Posts Tagged ‘Gordon Brown’
A house divided
Prescott -- Miliband claims 'divide Labour' (BBC) Gordon Brown's Labour Party is a shadow of Tony Blair's. Blair ran his party with a combination of charisma, implied promises, and the fear of missing out. Brown doesn't so much run Labour as survive it. He is the eternal Mr Bean of British politics: no matter how hard he tries, things just keep [...]
No, Simon, PR WOULD help prevent expense abuse
Simon Heffer in the Telegraph opposes proportional representation The Telegraph's true colours have begun to come out. More even than a Tory victory at the next election, it wants things to stay unchanged. It is more deeply conservative than the Conservative party. Therefore, it is rather unnerved by the mood for change which its expenses [...]
Responding to the BNP
Many of us reacted with dismay to the news that the BNP had won not one but two seats in the Euro elections. The irony of this happening on D-Day escaped no-one. Yet, the sun rose the next morning, and we are still here. It is time to wake up, collectively, see what has really happened, and work to set it right. First, we must put the BNP success [...]
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 [...]
