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News From The Big Tent

The A Team

Here comes the A Team. According to Times, Hannibal Brown is going to push some talented people into the spotlight: Mr Purnell, 37, Ed Balls, 40, his wife Yvette Cooper, 37, Mr Burnham 38, David Miliband 42, his brother Ed, 37, Ruth Kelly 39, and Douglas Alexander, 40, will be… read more…
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Meedja on the Insanity Pills

Wee Dougie says "NO!" to Question Time. Apparently.

The talk on the blogs is all about Douglas Alexander apparently "bottling" Question Time tonight for "family reasons," to the amusement of Iain Dale and Guido Fawkes. Personally, Westmonster thinks they're too harsh on Mr Alexander; if she had to stay sober on a Thursday night in order to address… read more…
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Ministry for Paper Waving

LIVE!: PMQs, 5/12/07

So, what did we think? Again, Westmonster feels that Cameron was competent enough, but banging on about the chairmanship of a Committee stopped short of winning the They Talk About Nothing Else On The Streets of Rotherham Award. Possibly he was wary of dragging the Donorgate thing out any longer… read more…
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That Was The Week That Was

It's Bean a Long Week

Another Saturday, another roundup, but we're getting a bit fed up of beginning these with "another grim week for the Gord," so until otherwise stated, just take that one as read, folks. Monday dawned with another attempt on the part of the comrades to "relaunch," this time though a speech… read more…
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Department for Kite Flying

When shall we three meet again?

The Sundays are a bit of a mixed bag this morning. Obviously Diskgate continues to get commentary but seeing as everyone's getting a bit fed up with "Killer Disks Still At Large: No Change Here Folks" style headlines, perhaps it would be more interesting to look at the effect the… read more…
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Points, In Order

A wee problem

BONG! And the big news that's moistening up the Telegraph team is the announcement that Davy wants to declare Scotland part of the Axis of Evil. We're shaky on the details but we're guessing that it's a firm policy proposal to deal with these Scottish people who are taking our money,… read more…
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Points, In Order

Admonishments, elephant traps and kalashnikovs

BONG! Brown's "intemperate" language is the subject of much comment, along with the plight of wee Dougie, and Ian Austin getting sent to stand outside the headteacher's office and think about what he's done. Again. BONG! With the news that Parliament has to relocate temporarily (whilst someone replaces the bucket… read more…
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Our Friends North of the Border

A bad day for Dougie

Oh dear. It looks like wee Dougie Alexander is in trouble again. Less than a month after he (along with Balls and Miliband the Even Younger) was fingered for Chickengate, the Gould report highlights a "notable level of party self-interest in Ministerial decision making" which contributed to the disenfranchising of thousands of Scottish… read more…
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Ministry for Paper Waving

LIVE!: PMQs, 24/10/07

This week at PMQs we were treated to the sight of the Gord under fire over the report into the Scottish election fiasco, Cameron changed his strategy and split up his questions leading to an outbreak of stuttering from the PM around twenty minutes in, Michael Martin fought an ultimately pointless battle to… read more…
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While You Were Sleeping

The stench of hyperbole

The debate's underway in the blogosphere over the Gould report into Scottish elections released yesterday. Iain Dale: "Douglas Alexander has Blood On His Hands and should resign!" Kezia Dugdale, however, has not only read the report but appears to be a bit of an expert in these matters agrees that… read more…
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Department for Kite Flying

The Sunday after the night before

Unsurprisingly the Sundays have had a bit of a last minute re-draft and are full of the PM's decision to call off a snap election. This has coincided with the YouGov poll that puts the Tories three points ahead, with the comrades dropping five points to 38. The Observer… read more…
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