Category Archives: National politics

Lansley set up, BBC News online team falling for it

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Phil

The use by the BBC News website of this piece of video as their lead story right now proves one of two things. Either its staff are naive and easy to manipulate or they know that this was a stunt … Continue reading →

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Police numbers – there is another way

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Phil

One of the main stories yesterday was the news that police numbers have fallen by 6,000 or 4% over the course of the last year. Altogether police numbers may fall by up to 16,000 up to 2015 as a result … Continue reading →

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Ed Balls: “We are going to have keep all these cuts.”

Posted on January 14, 2012 by Phil

Ed Balls this morning uses the Guardian to admit that the “too far, too fast” rhetoric of Labour’s first 20 months of opposition is now redundant. He puts his hands up and tells us that he accepts the need for … Continue reading →

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Now I know why I hate Alex Salmond

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Phil

Sometime after the Braveheart movie came out in 1995 I heard a silly Scotsman voxpopped on TV or radio. His reaction to the film was “Now I know why I hate the English”. Apparently he didn’t know why he had … Continue reading →

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Chris Bryant’s mindset will keep Labour out of power

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Phil

I was interested in Labour MP Chris Bryant’s blog piece in the Independent today. Challenged by an 11 year old to explain the difference between the Tories and Labour he came up with the following at short notice: Labour wanted … Continue reading →

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The August riots were essentially a police failure

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Phil

I am hardening in my view that the August riots were essentially a police failure. The bad lads went out looking for trouble as they perceived that the police could not cope. The Riots, Communities and Victims Panel has come … Continue reading →

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Ealing sixth worst riot-affected area

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Phil

The interim report of the Riots Communities and Victims Panel, led by ex-Ealing chief executive Darra Singh, is out today, see here. I haven’t had a chance to fully absorb the report yet but this graphic shows how badly Ealing … Continue reading →

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Teachers only lose half a day’s pay when they strike

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Phil

It has come to my attention over the last few days that when teachers go on strike on 30th November and close your school, costing you a day’s holiday or a full day’s pay the teacher causing you this pain … Continue reading →

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UK has second fastest growing public expenditure in EU

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Phil

Interesting piece on Coffee House blog yesterday. It points out that the UK has the second fastest rate of growth of government expenditure in the EU. The left’s Plan B and too far, too fast rhetoric are simply nonsense. The … Continue reading →

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Youth unemployment – the headlines mislead

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Phil

We are hearing a lot about youth unemployment today after the latest ONS statistical release. The headline is 21.9% youth unemployment or 1.02 million people. These numbers are just statistical nonsense. They are also part of a decade long trend. … Continue reading →

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