Month: June 2007
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It’s still sinking in, but first reactions? Yay! 6 years since Straw left the post, we get to call someone Jack Boot again. Okay, Jacqui Boot. Will Ruth Kelly abolish public transport on Sundays? Des Browne to be defence AND Scotland? Are we going to be fortifying Hadrian’s Wall? Geoff Hoon as Chief Whip. Not…
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If Wales forms an historic coalition government between two former enemies, and not a single UK newspaper bothers to give it more than a paragraph of attention, did it happen?
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I have to admit I did a double take when visiting Blair’s new out-of-office-yet-somehow-official website. It took me a moment to realise he’s actually holding a mobile phone in this picture. I thought he was giving his beloved people a certain kind of salute in a moment of frankness!
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If I were the Lib Dem Sedgefield campaign manager, I’d be using the phrase “cut and run” as often as possible. I’d also use this photo. A lot. Under the caption “the new face of Labour”. I’m sure it will go down especially well on the housing estates.
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Lest I be accused of denigrating Jon Cruddas, it has to be said that he has emerged as one of the true victors of the Labour deputy leadership contest. To come third, even if not within the membership college, was a real achievement for a candidate who has never had ministerial experience. Reading Brown’s speech,…