Tag: conservatives
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A few thoughts from my morning BBC trawl: Does it take a lame duck to know one? In light of my earlier comments it would be churlish of me not to mention the Scottish Green’s stance on air quality. This is the sort of anti-politics nonsense that none of us need. Even the most swivel…
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Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel There is much speculation as to who he could have been referring to.
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Whatever doubts I may have about Labour’s new proposals on education, I will agree with Jonathan Calder on one thing: it is entirely consistent for the Tories to agree with them. Cameron is quite right to point out that after eight years we appear to be right back to Grant Maintained Status. Cameron’s tactic is…
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Via Jonathan Calder, I bring you Tim Ireland’s Art of Looking Concerned. It’s easy to take the piss when it’s Tories, but I’m uncomfortably aware that a) this is the sort of thing that the Lib Dems run extensive training courses on at conferences, etc. and b) that I began looking at the photos from…
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In 1999, something interesting happened. Newley elected leader Charles Kennedy, in a break from his predecessor, came out and supported the Lib Dem party line of holding a Royal Commission on drug use. And you know what? The world didn’t come crashing down around his ears. Remarkable! Kennedy went on to make a point of…