Graham and Grayson on Westminster Hour – Round Two

If you didn’t hear my second bout with Dr Richard Grayson on the Westminster Hour, you can find it here (five weeks ago we were both resolutely sitting on the fence but I would have predicted that if anything I would have been the Huhney Monster and the Boy Wonder would have been the Clegghead… Continue reading Graham and Grayson on Westminster Hour – Round Two

Clegg and the media – let’s not get too carried away here.

Whenever I hear about “conventional wisdom” it is time to take a reality check, particularly when it comes from the Tories. So, notwithstanding the fact that I do think Clegg needs to sharpen up his media act, let’s just consider another senior politician here for a second: David Cameron. I’m not comparing Clegg to Cameron,… Continue reading Clegg and the media – let’s not get too carried away here.

Party Funding: easy on the hubris folks!

For the past four years, I’ve spent much of my job working on party funding related issues. This has given me a rather apolitical outlook when it comes to funding scandals. “Abrahamsgate” and “Wendygate” are no exceptions. Don’t get me wrong; the decision of Peter Watt, apparently his predeccessors and almost certainly a lot of… Continue reading Party Funding: easy on the hubris folks!