It is quite astonishing to see Julie Kirkbride apparently announcing that she intends to restand for Bromsgrove after all, and that CCHQ is apparently actively helping her. If, as ConservativeHome contend, she is going to be subjected to an open primary (and not a misnamed open caucus) it will be an interesting contest as this… Continue reading Is Julie Kirkbride’s resurrection thanks to her Midlands Industrial Council links?
Month: November 2009
Cameron’s Lisbon pledge is “grammar streaming” all over again
Do you remember “grammar streaming“? That remarkable non-policy that Cameron came up with in 2007 designed to shut down the spiralling rows over grammar school policy that had been raging throughout the summer? Cameron’s announcement about European Policy today reminded me of that prime example of ridiculousness. Like grammar streaming it is an attempt to… Continue reading Cameron’s Lisbon pledge is “grammar streaming” all over again
Andrew Hickey on drugs: half right
I’ve signally failed to blog about what has become known as Alan Johnson’s Nutt Sack. The appalling way in which this government is sliding into irrelevance – and how Her Majesty’s Opposition is always only too ready to act as an echo chamber on matters when this government is truly, spectacularly wrong, is both profoundly… Continue reading Andrew Hickey on drugs: half right