Interesting story about the problems facing the Labour Party by Patrick O'Flynn over at Express.co.uk.
In summation Labour will be out for at least two elections
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Problems facing The Labour Party
Local Council by-elections newspaper coverage
Mr Chris Mead over at the PA has covered recent local election results under the headline "Labour in by-election triumph".
Basically in 7 recent resullts Labour had one good result.
I wonder if Mr Mead is biased?
Red Ed working on Blair ll with champagne socialist
Some new broom. Red Ed is hiring Alastair Campbell Mark II to be director of strategy or in other words Labour Party master of dirty tricks.
The man is Tory hating Tom Baldwin
according to some a liberal coke snorter who outed Dr Kelly during the aftermath of the Labour party dodgy Iraq folder fiasco.
Oh he is also married to a millionairess as a socialist I am sure he does not benefit from his wifes money, Yeh right
"socialist"
- Meet the champagne (and coke snorting) socialist who is Labour's new Alastair Campbell | Mail Online (view on Google Sidewiki)
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Former Labour Party minister hung out to dry by Red Ed
The former Labour Party minister who, this morning, called for the legalising of drugs was disowned by Red Ed before tea time.
Red Ed needs to get a grip on the party before it descends into complete chaos.
Former Labour Party Minister says heroin and cocaine should be made legal
Six months after losing the election Labour Party Minister Bob Ainsworth who was responsible for Labour government drug policy has called for all drugs to be legalised.
In a breathtakingly hypocritical example of political opportunism Ainsworth u-turns on 13 tears of Labour government policy.
As usual Labour radical in the lala land of opposition but as we saw far more conservative in power.
As evidence of how bankrupt he and Labour are is that he blamed a potential media backlash as the reason why Labour did not change their policy. That's leadership, NOT.
BBC has made this empty comment its main headline today.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Gordon Brown lied about saving the banking system
Gordon Brown has been shown to have lied about his claimed "saving the World (banking system").
In fact it has now been shown that The Bank of England boss Mervyn King proposed the idea at least 6 months before Brown said he came up with the idea.
So rather than saving the banking system he contributed to our troubles by not acting until the system was going down the pan
"Mervyn King"
- Bank of England boss Mervyn King, not Gordon Brown, 'was bank bailout mastermind' | Mail Online (view on Google Sidewiki)
Monday, December 13, 2010
Same old irresponsible Labour Party
Red Ed Miliband thinks 6th formers should be able to protest against government education policy. Red Ken Livingstone takes a photo opportunity with protesting college students. Shame they weren't as caring when the Labour party caused the economic problems the government have now to sort out.
I don't recall Labour encouraging street protest against their policies but of course so called socialist policies are good by definition
Labour shadow Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper
Labour is preparing a break with its recent past by dropping its unquestioning support of US foreign policy under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.
Yvette Cooper, the shadow Foreign Secretary, said America was by far the UK's most important foreign ally, but Britain should be prepared to speak out in certain circumstances.
Ms Cooper said that under Mr Blair and Mr Brown, ministers did raise concerns with the Bush administration both over human rights and aspects of the war in Iraq, but perhaps should have done so publicly. "If you look at some of the things that George Bush said about water-boarding it's just shocking – really troubling. Guantanamo Bay was a huge problem and area of disagreement. Wherever we did not make that sufficiently clear I think that was the wrong thing to do. We should have said very clearly and strongly that that was the wrong approach."
Ms Cooper said: "My initial thoughts are we got it wrong on Iraq. I thought there were weapons of mass destruction and there weren't, and that was wrong. We have to recognise that and face up to that.
Well thats all right then I am sure the relatives of the 10's of thousands of died innocent Iraqies will sleep easier now.
"Yvette Cooper, the shadow Foreign Secretary"
- http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/cooper-we-should-have-criticised-us-over-human-rights-2158678.html (view on Google Sidewiki)
Friday, December 10, 2010
Time table of protest student style
12pm: Thousands assemble at the University of London Union in Malet Street, Bloomsbury, for a march on Parliament.
1.30pm: Protesters march quickly down the Mall towards Buckingham Palace and also towards Parliament Square.
1.50pm: A group, including
14-year-old boys, bursts through police lines blocking the crowd from the square and storm towards the entrance of the House of Commons.
2.10pm: First major flashpoint as protesters shepherded to one side of the square surge at police, throwing bits of fencing, bottles of urine and sticks.
2.30pm: Police use horses to charge protesters who have moved to Victoria Street, pinning them against a fence near Westminster Abbey. Rioters throw fireworks, smoke bombs and wooden poles.
5pm: Frustration builds among protesters “kettled” in the square, some of whom launch fresh attacks on police with scaffolding poles, metal fencing and breezeblocks.
5.40pm: Around 500 activists attending a rally on Victoria Embankment greet news of the vote with boos and throw paint bombs at buses.
