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  • For the record, the Liberal Democrats did not solicit nor accept a donation from Michael Brown

    I feel the need to point this out because George Osborne is being very precise here. So no, the Lib Dems did not receive a penny from Michael Brown (it all came from 5th Avenue Partners Ltd). Nor did they make the first move. So that’s all right then, we must be in the clear.…

  • Is George Osborne Cameron’s Mandy?

    How much longer can George Osborne hold on as Shadow Chancellor? Now is not the time for a flyweight to be in charge of the Tory’s economic policy, not least one who thinks that the best way to stop a “house burning down” is to “fix the roof.” Today’s revelation by Nathaniel Rothschild that Osborne…

  • Eee, those slippery Tories.

    I’m still seething after Cameron’s speech on Friday. Coming in late, I won’t rant on redundantly except to add a couple of points: 1) Sometimes soundbites can bite you on the bum. Gideon Osborne on the Today programme on Friday managed to claim that a) it was time to question how the “house caught fire”…