Midwinter mutiny leaves Brown dead in water, Miliband overboard.
The best thing to be said about the latest tragicomic episode in the decline and fall of New Labour, was that the latest coup attempt was at least quickly over. In fact, it was over almost before...
View ArticleIceland freezes Kuwait burns
Last week, Iceland said no. The country’s president, Ólafur Ragnar Grimsson , refused to ratify a bill to pay Britain and Holland the £3.6 bn cost of guaranteeing Icesave accounts after Landisbanki...
View ArticleAre the Blairites trying to lose?
“Out of the night that covers me; Black as the Pit from pole to pole; I thank whatever gods may be; For my unconquereble soul”. Those who’ve been speculating about the Prime Minister’s state of...
View ArticleDo the Blairites want Labour to lose?
“Out of the night that covers me; Black as the Pit from pole to pole; I thank whatever gods may be; For my unconquereble soul”. Those who’ve been speculating about the Prime Minister’s state of mind...
View ArticleDarling rules out bank levy. Doh.
Brown to clobber the banks”. “PM takes on City of London”. “Brown levy on bankers causes fury”. No, you can’t see it, can you. Barack Obama may appreciate the political opportunity presented by...
View ArticleCampbell’s Last Stand.
Alistair Campbell. What can you say? He’s beyond hatred, beyond contempt, beyond belief. He’ll never change and he’ll never get it. The Chilcot Inquiry got nowhere with him. Did anyone seriously...
View ArticleFred the Shred is back!
Well, at least we now know why the Scottish parliament building project was such a disaster. The Edinburgh architects, RMJM or “Rumjum” as they’re usually called, are clearly a few bricks short of a...
View ArticleObama and the banks:oh yes he can.
Yes he can! Barack Obama has finally found his voice and has used the full authority of the US Presidency to make a profound moral intervention in the debate about the future of the world...
View ArticleParty’s over for the public sector.
It’s open season on ‘pen-pushers’. The Chancellor, Alistair Darling, is now calling, not just for a freeze, but for actual reductions in bureaucrats’ pay. The Scottish government has launched an...
View ArticleBlair’s last stand
.No regrets. Tony Blair didn’t actually quote Edith Piaf, but the former prime minister was resolute about the wisdom of his own judgement over the Iraq war. Nothing to apologise for. The evidence of...
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