Archive for January, 2007
A shoddy compromise that does nobody any credit
Tony Blair has announced that there will be no opt-out for Catholic adoption agencies, but that there will be a 21 month delay in the introduction of the law to give them time to adjust. In an ideal world, clashes of the kind we have witnessed between the government and the Catholic church could be resolved without violence to the law or to [...]
How Reid gets away with it
Drug traffickers passport blunder - BBC news. There's something very un-New Labour about John Reid. Not just something, everything, in fact. It's not that he lacks the smooth sophistication of Blair, Mandelson and Campbell (remember them?). After all, we've put up with John Prescott. It's that he makes a positive virtue out of telling it like [...]
Are Tories headed for a three-way split?
Conservative peer defects to UKIP, 20 Jan 07, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6281423.stm Tory donors 'may vote for UKIP', 15 Jan 07, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6262325.stm Conservative peers defect to UKIP, 09 Jan 07, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6243807.stm Things are looking up for the Conservative party. They reached [...]
Squirm and Squirm about for Mr Cameron
Gordon Brown lacks a "full-throated mandate" to become prime minister and there should be an election soon after Tony Blair resigns, David Cameron says. Should Gordon Brown be prime minister after Tony Blair? Will he? Is anyone even still interested in the question? With every potential contender ducking for cover and touting for the position [...]
