Ed Miliband: read my lips – no nuclear subsidies
In honour of Nick Clegg’s visit to Forgemasters today, I thought I would go back and see what Ed Miliband was saying about nuclear power before the election. On 9 November 2009, he told the House: “We...
View ArticleCrawling from the wreckage
Hello? Is this thing still working? Can anyone still hear me? Testing… testing… Ahem. Hi. I’m back. It’s been a long time. How are you? Me? Well, for the past nine months I’ve been working for Yes to...
View ArticleYes to Fairer Votes: the briefing has started
This is an interesting quote: Last night a senior source in the campaign for the alternative vote admitted they knew “very early on” that there was no chance of winning the referendum and that Clegg...
View ArticleLabour Needs A Plan B
It has been odd watching the Labour party over the last 18 months. If ever an opposition has had a golden opportunity, it has surely been this. With the economy in a mess, any government would be...
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Scapegoating Nick Clegg is the lowest form of populism
My ire was particularly roused yesterday by Owen Jones’s latest attack on Nick Clegg. Now, regular readers of this blog may be aware that Nick Clegg is not exactly my favourite person, I actually agree...
View ArticleMyleene Klass and political failure
Myleene Klass may be deeply confused about how the mansion tax will work in practice, but she probably isn’t the only one. As a supporter of land value taxation, it is no surprise that I think it is a...
View ArticleHave we reached peak flag?
There are some days when I couldn’t feel more alienated from UK politics, and today is one of them. While we are still struggling to comprehend why the people of Rochester and Strood just re-elected an...
View ArticleHow Labour’s Lib Dem bashing backfired
I’ve already said what I think about Labour’s decision to target Lib Dem-held constituencies at the expense of Tory-held ones, so I won’t repeat myself here. This article looks at the bigger picture,...
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