Rubbish and Her Maj's mysterious illness

BONG! Ken weighs in on the pay-as-you-go rubbish policy and is all, "it's rubbish!"

BONG! Queen's Speech tomorrow folks, and the Guardian has this summary of expected announcements.

BONG! On the subject of Her Maj, the Telegraph (who else?) has another of their cracking headlines: "Windsor Foot and Mouth relief for Queen." Speaking on behalf of everyone here at Westmonster, let us be the first to wish Lizzie well with her illness, and hopes she gets better soon.

BONG! Guido spots a possible inconsistency in the Government's plans to reduce the voting age to sixteen whilst raising the school leaving age to eighteen.

BONG! Hopi Sen analyses the response to Nigel Hastilow (somewhat ungraciously) falling on his sword, and the Virtual Stoa has a links roundup.

BONG! Yates of the Yard's cash-for-honours ~~witch-hunt~~ investigation cost a cool £1.4m, apparently.

BONG! The Coffeehouse argues that it's unfortunate that the issue of security has become subject to scaremongering, and the rumbles over a possible extension of the detention period are already starting within the PLP.

BONG! The IPPR's plan to ban Christmas and play into the hands of the Daily Mail frothers is met with a distinctly fishlike eye over at Pickled Politics.

Written by Lloyd Shepherd on 5 Nov 2007 6:01 PM. Permalink