Arch Blairite, uber plotter, architect of New Labour and all round bad egg, Peter Mandleson, is back in the cabinet after a few years plotting behind Brown's back in Brussels and making sure his man Tony gets the top job of the EU presidency.
Friday, October 03, 2008
Thursday, October 02, 2008
PC Blair Plods Off At Last
Publicity-seeking politically correct policeman, Sir Ian Blair, had a ball playing politics and that was his downfall. He's quit but the Force won't go with him.
Labels:
Blair,
Ian Blair,
Johnson,
Menezes,
New Labour
Where's A Post Office When You Need One?
Savers were scouring the country today, looking for an elusive Post Office to fully guarantee their nest egg. But with the government bent on closing them down, they're a bit thin on the ground.
Labels:
Brown,
Northern Rock,
Post Office
The Sun Shines On Cameron
Brown might as well start packing his bags - it's all over bar the shouting and the voting - the Sun has called it for Cameron.
Labels:
Brown,
Cameron,
Conservatives,
Cruddas,
New Labour,
SNP
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
Cameron, A Man With A PM Plan
Cameron is a man with a plan, striding forward, looking backwards. The Tory conference threw up a rare beast - a politician who spoke with conviction, spitting out his disgust at the government which has wrecked the economy and people's lives. He's hungry to govern. But did he convince voters he's the Chosen One?
Labels:
Blair,
Cameron,
Conservatives,
Hague,
New Labour,
Osborne,
Thatcher
A Bad Case Of Economic Fatigue
There's nothing like a world economic crisis to get the heart a-throbbin' and the brain a-tickin' and this was nothing like the economic meltdown we were led to believe as today everything is looking hunky dory, according to the BBC.
Labels:
Brown,
Bush,
Democrats,
Republicans,
Wall St
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Brother Bush, Can You Spare A Dime?
As Bush's $700 billion bail-out bombed and stock markets took a dive, Democrats and Republicans were quick to point the finger of blame at each other.
Labels:
Bush,
Democrats,
Pelosi,
Republicans
Monday, September 29, 2008
Cabinet Throws Its Toys Out Of The Pram
Brown's cabinet cry babies are threatening to throw their toys out of the pram, if he tries it on with a cabinet shuffle. Faced with a botched-up job on the Bradford & Bingley buy-out and the Blairites in open revolt, it seems Brown has been outmanoeuvred and nowhere left to turn.
Borrowing Brown's B&B Botch-Up
The government's decision to buy Bradford and Bingley's dodgy mortgage side of the business, leaves taxpayers saddled with the debt, the country more bankrupt than it was before and Brown's economic policy in tatters.
Labels:
Brown,
Bush,
Northern Rock,
PFI
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Taxpayers Saddled With B&B's Bad Bits
Taxpayers look set to be saddled with Bradford & Bingley's bad debts, as it emerged the government is planning to nationalise the ailing bank. B&B is just the latest casualty of the false economic boom, relying on the buy-to-let market and self-certified mortgages to make a fat profit.
Labels:
BBC,
Bush,
Northern Rock,
Treasury
Cameron Must Come Up With Hard Policies
Is it a bird, is it a plane? No, it's Tory saviour, Supercam, who has flown into Brum, needing a few hard policies in his pocket if he's to convince the public he's ready to govern.
Labels:
Brown,
Cameron,
Conservatives,
Osborne
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