7pm: Rioters use a makeshift battering ram to break through a door of the Treasury building. They are forced out again by riot squad. Another group smashes windows of the Supreme Court.
7.15pm: A Rolls-Royce carrying Prince Charles and Camilla is attacked in Regent Street.
8pm: Rioters attack TopShop in Oxford Street.
9.30pm: Peaceful protesters are slowly allowed to leave Parliament Square. Police begin to drive the remaining demonstrators across Westminster Bridge.
1.30pm: Protesters march quickly down the Mall towards Buckingham Palace and also towards Parliament Square.
1.50pm: A group, including
14-year-old boys, bursts through police lines blocking the crowd from the square and storm towards the entrance of the House of Commons.
2.10pm: First major flashpoint as protesters shepherded to one side of the square surge at police, throwing bits of fencing, bottles of urine and sticks.
2.30pm: Police use horses to charge protesters who have moved to Victoria Street, pinning them against a fence near Westminster Abbey. Rioters throw fireworks, smoke bombs and wooden poles.
5pm: Frustration builds among protesters “kettled” in the square, some of whom launch fresh attacks on police with scaffolding poles, metal fencing and breezeblocks.
5.40pm: Around 500 activists attending a rally on Victoria Embankment greet news of the vote with boos and throw paint bombs at buses.
7pm: Rioters use a makeshift battering ram to break through a door of the Treasury building. They are forced out again by riot squad. Another group smashes windows of the Supreme Court.
7.15pm: A Rolls-Royce carrying Prince Charles and Camilla is attacked in Regent Street.
8pm: Rioters attack TopShop in Oxford Street.
9.30pm: Peaceful protesters are slowly allowed to leave Parliament Square. Police begin to drive the remaining demonstrators across Westminster Bridge.
Childish leftie rioters
As usual lefties go anti-democratic when it is some one elses turn
in reference to: Student protesters arrested after Trafalgar Square clash with riot police | News (view on Google Sidewiki)Friday, October 01, 2010
Balls family feud is a plot twist too far after Miliband drama
For a party still reeling from the Miliband of Brothers psychodrama, let alone the Blair-Brown soap opera, the idea of another family feud must feel like a plot twist too far.
Yet Ed Miliband knows he has to find a way of giving both Yvette Cooper and Ed Balls star roles in his shadow cabinet cast without creating more noises off that distract the audience.
Ms Cooper made one of her career's toughest calls this year in deciding not to contest the party leadership and to allow her other half a free run.
Partly driven by the need to spend time with her young family, she also knew the idea of a husband and wife battling for the crown would be frankly ridiculous.
A Balls v Balls contest would have made the Miliband fight look positively normal.
The supreme irony of today's hints that Ms Cooper could be offered the post of shadow shancellor is that this was the very prize on which her husband's eyes were fixed all along.
Way back in May, when he launched his leadership campaign, even his most loyal followers knew he was unlikely to win and it was merely a clever way to reinvent his political image on the road to the Treasury.
Having been foiled by a dogged Alistair Darling and wily Peter Mandelson — a setback keenly felt within the Balls household — it is hard to imagine his wife would want to add insult to injury.
When asked this week if his wife would make a good Chancellor, Mr Balls replied: “She's a fabulous, talented and gifted politician. That's why I married her.”
But the very fact that Mr Miliband is considering offering the post to Ms Cooper yet again underlines his ruthlessness and extraordinary ability to separate personal from political.
David was treated not as a brother but as a Blairite continuity candidate who stood in the way of the path to No 10.
As he proved with his swift and brutal removal of former chief whip Nick Brown yesterday, Mr Miliband is unafraid to assert the authority of a newly elected leader.
Although the general election could be as far away as 2015, Ed Miliband is already a man in a hurry.
Unlike Blair or Brown, he has very little time to plan his first shadow cabinet and he faces a tough call in balancing the array of talent — or lack of it — once MPs have chosen his top team next Friday.
With 49 candidates chasing 19 posts, Labour backbenchers will spend the next week involved in an election that is part Grand National steeplechase, part Wacky Races.
The shadow chancellor post has obvious totemic importance, given the economy will be the central issue of this Parliament, but the looming spending review on October 20 sets a tight deadline for a man who wants to reposition his party while sounding credible on cuts. It's going to be tight.
Yet Ed Miliband knows he has to find a way of giving both Yvette Cooper and Ed Balls star roles in his shadow cabinet cast without creating more noises off that distract the audience.
Ms Cooper made one of her career's toughest calls this year in deciding not to contest the party leadership and to allow her other half a free run.
Partly driven by the need to spend time with her young family, she also knew the idea of a husband and wife battling for the crown would be frankly ridiculous.
A Balls v Balls contest would have made the Miliband fight look positively normal.
