The theatre of PMQs
Prime Minister’s Questions is more about the spectacle than the politics… I often tape Prime Minister’s Question time when it is on the telly, to watch at a convenient time. Is this strange? I don’t mean the actual practice of recording a bit of TV to watch later, after all, nowadays it is quite [...]
Political promises are becoming more and more redundant… As David Cameron and Nick Clegg leave behind trails and trails of broken promises, they leave the British public wandering which of their pre-election pledges they are actually following through with. With a staggeringly unimpressive report on youth unemployment released earlier this week we remember [...]
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Labour needs to move on from the ‘tax and spend’ years… At conference, Ed Balls illustrated his plan for growth. In order to generate revenue for the much-needed economic stimulus he advocated repeating the bank bonus tax, increasing discretionary spending and tax breaks for home improvements. In addition, the temporary reduction in VAT [...]
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The British government should hold a full inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane… Last month members of murdered Solicitor Pat Finucane’s family were called to a meeting with David Cameron. It was believed this would be the culmination of their campaign for an independent public inquiry into the murder, carried out by [...]
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Unappreciated then but just what we need now? I recently wrote an article calling for tough leadership during these tough economic times. As an even tougher economic thundercloud looms darkly on the horizon, I now ask whether Gordon Brown’s leadership, much maligned at the time (by me included), is in fact exactly what [...]
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The proposed UK Bill of Rights is another in a long line of ‘trial by media’ policies… “Populism”, “non-issue”, “tabloid-issue”, one of a variety of terms used to describe grandiose overreactions and outrage. Cynical? Yes, I doubt the sincerity of the Coalition’s recent tone. Curent “hot-issues” (another byword), have included Tory-outrage over the [...]
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Time could be running out for those opposing the Coalition’s plans for the NHS… Controversial reforms to the National Health Service escaped being dragged through lengthy delays and in depth scrutiny in the House of Lords. The Upper Chamber of Parliament made two crucial votes on the bill neither of which was passed [...]
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