Posts Tagged ‘David Cameron’
The confusion that is transport policy
If you live in Coventry, it's cheaper to drive to London than go by train, but if you live in Honeybourne, the train is cheaper. Stratford on Avon District Council this year threatened to impose parking charges on places like Alcester that don't have a parking problem. In the evenings, on-street parking is free, but off-street parking, where you [...]
Cameron’s False Step
Memo on expenses seen as 'invitation to deselect' -- The Guardian. David Cameron has been sailing close to the wind for some time, but, now we see the first (to mix a metaphor) truly false step. There was already suspicion that he was using the expenses crisis to sweep aside the 'old guard', and now a leaked memo sent by chairman of the Tory [...]
We should reform now, but we cannot transform until we agree what politics is for
Something odd and deeply ironic is happening. People who have never voted are telling us we voted for the wrong people. People who have invested their lives in being famous are suddenly deciding that they have the attributes necessary to run the country. Meanwhile, politicians that most of us have either never heard of, or not heard from for a [...]
Enough of the talk, time for some action
So, Julie Kirkbride and Margaret Moran are to go. Bill Cash is suddenly under scrutiny for £15,000 he allegedly paid to his daughter. And so on, and so on, and so on. The effect of successive shocks gets less and less. Even David Cameron seems to have slowed his attempt to out-posture himself, no longer talking quite as tough as he accepted Julie [...]
