I’ve often wondered whether Britain would have joined the EEC but for Edward Heath. Our membership was the product of despair. We joined at our lowest ebb, in the days of the three-day week, double-digit inflation, constant strikes and power cuts. It’s hard to imagine the Marketeers carrying Parliament, let alone winning a referendum, ten [...]
Two departments, as the whole country knows, are excused the general cost-cutting necessitated by Labour’s deficit: health and international aid.
Not that these exemptions have generated much goodwill in the affected sectors. Here, for example, is a churlish piece by John Hilary, Executive Director of War on Want. Apparently, international aid agencies are upset because ministers, [...]
The Telegraph reports today that, while Brussels is urging its members to trim their spending, it wants to increase its own budget. No surprise there, then.
Euro-integrationists are fond of likening the EU to a bicycle that must keep moving forward (though I’ve always felt that a ravening shark would make a better simile). But they [...]
Neil O’Brien has already done a superb job of demolishing the claim that the last Budget was unfair to the poor. (The BBC, like The Guardian, told us that these claims came from a report by the “respected” Institute for Fiscal Studies, neglecting to mention that the report had been commissioned by a Left-wing pressure [...]
There was a snotty, sneering, superior piece about elected sheriffs on Radio 4’s PM programme this evening. Inevitably, it included an interview with Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona. Sheriff Joe admires the Republicans, thinks there is too much illegal immigration, is beastly to scoundrels and enjoys vast support. This, in Beebworld, makes him a [...]
: iPhone Mobile The Wardman Wire Politics and Life Subscribe Subscribe by email Portal Blog News Politics Local International Religion Media Legal Review Tutorial Browse : Home All WW Comment Internet Technical Labour Lib-Con 2010 Coalition LibDem Lookalikes Nick Clegg and a Labradoodle : Long lost twins Nick Clegg and a Labradoodle : Long lost twins By Matt Wardman August 23, 2010 The LibCon coalition is going through it’s first real what is Nick for and is he a Cameron poodle pressure spot , after what I think has been a very good start . They are tackling the difficult questions , while the Labour leadership contenders are floating on a pink the national finances were not in a mess and we were a competent government cloud out of their own . imagination Dr Pack may not thank me for this
So today we are told that the Labour party are ‘on the verge of bankruptcy’ , if they can not look after thair own finances should we be too surprised at the state of the finances of the country? So how long until they are bailed out by the unions? Back to the 80’s any one.
Way back in January 2009 a database went on-line called ContactPoint giving access to 400,000 people to information about every child in the UK they included name, address, date of birth, GP and school. No parent was able to have their child’s information removed from the database regardless of the lack of any wrong doing on their [...]
This is a fantastic little rant titled: David Mellor’s airport rage click and enjoy.