Ministry of Truth

One of the changes in the Cabinet reshuffle that has drawn the most speculation has been that of Jack Straw from the Foreign Office to the position of Leader of House of Commons, as Justin of Chicken Yoghurt fame notes here: Question: Why has Jack Straw gone? Is […]

From the Beeb: The European Commission is to propose more majority voting on police and justice matters. The proposals, to be presented on Wednesday, would shift the legal basis for decisions in areas including terrorism and organised crime. Up to now decisions in these areas have been made […]

There’s a couple of, to the say least, interesting rumours/allegations doing the rounds locally in relation to last weeks elections in the Tipton area, which returned BNP councillors in two of the three wards contested. The one I’m happy to pass-on at the moment, relates to a former […]

I had thought that the only real downside to Charles Clarke’s demise as Home Secretary was the loss on an amusing Google Bomb – in case you haven’t checked Chuckles runs and neck with Elmer, a Canadian cartoon elephant used to teach kids about road safety, etc., for […]

Maybe I’m getting cynical but I find it hard to believe its a matter of mere coincidence that only three days after the Winchester Lib Dems take a kicking in the local council elections, losing five seats to the Tories who now have control of the council, who […]

Well that didn’t take long did it… A mere two days into his new job as Home Secretary and we find John Reid writing for the News of the World – where else – and trotting out the same old tired arguments much favoured by his predecessor: Mr […]

Despite the local press carrying the story that Birmingham City Council remains BNP-free and the Council's website still carrying the follwoing statement from its Acting Chief Executive, Stephen Hughes: I believe the result declared at the count in Kingstanding Ward was wrong. However, in law, I cannot declare […]

If you've ever watched the Beeb's 'Mock the Week' you'll know that one of the funnier rounds entails Rory Bremner imitating a high-profile politician making a statement about the week's events, which is then translated by Hugh Dennis, into the 'thoughts' behind the statement. As the Beeb have […]

The natural tendency of every government is to grow steadily worse – that is, to grow more satisfactory to those who constitute it and less satisfactory to those who support it HL Mencken I think that pretty much sums up where we're at as a party after last […]

Well it's looking a bit ropey – we're 100 councillors and 8 councils down on the night so far and London, which is where things are likely to get really dicey, hasn't started to come in. Locally, which is what I'm a bit more concerned about at the […]