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Boulton (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
The "Brown must go" camp among Labour MPs have backed off. For now. Tony Lloyd, the unassuming but popular MP for Manchester Central, has been re-elected as Parliamentary Labour Party chairman unopposed. So what? Well, this seemingly innocuous piece of non-news is actually highly significant. Because until only a few days ago the "Brown must go" plotters against Gordon Brown were...
The Economist (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
A shadow culture secretary begins to makes his mark THE Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has rarely been the frivolous sideshow suggested by its Whitehall nickname, “the ministry of fun”. It was a training ground for some of Labour’s brightest prospects, including James Purnell and Andy Burnham. It has a big role in staging the London Olympics in 2012, perhaps the biggest...
Islington Newmania (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
On Hopi`s blog today he was gushing about the latest Labour PPB “ Fighters and Believers”. If you bother with it , and avoid spontaneous combustion ,you will be struck by the clammy religiosity . Timmy Worstall meanwhile was pouring scorn on the notion that Jesus was a socialist . A presumably sanctimonious leftie feels that in an eventful life Jesus found time to register support for progressive...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Hot on the high heels of Liz Truss's success in fighting off attempts to deselect her as Conservative candidate in Norfolk South West, Tory activists in the three-way marginal seat of Brighton Pavilion tonight stage an open primary in a seafront hotel. Local bloggers crackle with malice as to who on the shortlist is really local among the London bankers, brokers and barristers. Scott Digby, a Hillingdon...
Manchester Evening News Blogs (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
David Miliband tells me his friend James Purnell is right to spend some time on the backbenches...
David Lindsay (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Peter Oborne, excoriating scourge of the Political Class and true conservative opponent of its wars, will use tomorrow evening's Dispatches to break one of Britain's great political taboos, namely that against mentioning the existence of our very own Israel Lobby. It will be interesting to see how far Channel Four will let him go. Just in case, the Israel Lobby accounts for the overwhelming majority...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Opponents halt plans to order them into treatment Plans to order drug users who are on benefits into treatment have been dropped after overwhelming opposition from medical and legal experts. The government's welfare reform bill would have given Jobcentre staff powers to "order" benefit claimants to undergo tests for drug addiction. But treatment agencies and charities, alarmed at the proposal,...
Labourlist (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
By Mathew Hulbert / @mathewhulbert Watching BBC Question Time this week I was struck by how all too many of our politicians these days are, to use the phrase of a fellow Tweeter, 'political pygmies'. Shaun Woodward seemed, at times, to have trouble defending this Government's record on a number of issues. For the Tories Dame Pauline Neville Jones mumbled her way through some mediocre answers. The...
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Angus Dei politico (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
Oh yes; we mustn’t forget “Deputy prime Minister” in all but Double H’s (Harriet Harmon) mind. It seems that the “Prince of Darkness” has just been awarded yet another ‘title’-Politician of the Year in the Thread needle/Spectator Parliamentarian of the Year awards. . Other inane awards are:- Newcomer of the Year was Ken Clarke, who has been around since...
Troublesome Oration and Rowdy Yap (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Mandy gets a hand from the Spectator who dub him as the alpha male, and top politician of the year. His greasy pole dancing came up trumps. Read on to see the rest of the prizes up for grabs for our power-hungry politicos. Parliamentarian award of the year - A shock picking, Harriet Harman is crowned Queen of the parliamentarians for her work for women, making it easier for women to get off crime,...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Business secretary wins top accolade in Westminster awards ceremony Lord Mandelson was dubbed the "undisputed alpha male of the Westminster village" today after scooping one of the top accolades at a Westminster awards ceremony. The business secretary, whose surprise comeback earned him the best newcomer prize in last year's Threadneedle/Spectator contest, was this time named politician...
Tory Bear (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
TB's invite must have got lost on the way, damn postal strike eh? Anyway a word or two on the results of the Spectator Parliamentarian Awards: Newcomer of the Year: Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke QC MP - Newcomer? But a good choice, he has managed to tow the line re Europe and has seriously beefed up the Tory economic team. Inquisitor of the Year: Paul Farrelly MP - Something to with a certain Carter-Ruckas...
Liberal Democrat Voice (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
First, a recap from 2007 for new readers: You may recall the story of James Purnell and the photoshopping incident - an NHS Trust faked a photo featuring him, the Trust and he then gave differing accounts of how it happened, he then bombed out in a rather funny TV piece trying to defend his line that he didn’t know [...]
Nouse.co.uk (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
When James Purnell resigned earlier this year and Gordon Brown faced the threat being ousted as Prime Minister, Ladbrokes had Alan Johnson as the favourite to take over.
Nick Robinson's Newslog (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
David Miliband has turned down the possibility of a new career as "Europe's Foreign Secretary" - the post formally called EU high representative. A friend of the foreign secretary has told me that "David sees his future in British politics". Mr Miliband's decision follows lobbying from colleagues who have urged him not to desert the Labour Party and who regard him as Gordon Brown's...
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