Showing posts with label Gordon Brown. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gordon Brown. Show all posts
Sunday, November 4, 2012

Questions to which the answer is 'if you don't stop asking these horrid questions, I'll shame this family by becoming an arsonist'

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Gordon Brown may not have been the greatest ever PM, but it's now clear that was not the summit of his political career. No, the role t...
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Saturday, February 19, 2011

"Fact" or assertion?

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Welcome along to a third successive post about the referendum on electoral reform, as I continue with my determined quest to drive the audie...
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Thursday, July 1, 2010

Did they share, or shaft?

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Well done to Liberal Burblings for pointing out an amazing historical fact that I kind-of-knew but had never really crystallised in my min...
Friday, April 30, 2010

'I'm pleased to say the majority of students are now women...'

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It may seem strange to single out a throwaway remark from a ninety-minute debate, but they can often be the most revealing. I really did th...
Thursday, April 8, 2010

Obfuscation, perpetration, and no proportional representation

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Gordon Brown always comes across so much better on the very rare occasions when he answers questions directly, even at the risk of showing a...
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Monday, February 22, 2010

Gordo - where's the lava?

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Something struck me earlier when pondering the issue of Gordon Brown's alleged bullying of junior staff - especially the part of the sto...
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Monday, February 15, 2010

Tories clutch at straws in the scrum

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Obviously as an SNP supporter I'm not exactly over the moon about Gordon Brown receiving a free hour-long Party Political Broadcast so c...
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Sunday, February 7, 2010

A cynic he may be, but Brown doesn't emote on cue

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Looking around my old haunt today, I notice that many of the Conservative posters are spreading poison about the revelation that Gordon Brow...
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Monday, January 4, 2010

A con from ConHome

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ConservativeHome is at least one political website that doesn't have to worry about its reputation for bias, but it nevertheless surely ...
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Friday, November 6, 2009

And-on. And-on. And-on. And-Brown-goes-on.

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I was interested to read Mike Smithson's suggestion that Gordon Brown may have made a tactical blunder in the Record today by promisin...
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Sunday, October 4, 2009

A full and equal partner

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Further to my last post, it seems David Maddox at the Steamie has got a distinctly odd definition of the word ‘sinister’. If he thinks a p...
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A question of simple fairness

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Just over a month ago, I got embroiled in a mild stooshie over at PoliticalBetting.com that trundled on for so long it almost rivalled my de...
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Saturday, April 4, 2009

Decisions, decisions...

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American polling expert Frank "John Reid will be the next PM" Luntz appeared on the BBC News channel on Friday morning, and indulg...
Sunday, February 8, 2009

The other 'respect agenda'

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Scotland on Sunday is reporting that David Cameron will ensure any administration he leads establishes a far better relationship with the ...
Saturday, May 17, 2008

Visual aid required

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Gordon Brown was said today to be "relaxed" about the ruling that MPs are required to fully disclose their expenses. I think if h...
Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Always listen to the ones you love

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It must be obvious by now that I'm no fan of Gordon Brown, and I was certainly cheering Frank Field on during the 10p tax row. I have t...
Monday, May 12, 2008

War is Peace, Ignorance is Strength, Labour is United

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"No-one is saying Gordon Brown takes an identical position to Wendy Alexander," says Malcolm Chisholm in the Scotsman today. ...