This unelected apparatchik Baroness Ashton looks strangely like the caravan-dwelling horse-faced Margaret Beckett. Could it be that they are related? Separated at birth, the ugly love children of some pairing so hideous that if it became common knowledge it would act as some form of contraceptive strong enough to overcome beer goggles and ensure a rapid fall in the birth rate. Nurse !!!! The mind bleach,...
Not if there's any poetic justice, they fucking won't. So, the Irish are getting all high and fucking mighty about Thierry Henry, being a cheating French cunt, because he handled the ball prior to France scoring the winning goal in some football match or other . As a result the Irish are up in arms and are calling for the match to be replayed. They want a second chance. Oh yeah? Let's wind the clock...
In the space of a few minutes in Brussels , Cathy Ashton found herself catapulted into the international limelight as one of the world's most powerful women. It is a quite spectacular rise by any standards. Thirteen months ago she was a junior member of the British cabinet, the leader of the House of Lords, pushing through government bills. Last night she was commissioned to represent the foreign...
"You’d never get through a bill on electoral reform before a general election. No-one in their right mind would think that you could." According to Iain Dale those are the words of Margaret Beckett. Now I am no fan of the dismal Ms Beckett but she quite correct in this instance. The only problem is that the man in charge does want to push an electoral reform bill through ASAP...
One wonders how many of these venerable political veterans are actually going to make it to the next election, let alone keep their seats by fighting in it. Mind you, quite a few of them have been found with snouts firmly planted deep in the trough during the expenses scandal, so they're already treading water until the arrival of the first gold-plated pension cheque that will signal the blissful,...
British National party leader Nick Griffin's appearance on Question Time gave it nearly three times its normal audience The British National party leader Nick Griffin's controversial appearance on Question Time last night brought almost 8 million viewers to the show – nearly three times its normal audience. Question Time, filmed late yesterday amid chaotic scenes outside BBC Television Centre...
He has already been signed to succeed Jonathan Ross. That will save the corporation (or rather the licence fee payer) £18 million, for Nick Griffin comes at a bargain price (free) and his views are not quite so offensive. And, as far as Cranmer knows, Mr Griffin has never verbally assaulted a pensioner or made obscene phone calls. But he has managed to boost the Question Time audience to record...
Ecotowns are a blind alley. It may be a dirty secret, but the most environmentally friendly places to live are big cities As Whitehall scoured the English countryside for sites on which to pitch Gordon Brown's ecotowns , Rackheath must have seemed a soft target. This flat land of fields, farms and housing estates sandwiched between Norwich and the Broads was an unlikely habitat for the greater spotted...
Whilst watching Newsnight last night (something I don't do regularly), I was amazed by the optimists in the Labour party. Margaret Beckett was among them, clearly everyone knows Labour is going through a tough time but why are people like Beckett so optimistic? If I was a Labour party member I wouldn't be optimistic at all, I would actually be looking at alternative leaders for the Labour party with...
Very Interesting Article in the Times. Confirming that Derby North will be pivotal in the Conservatives forming the next Government at the general Election. Landslide win for Conservatives may bury Labour’s big names Some of Labour’s best-known MPs, including Margaret Beckett and Jacqui Smith as well as ten ministers, are predicted to lose their seats in the event of a landslide election...
Some of Labour’s best-known MPs, including Margaret Beckett and Jacqui Smith as well as ten ministers, are predicted to lose their seats in the event of a landslide election defeat.
As the man at the heart of a key battleground in the run-up to the general election, the housing minister John Healey tells Peter Hetherington why government spending is crucial to revive housebuilding and the wider economy Since becoming housing minister in June, John Healey has set about the task of reflating a battered building industry with the enthusiasm of a man in a great hurry. "The economic...
So what ever happened to debate and free speech? Well in the 12 years since Labour came into power they have become dirty words, associated with all that is wrong in our society. Or rather dirty words to the righteous elite, the elite who make rules they themselves ignore whilst enforcing them on the rest of us. Disagree with the ruling powers and your classed as a racist, smeared, run down and turned...
I have the terribly British habit of having a full English cooked breakfast on a Sunday morning while reading the Sunday papers. Now if that sentence offends you, or you think the mention of breakfast, including bacon, might offend muslims then tough shit! Mrs B and I nearly choked on our Lincolnshire sausage this morning when we read: Home Office Tells Staff Not To Eat Near Muslims Just after almost...
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