Conservatism
Only a dishonest government has no money..
There is an interesting disclosure in today’s Sunday Times article suggesting that the Post Office Chairman, Henry Staunton, appointed only in December 2022 was given the sack by the Conservative government on the grounds of being responsible for the lack of resolution to the subpostmasters’ scandal, when the scandal was by last year into at... Read more
A fair voting system and trying to restore trust:
These are the basics of the start of the Liberal Democrat upcoming manifesto, which arrived today in an email. This is for me, very impressive (probably because most political values have been generally so cratered) and states: First Past the Post leaves many people feeling powerless as their votes do not count. We will: ✅... Read more
Labour hope
The newly elected Labour MP for Kingswood said in his victory speech at the count that 14 years of Conservative government has sucked out hope. That is certainly true. Conservatives don’t offer hope. They offer fear – fear of anything will do but it is invariably orientated towards either your own fellow neighbour who will... Read more
The National Debt doesn’t add up
Carol Vorderman has been doing some sums: FACTS David Cameron became PM, after Gordon Brown, on May 11th 2010, 5000 days ago. In June 2010 he said the national debt was £770 billion (other sources quote £903 billion, but I’ll use HIS £770 billion for the calculation) By end Nov 2023 the National Debt had... Read more
The National Debt doesn’t add up
Carol Vorderman has been doing some sums: FACTS David Cameron became PM, after Gordon Brown, on May 11th 2010, 5000 days ago. In June 2010 he said the national debt was £770 billion (other sources quote £903 billion, but I’ll use HIS £770 billion for the calculation) By end Nov 2023 the National Debt had... Read more
First Past the Post is ‘the enemy of the people’ so don’t touch the Lords!
This is probably an unorthodox headline for Progressive Pulse but Journalist Ian Dunt has a rather good article on the House of Lords today which suggests, basically that we should leave well alone – at least until something is done about Proportional Representation for the commons.. It is a timely warning for Labour, and I... Read more
First Past the Post is ‘the enemy of the people’ so don’t touch the Lords!
This is probably an unorthodox headline for Progressive Pulse but Journalist Ian Dunt has a rather good article on the House of Lords today which suggests, basically that we should leave well alone – at least until something is done about Proportional Representation for the commons.. It is a timely warning for Labour, and I... Read more