Articles tagged UK Politics:
Instead of Insulting UKIP Voters, Cameron Needs to Hug Them Close
- 6 Jan 2013
He’s like someone with an itch who just can’t stop scratching it. Why is it that the Prime Minister just can’t help himself? You’d think he would be trying to attract support from as many people as possible, yet he delights in insulting UKIP members and supporters. A few year...
Anyone Would Think That Rail Fare Rises Were New!
- 2 Jan 2013
Watching Labour Transport spokeswoman Maria Eagle touring the TV studios today, you’d think Labour had never put rail fares up during their time in office. If only that were true. Since 2004 fares have risen by inflation plus 1% under a formula put in place by, yes, you guess...
Is Paul Goodman Right? Are the Tories a 2015 Write-Off?
- 30 Dec 2012
It is a brave man who predicts an election result two and a half years away from polling day, but that it what Paul Goodman has done in today’s Sunday Telegraph . Paul is a shrewd observer and one of my favourite pundits. He may have been a loss to the Commons, but he is a mu...
Should We Really Buy Shares in George Osborne and Sell Balls?
- 7 Dec 2012
James Forsyth wrote in last week’s Spectator that now was the time to buy shares in George Osborne. I mentioned this to a Tory MP this morning, a mere 48 hours after the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement. “Yes,” he said. “They’ve risen from 2p to 4p.” Cuttingly cruel. It is true t...
A PR Lesson Andrew Mitchell Needs to Learn
- 24 Sep 2012
What on earth did he think he was doing? All Andrew Mitchell achieved this morning by talking to the assembled cameras was to give the story more legs. But perhaps it is wrong to blame Mitchell. After all, he was no doubt doing what he had been advised to do by the so called g...
Clegg's Bluff Needs To Be Called
- 6 Aug 2012
What follows is written more in sorrow than anger. I was a cheerleader for the coalition in the days it took for it to be negotiated. I take little pleasure in seeing it start to fracture. It was right for the country then, and it is now. But it can only work if both sides act...
Tim Yeo Is The Unacceptable Face of Conservatism
- 24 Jul 2012
There’s a bitter row going on between George Osborne and Ed Davey about the level of subsidy given to renewable energy and wind turbines in particular The chairman of the Energy & Climate Change Select Committee, Tim Yeo, has waded in and attacked the Chancellor for wantin...
I've Reshuffled Cameron's Cabinet So He Doesn't Have To
- 19 Jul 2012
It is much to David Cameron’s credit that he is not a reshuffle addict. The fact is, he hates them. So it is little surprise that his first major reshuffle, predicted for early September, is much anticipated and is the subject of much speculation. Had it not been for Jeremy Hu...
Attorney Drops Hain & Biteback Contempt Prosecution
- 17 May 2012
HAIN AND DALE WELCOME ‘VICTORY FOR FREE SPEECH AS NORTHERN IRELAND ATTORNEY GENERAL DROPS PROSECUTION FOR ’SCANDALISING’ JUDGE After the decision today of the Northern Ireland Attorney General to drop his pending prosecution of the former Secretary of State for Northern Irela...
BNP Candidate Gives Second Preference To...
- 20 Apr 2012
On Thursday night I presented my radio programme from the 24th floor of the Heron Tower, right in the heart of the City of London. It was the venue for the Sky News London mayoral debate. Little of note emerged from the debate with Boris Johnson, Ken Livingstone and Brian Padd...