The supreme irony of today's hints that Ms Cooper could be offered the post of shadow shancellor is that this was the very prize on which her husband's eyes were fixed all along.
Way back in May, when he launched his leadership campaign, even his most loyal followers knew he was unlikely to win and it was merely a clever way to reinvent his political image on the road to the Treasury.
Having been foiled by a dogged Alistair Darling and wily Peter Mandelson — a setback keenly felt within the Balls household — it is hard to imagine his wife would want to add insult to injury.
When asked this week if his wife would make a good Chancellor, Mr Balls replied: “She's a fabulous, talented and gifted politician. That's why I married her.”
But the very fact that Mr Miliband is considering offering the post to Ms Cooper yet again underlines his ruthlessness and extraordinary ability to separate personal from political.
David was treated not as a brother but as a Blairite continuity candidate who stood in the way of the path to No 10.
As he proved with his swift and brutal removal of former chief whip Nick Brown yesterday, Mr Miliband is unafraid to assert the authority of a newly elected leader.
Although the general election could be as far away as 2015, Ed Miliband is already a man in a hurry.
Unlike Blair or Brown, he has very little time to plan his first shadow cabinet and he faces a tough call in balancing the array of talent — or lack of it — once MPs have chosen his top team next Friday.
With 49 candidates chasing 19 posts, Labour backbenchers will spend the next week involved in an election that is part Grand National steeplechase, part Wacky Races.
The shadow chancellor post has obvious totemic importance, given the economy will be the central issue of this Parliament, but the looming spending review on October 20 sets a tight deadline for a man who wants to reposition his party while sounding credible on cuts. It's going to be tight.
M4 bus lane comes to end of the road | News
At last the M4 Blair bus lane comes to end of the road
The M4 bus lane, which runs from Heathrow to the capital, is to be scrapped.
The 3.5-mile lane has infuriated drivers sitting in traffic jams, while it lies empty, since it was launched by the former deputy prime minister John Prescott in June 1999.
It was originally reserved for buses, coaches and licensed taxis under 50mph, but after three years motor-cycles were also allowed access and the speed limit was raised to 60mph.
Next week Transport Secretary Philip Hammond will announce that the lane will be suspended.
In his speech to the Conservative Party conference, Mr Hammond will say: “Nothing is more symbolic of Labour's war on the motorist than the M4 bus lane. It was John Prescott's idea and I think that says it all.
“I can announce today that from the end of December until the Olympics the M4 bus lane will be suspended. And once the Olympics are over, my intention is to scrap it permanently.”
The bus lane will return for a few weeks during the 2012 Games, when it will be part of the Olympic Routes Network to get people to and from events quickly.
It became known as the “Blair lane” when, within days of opening, the former prime minister's official car used it “for security reasons”.
The M4 bus lane, which runs from Heathrow to the capital, is to be scrapped.
The 3.5-mile lane has infuriated drivers sitting in traffic jams, while it lies empty, since it was launched by the former deputy prime minister John Prescott in June 1999.
It was originally reserved for buses, coaches and licensed taxis under 50mph, but after three years motor-cycles were also allowed access and the speed limit was raised to 60mph.
Next week Transport Secretary Philip Hammond will announce that the lane will be suspended.
In his speech to the Conservative Party conference, Mr Hammond will say: “Nothing is more symbolic of Labour's war on the motorist than the M4 bus lane. It was John Prescott's idea and I think that says it all.
“I can announce today that from the end of December until the Olympics the M4 bus lane will be suspended. And once the Olympics are over, my intention is to scrap it permanently.”
The bus lane will return for a few weeks during the 2012 Games, when it will be part of the Olympic Routes Network to get people to and from events quickly.
It became known as the “Blair lane” when, within days of opening, the former prime minister's official car used it “for security reasons”.
Monday, March 15, 2010
Labour luvvie Guardian undermines Brown
The Labour house journal The Guardian cannot avoid the bitter truth that Gordon Brown is deeply unpopular.
Their latest poll shows Conservatives up to 40%, 9 points clear of Labour.
The poll shows that even Labour voters dislike Brown and that Cameron is more trusted and liked than Brown.
Someone in the Labour Party should have some guts and send Brown on his way.
Their latest poll shows Conservatives up to 40%, 9 points clear of Labour.
The poll shows that even Labour voters dislike Brown and that Cameron is more trusted and liked than Brown.
Someone in the Labour Party should have some guts and send Brown on his way.
Brussels tells Gordon Brown to curb UK Spending
Gordon Brown was dealt an embarrassing blow last night when Brussels gave warning that Britain must do more to curb its spiralling debt.
The European Commission wants Labour to outline further spending cuts and spell out where the axe will fall.
The European Commission wants Labour to outline further spending cuts and spell out where the axe will fall.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)