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I don’t like you but I need you: Cameron’s reshuffle revisited

Posted in Economy, Tories, tagged , , on January 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Not did they just run against each other for the Tory leadership in 2005 and disagree on Europe, VAT cuts and their approach to the economic crisis, Cameron’s new found pal, Kenneth ‘big beast’ Clarke, was also responsible for the firing of the current Tory leader in 1993 from his post as special advisor to [...]

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A clear choice…

Posted in Economy, Labour, Tories, tagged , , , on January 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

My friend Liliane has received today this email from Labour HQ,
Dear Liliane
I’m sure you’ve already seen reports about our employment summit on the news today and I wanted to contact you directly about the unprecedented challenges that this summit is helping to address.
Let’s be clear – we are facing the first crisis of the global [...]

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The tables have turned

Posted in Economy, Labour, Tories, tagged , , , , on November 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I just watched Paxman interviewing Tony McNulty and Alan Duncan on the economic crisis and it’s curious how the tables have turned in British politics since 1997. In 1987 and 1992 Labour lost two general election mainly on the electorate not trusting them with the economy. Tax and spending was the Tories’ electoral forte for [...]

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Osborne is feeling the heat

Posted in Economy, Tories, tagged , , on November 15, 2008 | 3 Comments »

George Osborne must be cursing the day he chose Corfu as his holiday destination last summer. Everything was great for the shadow chancellor before that, but then he got himself entangled in a very silly but also very damaging political situation.
The Osborne-Deripaska affair became the first nail in the coffin. Boy George thought he could [...]

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