Category Archives: Parliament

Head of ‘Climategate’ research unit admits withholding data about global temperatures

By scrubber | Published: March 2, 2010
Today’s Daily Mail, a long-time champion of transparency in the self-inflicted CRU’s Global Warming furore, has reported on Professor Phil Jones’ appearance before the Parliamentary Science and Technology Committee inquiry yesterday. Described as pale and shaky, Prof. Jones, erstwhile Head of the University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit which was at the centre of the [...]
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So, what chances a hung Parliament?

By scrubber | Published: February 23, 2010
I think they’re higher than many people realise. Daniel Hannan dismisses the idea here, and Simon Wilson of MoneyWeek thinks it likely… He uses many of the arguments I did here. Interestingly, the vast majority of the comments on Daniel Hannan’s blog support and underline my current thinking on this… Wikio Wikio
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Can David Cameron win this election or not?

By scrubber | Published: February 22, 2010
When, about a year or so ago, I started voicing my concerns about David Cameron’s “conservativeness”, and saying that I thought I’d have to vote UKIP to be true to my beliefs and values (which are essentially small ‘c’ conservative) and especially my Euro-scepticism, my friends (and others) thought I was mad. However, over time, [...]
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Fancy £100Kpa and a £2m house in Maida Vale? Come on down!

By scrubber | Published: February 16, 2010
Proof, as if proof were ever needed, that the incompetence of this Government knows no bounds. This article in the Daily Mail yesterday is a shocker… “A single mother-of-six is getting more than £80,000 a year from the taxpayer to live in a £2million mansion in an exclusive London suburb. Essma Marjam, 34, is given almost £7,000 [...]
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The Conservatives still don’t get it…

By scrubber | Published: February 15, 2010
First off, let me repeat: I am by instinct and inclination a Conservative voter. My local Tory PPC is Ben Gummer, a man I’ve met several times, and whom I like. He will be, I believe, a very good MP for Ipswich, and I hope he will be elected. However, it is highly unlikely that [...]
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PMQs; what’s the point?

By scrubber | Published: February 10, 2010
Just watched PMQs on the BBC website. It was a classic performance by the Prime Mentalist, who failed to address, let alone answer, a single question from David Cameron, whose performance was a pretty good one. By contrast, he at least attempted to answer Nick Clegg’s questions, even if he did use them as a platform [...]
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Shahid Malik; more front than Blackpool…

By scrubber | Published: February 9, 2010
I really don’t know where to start with this one. For those of you who don’t know who Shahid Malik is, he’s been the Labour MP for Dewsbury since 2005. He is also a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Communities and Local Government, having been quietly re-instated by Gordon Brown after [...]
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Is this man too stupid to be an MP? (or what!)

By scrubber | Published: February 6, 2010
I am indebted, again, to Guido Fawkes for this gem. Readers are heartily recommended to go and look at the video of an interview with Jim Devine. It is utterly, utterly staggering. The interviewer is sometimes stuck for words, he is so taken aback… Wikipedia says of Devine: Wikio Wikio
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Election battle lines drawn up over the economy?

By DiamondGeezer | Published: February 3, 2010
In the old days, when Tories were Tories, and Labour were Labour, it was quite easy to predict how the battle lines would be drawn up for a mid-recession election. Tories would be in favour of cutting the state, cutting spending, and lowering taxes to promote growth. Labour would raise taxes to pay [...]
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Cameron and the CFP

By scrubber | Published: January 8, 2010
I’m indebted to a tweet for this one from James Delingpole. Here’s the final paragraph: “I’m afraid it’s precisely this kind of spinelessness which explains why some of us find it so hard to be enthusiastic about the prospects of a Cameron administration.” I mostly go along with JD, and this is no exception. I’m a life-long Tory, [...]
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