already been expelled by Labour and is technically an independent. Sentencing is expected in a month, and if David Chaytor is anything to go by, he should be looking at [...]
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BNP candidate forcibly removed by Police at O&S election hustings.

By scrubber | Published: January 11, 2011
As a Libertarian, I hold no torch for the BNP, a far-left, socialist nationalist party, but they are, as far as I can tell, a legally-constitued political party, and they have fielded candidates in elections in the UK for many years. As such, they have a perfect, and legally-endorsed, right to play a full and [...]
Also posted in Civil Liberties, Corruption, Local Government, Police, UKIP | Tagged , , , , | 7 Comments

Give us loyalty and dignity, not the empty vanity of Ed Miliband’s ‘new politics’

By DiamondGeezer | Published: October 1, 2010
A superb piece on the Telegraph blogs today from Peter Oborne, which accurately describes much that I feel is wrong with the vacuous celebrity-esque politicians that we have to tolerate ad nauseam in this country. I like it so much that I have reproduced it in full: Like the outpouring of grief following the death [...]
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Zac Goldsmith: what a twat.

By scrubber | Published: July 20, 2010
I’m in catch-up mode after a couple of weeks working away and quite over-whelmed with the sheer volume of crap falling around our ears worthy of a blog or two. This one stands out, and although a few days old, needs wide dissemination… We’re all well used to politicians not answering questions, their evasion tactics, obfuscation [...]
Also posted in David Cameron, General Election, MPs Expenses, Political Stupidity, Taxpayers' Money | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

A steaming, confected, self-polishing jobbernowl.

By scrubber | Published: June 30, 2010
So says the excellent Quentin Letts of our over-promoted, self-important and out-of-his-depth Squeaker John Bercow. I didn’t know what a jobbernowl was either, so I looked it up. Excellent! What a cracking choice of word. Quentin’s article was inspired by the Junior Health Minister Simon Burns’ behaviour in the House of Commons yesterday during Health Questions. It seems [...]
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The economic consequences of Mr. Brown

By scrubber | Published: June 29, 2010
My thanks to our blogging colleague Old Holborn for bringing our attention to the following youtube clip of a speech by Professor Stein Ringen, and thence, by extension, the rather longer version below it. The subject is a book by Professor Ringen called “The Economic Consequences of Mr Brown”: quite a subject… The good Professor is [...]
Also posted in Broken Britain, Corruption, David Cameron, Economy, Gordon Brown, Ministerial incompetence, Nanny State, New Labour, Taxpayers' Money, Technology, Tories | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Andrew Neal ambushes Diane Abbott

By scrubber | Published: June 25, 2010
I happened to catch This Week last night on the Beeb, and noticed that Diane Abbott had re-appeared next to Michael Portillo on the sofa. She’s been off campaigning for the Labour leadership, apparently. Speaking personally, I have no major feelings either way on her, or her chances of winning the leadership. Frankly, I don’t care [...]
Also posted in Ed Balls, MPs Expenses, New Labour, Taxpayers' Money | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments

Will John Bercow get his comeuppance?

By scrubber | Published: May 18, 2010
The new Parliament sits for the first time today. The first job will be to confirm, or otherwise, John Bercow’s continuing role as the Speaker. The motion proposing this traditional vote, will be laid before the House by Sir Peter Tapsell, the new Father of the House at around 14:30. The members all shout “Aye” [...]
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Voting at 16? Good idea, bad idea or Trojan Horse?

By scrubber | Published: May 6, 2010
Both Labour and the Lib Dems have said that they favour lowering the voting age to 16. Why would they do that, I wonder, and is it a good idea? My father used to say to me: “There is nothing in socialism that a little age or a little money will not cure”, but it was [...]
Also posted in General Election, Gordon Brown, Ministerial incompetence, Nanny State, New Labour, Nick Clegg | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment