Tag Archives: General Election

The Department of Government Waste releases new information video.

By scrubber | Published: April 1, 2010
Ok, this April Fool, which isn’t in the least funny, but excellent nonetheless, deserves its own blog entry. Watch the advert. Class! Download the PDF!. Frightening… Wikio Wikio
Posted in Corruption, Economy, Ministerial incompetence, New Labour, Taxpayers' Money | Also tagged , , | 1 Comment

TPA: Tax under a Labour Government

By scrubber | Published: March 31, 2010
Cracking video from the Tax Payers’ Alliance: Enjoy… Wikio Wikio
Posted in General Election, Gordon Brown, Taxation | Also tagged , | 1 Comment

Nigel Farage on BBC’s Hard Talk

By scrubber | Published: March 30, 2010
Further our earlier post, here’s the full 23 minute programme. Strapline is: “There’s a powerful strain of anti-EU sentiment in Britian – but is it enough to turn the anti-EU UK Independence Party into a credible political force in the looming general election? Stephen Sackur is joined by UKIP’s erstwhile leader – and now their most high [...]
Posted in Economy, European Union, General Election, Nigel Farage, UKIP | Also tagged , , | 1 Comment

Is YouGov biased?

By scrubber | Published: March 30, 2010
Well, it’s a fair question. Peter Jon Kellner is President of YouGov. As can be seen from wikipedia (and a fairly superficial trawl of google) he was a left-leaning journalist and worked for the BBC. He is also married to Baroness Catherine Ashton, New Labour-appointed High Representative for Foreign Affairs. You can find out what [...]
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Lib-Dems fund advertising campaign on behalf of UKIP

By scrubber | Published: March 30, 2010
This is classic! The beautifully-named website Labservative (tag-line: More of the same) has appeared on the net with an excellent video released on youtube yesterday; the “Labservative General Election Manifesto”, presented by the Labservative Party’s leader, the delightfully-named Gorvid Camerown. Wikio Wikio
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BBC’s Daily Politics Show’s Poll says 55% of Brits want to leave EU

By scrubber | Published: March 29, 2010
The only surprising thing here (which on reflection is not that surprising really) is the fact that the BBC is surprised! Good stuff in the video from Daniel Hannan along with Charles Clarke and Andrew Neil up to his usual… The full poll can be found here but for the impatient, here are the highlights: Full Results: Wikio Wikio [...]
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Nigel Farage explains UKIP’s manifesto on the BBC

By scrubber | Published: March 29, 2010
There’s only a small clip (4m:55) of this programme on the BBC website, but the full programme can be seen on Monday 29th March 2010 on BBC World News at 03:30, 08:30, 15:30, 20:30 GMT, and on the BBC News Channel at 04.30 and 23.30 BST. Watching this, I was struck by two things… Firstly, why [...]
Posted in BBC, Climate Change, General Election, Nigel Farage, UKIP | Also tagged , , , | 2 Comments

Voting intention poll results since 2005

By scrubber | Published: March 26, 2010
Just a quick blog to bring this excellent site to readers’ attention. This graph, pinched from their site, makes interesting viewing. Wikio Wikio
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Tories lose Poll lead after Budget!

By scrubber | Published: March 26, 2010
After what was, at best, a non-budget, albeit hammering Middle England yet again, Labour has finally gone ahead in the Polls. Well, one poll; today’s poll for BBC2’s Daily Politics show by COMRES Naturally, even though this wasn’t a poll of voting intentions in the election, this is being trumpeted all over the left-wing press such [...]
Posted in David Cameron, Economy, General Election, Gordon Brown, New Labour, Parliament, Taxation, Taxpayers' Money, Tories, Uncategorized | Also tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

Nigel Farage interviewed on Russia Today; an English Language TV station

By scrubber | Published: March 25, 2010
I didn’t even know there was an English Language TV station in Russia, but there you are… Excellent interview. Mr. Farage touched on UKIP’s Immigration Policy. Here follows a synopsis, and the full version can be found here. Wikio Wikio
Posted in European Union, General Election, Immigration, Nigel Farage, UKIP | Also tagged , , | 1 Comment