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Category Archives: UK Current Events
Flakey with the facts.
Just a few months ago companies like Cadbury were pariahs, responsible for child obesity by force feeding kids with assorted vegelate. Today Cadbury is elevated to national treasure status, how dare those pesky Americans use money to buy shares in … Continue reading
Posted in Cadbury, French life, UK Current Events
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Why hasn’t Jack Dromey resigned?
One of the players in “Cash for Peerages scandal” was a certain Jack Dromey. He thought it would be helpful to appear in a TV studio and ‘sing like a canary’ about how he had no knowledge of the loans … Continue reading
Posted in Jack Dromey, Labour Leadership, UK Current Events
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Memo to Brown
Listening to you floundering in defence of the latest cock ups under your leadership, some observations: You need to get a grip on that stutter under pressure. It makes you sound evasive and nervous. You don’t want the tabloids to … Continue reading
Posted in Gordon Brown, Labour Leadership, UK Current Events
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How a prime minister leaves the job, BBC style
It is on the big set piece occasions you can rely on the BBC…..to go overboard with a lot spin, hot air and very little substance. I will comment later on Nick Robinson’s having finally lost the plot. Hopefully he … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, Labour Leadership, UK Current Events
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Beware of the dogs
Quentin Davies’s defection and stinging resignation letter has unleashed the Tories finest attack poodles. Over at Iain Dale’s queenie bitchfest the level of debate was to resort to calling Mr Davies a “shit” . Meanwhile Alan ”Glad to be grey” Duncan has … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, Tories in crisis, UK Current Events
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Snatching hope from the jaws of despair
Watching the deputy leadership results unfold was a depressing experience. If Hazel wasn’t going to win it at least my second choice Alan Johnson was predicted to win by Sky and the BBC . Alas my fifth choice got the … Continue reading
Posted in Labour Leadership, UK Current Events
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Has Benn blown it with a lacklustre campaign?
In between rushing out my plats du jour and trying not to burn the toasted sandwiches I have finally got round to casting my votes in the Labour Deputy Leadership election. Here is your exclusive Pontrieux Report guide to how … Continue reading
Posted in Democracy, Labour Leadership, UK Current Events
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Silence is Gordon
Perhaps the only thing I am “looking forward to” about the Brown premiership is that he will be no longer able to hide away when the going gets tough. I think that having to appear at PMQs will be quite … Continue reading
Posted in Democracy, Labour Leadership, UK Current Events
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Why bother with a ringside seat?
Have you ever been to a sporting event or concert only to find that you didn’t really see much of the action and that you would have had a better view watching in on the box? Although I will always … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, Democracy, Thornbury, UK Current Events
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