Luke's Blog (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
There is something desperately sad about the latest attention-seeking outburst from Charles Clarke . Sad for him because with every outburst he walks further into the wilderness when he ought to be trying to be a team player and contributing to the Party and the Government's recovery. But infinitely sadder for the Labour Party because the stupid, stupid timing of his completely unnecessary article...
New Statesman (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
In a New Statesman exclusive Charles Clarke takes on critics who abuse the word Blairite and warns Labour is destined for disaster if it continues on its current course and adds "we will not permit that to happen" As various commentators consider Labour's prospects, the term "Blairite" is being deployed to characterise the policies and personalities of some who question the party's current direction...
New Statesman (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
In a New Statesman exclusive Charles Clarke takes on critics who abuse the word Blairite and warns Labour is destined for disaster if it continues on its current course and adds "we will not permit that to happen" As various commentators consider Labour's prospects, the term "Blairite" is being deployed to characterise the policies and personalities of some who question the party's current direction...
Liberal Conspiracy (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Charles Clarke upset a lot of people in his own party yesterday. Clarke’s New Statesman piece ended with a veiled threat, but it was pretty clear unveiled in his Today programme interview this morning. But, as Clarke admitted, the real meaning was that the Cabinet does not agree with him that Brown must go. The [...]
donpaskini (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
Phil Glanville wrote an excellent article in Progress magazine recently: "Where I would advocate serious change, however, is from the top down, with MPs, peers, MEPs, AMs, MSPs and councillors. There are many, many Labour MPs who work all year round, quietly building the party's presence in their community. Yet, there are many others who haven't knocked on a door in years...The best MPs are already...
Guy Fawkes' blog (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
In the New Statesman tomorrow Charles Clarke is superficially writing about the use and abuse of the term "Blairism" . The word is insulting, lazy and misleading he says, calling for an end to "deceitful nonsense" As various commentators consider Labour's prospects, the term "Blairite" is being deployed to characterise the policies and personalities of some who question the party's current direction...
politicalbetting.com (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
Is is time for a McCain-style gamble? Charles Clarke, the former Home Secretary, has launched another not-so-subtle attack on Gordon Brown, claiming in the New Statesman that Labour “is destined to disaster if we go on as we are” and that “we will not allow that to happen”. In spite of some fairly significant pressing concerns [...]
The ThunderDragon (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
Apparently, we should never stop working. We should never retire, and never enjoy the fruits of our labour. Instead, we should just work, work, and work - then use equity release schemes to raise money from our homes to pay for care. As it is, we work for at least 40 years before retiring. With the [...]
Horgan (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
So says Charles Clarke in the New Statesman , where he delivers a devastating critique of Brown's henchmen's use of the word 'Blairite' to marginalise anyone who criticises them. His is one of those who 'fear that Labour's current course will lead to utter destruction at the next general election' and states that 'we will not permit that to happen'. This is fighting talk, but his analysis of Labour's...
Lightwater (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
I’ve long held the view, HERE, that Gordon Brown would hang on till May 2010. Even David Milliband’s political ambitions didn’t persuade me that Gordon Brown would be ousted before the latest time for a general election. My view was that if Labour dumped their Prime Minister, then they’d surely have to call an general election, which they’d undoubtedly lose. [...]
Ten Percent (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Food prices in UK supermarkets and shops have risen by 8.3% since the start of this year, according to figures obtained by the BBC. Meat and fish registered the biggest price increases in the survey, compiled on behalf of the BBC by leading retail analysts Verdict Research. The figures come amid growing concern about the [...]
Curly's Corner Shop, the blog! (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
…..you need friends around you With friends like Charles Clarke, who needs enemies? There is, however, a deep and widely shared concern - which does not derive from ideology - that Labour is destined to disaster if we go on as we are, combined with a determination that we will not permit that to happen. New Statesman article. Today [...]
janestheone (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
is I am sorry to say how Gordon's plan to boost the housing market has been received. Although it will not work of course. Here is Charles Clarke, a politician for whom, unlike many, I have always had a lot of time and respect, on the subject of the party and Gordon's leadership. Here is Reading Labour, updated for the first time in a month, saying Gordon's scheme is whizzo jolly good, but saying nothing...
Shamik Das - the voice of sport (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
ED BALLS believes the "overwhelming majority" of the Cabinet, Labour MPs, Labour party members and members of the public believe Gordon Brown is doing "a great job". The Schools Secretary shrugged off former Home Secretary Charles Clarke's warning that Labour was "destined to disaster" and faced "utter destrucion" at the next election. In spite of a series of self-inflicted disasters, our flat-lining...
Mikey Likes It! (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Thursday. One day until the weekend. So Kwame Kilpatrick is an admitted felon as of today. Here's the New York Times quoting the felon : "I want to emphasize tonight that I take full responsibility for my own actions. I wish with all my heart that we could turn back the hands of time and tell that young man to make better choices. But I can't. Our challenge now is to put the anguish and turmoil of...
Mr Eugenides (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Ah, Safety, it's been altogether too long. Welcome back ... There is no coherent Blairite ideology. Many of us who were proud to be members of Tony Blair's government had differing approaches even then, and certainly propose differing prescriptions now. Similarly, there is no Blairite plot, despite rumours and persistent newspaper reports. There is, however, a deep and widely shared concern - which...
