There are a lot of statements going round that Labour supporters were right to warn that if you voted Clegg you would get Cameron, this is utter nonsense. Firstly only people in Sheffield Hallam actually got to vote for Clegg but lets just ignore that mistake. In many constituencies, like mine, it is a choice… [Read more…]
May 7, 2010
I know its hard to hear and I know that some people will be saying we should rejecting it straight off for whatever reason but please bare with me. The First thing has to be that this isn’t the final offer and things can change before the final options are forward so lets not judge… [Read more…]
April 24, 2010
Is it just me but doesn’t the whole “big society” rhetoric seam very utopian? Many of the aspects seam to involved statements that seam to suggest that once X happens then it will lead to Z happening (and this will be achieved by reducing the state). Take crime and alcoholism. Part of the Big society… [Read more…]
April 7, 2010
So yet again we have another Labour election manifesto that includes Constitutional reform, It shouldn’t be a suprise to anyone, after all they have had elements in all their manifesto’s since 1997 yet there does seam to be a trend in their policies and what actually happends. in 1997 we had the following pledges Reform… [Read more…]
March 29, 2010
I have yet to watch the Chancellors debate however I have already picked up on a couple of things from the media coverage. Firstly Osborne’s announcement that he wouldn’t raise NI has turned out to be a very good move as it has stolen the impetuous of the debate. Instead of this being about debating Labours budget… [Read more…]
March 17, 2010
Is it possible or even right that we should not have negative politics? It really annoys me when all you hear are politicans critising the other party/s but I have been thinking that all this critisms of negative politics recently makes me wonder is it right, or even possible, not to have some element of… [Read more…]
March 3, 2010
So I thought i’d carry on the election theam and address an important issue that I have been considering recently. I have been considering getting a cycling jersey for some time and in the spirit of the election campaign I thought I’d get one for give an example for each of the main parties and… [Read more…]
February 26, 2010
Zac Goldsmith has finally posted a new article on his blog about Kingston hospital and the campaign to stop the closure of the A&E and Maternity departments. I had been really looking forward to this moment as I had hoped that either it would show the conservative support for the campaign, launching a new cross party consensus which would… [Read more…]
February 13, 2010
Since I last wrote about Kingston Hospital there have been some unfortunate developments with regard to the campaign to save Kingston hospital and the campaign against the Lib Dem MP’s. On the save Kingston hospital website there have been some leaked extracts from the strategy planning report which suggest that there is a real risk to Kingston hospital and… [Read more…]
February 7, 2010
As I mentioned in my last post there is some confusing going on about if Kingston hospital could really have its A&E and Maternity departments closed. My last post focused on the very poorly counter claims that were mentioned in the Kingston Guardian that had been attributed to Zac Goldsmith. Since reading this I have gone to his website… [Read more…]
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