Westmonster: “Pickled Politics”

Points, In Order

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… read more…
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Ministry for Inducing Daily Mail Apoplexy

Liberty and liberal conspiracies

Westmonster is loving the new front page of the Labour Party website: the Gord has sighted the new Jerusalem and he's going to lead us to its green and pleasant lands. Maybe he will be assisted in this endeavour by a rather interesting new website called Liberal Conspiracy which seems… read more…
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While You Were Sleeping

Unleash the dogs of war

The de Menezes verdict is the big story this morning. The Times examines the nineteen police failures that led to the shooting, the Telegraph looks at the "sickening" rumours the Met circulated, and Pickled Politics questions the logic of a fine as a punishment - a tab which will… read more…
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Points, In Order

On Liberty (and what it costs)

BONG! Brown's speech on liberty has generated much comment. Sunny asks why we just can't have a codified constitution, Peter Kenyon queries whether he should practice what he preaches with regard to the Labour Party, and Boulton and Co. aren't that impressed. No pleasing some people, eh? BONG! MPs' expenses… 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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Points, In Order

No vote, Tories gloat

BONG! And so, the backlash cometh. So far Brown has been called yellow, a feartie, frit, and been accused of bottling it. As Westmonster is out and about today, she doesn't know for sure at what point Brown uttered his traditional "we are more concerned with getting on with the business of running… read more…
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