David Cameron
As if the world needs one, it's time for another Raoul Moat post. Since his expiration on a rain soaked bank in the early hours of Saturday morning, the surreal media circus surrounding Moat's pursuit and stand off will not let him rest.
We Are Now Officially A Con-Dem Nation
12 May 2010
Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown made a very dignified exit from No 10 Downing Street last night as it came apparent that David Cameron's Conservatives were about to enter into a hard coalition with Nick Clegg's Liberal Democrats. Gordon Brown spoke passionately from the heart and conceded that he had failed to engage the nation during their Election Campaign and that he had his frailties.
To quote from an Ancient Chinese General "If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade him. If your opponent is temperamental, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them. If sovereign and subject are in accord, put division between them. Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected".
The Leaders Debate - Part 2
23 Apr 2010
Last night saw the second of 3 televised Leaders Debates. This one was very different to the last! There was no 'I agree with Nick' this time, the mood was altogether more competitive. Sky TV hosted the debate moderated by the excellent Adam Boulton and seemed to be a much more professional production. It focused on Foreign affairs and then more general issues. Gordon Brown told us that if it was all based on style with no substance then we must count him out.
The Leaders Debate Part 1 - The Winners & Losers
16 Apr 2010
Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg has topped the polls following his performance on last nights first of three live television debates.
I have been out leafleting for Charlotte Atkins in the highly marginal Staffordshire Moorlands seat and managed to have a chat with her after I have finished my perambulations around the Haregate Estate.
So as the first few days of cavorting as the great and good of Westminster convince us, the great unwashed to put a cross by their party name on the first Thursday in May come to an end, two things said by David Cameron, the gutter press Sun’s new best mate, have stuck out for me.
David Cameron writes today in the Guardian that Public sector chiefs earning hundreds of thousands of pounds a year would have their salaries cut back by a Conservative government under a radical scheme to link their earnings to the lowest-paid workers in their organisation. The Leader of the Tories suggests a difference of 20 times between the highest and lowest paid worker in the public sector
Norsheen Bhatti Press Release The Conservatives have announced that a Conservative Government will stop Labour's tax rise on jobs by cutting waste. Stopping the planned increases in National Insurance Contributions will result in 7 out of 10 working people being better off. A Conservative Government will take immediate action to start cutting Government waste, in order to spend £6 billion less in 2010-11 than Labour’s plans. Norsheen Bhatti, the Parliamentary Candidate for Stoke Central, said:
The Vulture Funds Bill was blocked at its third reading by a single Conservative MP in the House of Commons on Friday. It’s not clear which of three MPs, including deputy Chief Whip Andrew Robatham, shouted ‘object’ to block the bill. They were huddled together, but refused to admit which of them it was. There is now unlikely to be time to pass the bill before the general election.
