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The morning after the week before

Posted on May 26, 2014 by blogmywiki

A few bleary-eyed thoughts on the European elections… The Greens The Greens did astonishingly well in Lewisham, coming second. They got 10228 votes to Labour’s 32507. UKIP, however, actually did quite well on 8720 votes, beating the Conservatives into 4th … Continue reading →

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Fantasy Celebrity MPs’ Question Time

Posted on July 5, 2011 by blogmywiki

You know what you have to do, Mr Speaker. You need to call all the following MPs to speak in one day, and we can have the bestest celebrity edition of Today (and Yesterday) in Parliament ever: Richard Bacon, (Con) … Continue reading →

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David Cameron: a metaphor

Posted on June 21, 2011 by blogmywiki

It struck me on the train this morning that the recent hospital photo opportunity where a camera crew got thrown out of a ward by a senior surgeon, is a metaphor for Cameron’s premiership thus far. Dave goes along with … Continue reading →

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Political Nirvana

Posted on May 19, 2010 by blogmywiki

The coalition is such a success, I think this is not the New Politics – it’s the End of Politics. The lion lies down with the lamb. There is peace, unity and all is good. It’s such a triumph that … Continue reading →

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