Category Archives: Parliament

Posts in category: "Parliament":

On blogging and the black arts of the spin doctor

13Apr09 – 23:54

That New Labour 'manages the news' has been a constant refrain, and complaint, since 1997. I think I recall Polly Toynbee once pointing out what I've always thought about this - which was to say, in effect, yes - but they're really really shit at it, aren't they?
I was reminded of this whilst reading [...]

By Shuggy | Also posted in Blogging, Labour, Tories | Comments (5)

Against Royal Mail Privatisation

24Feb09 – 14:13

I think the government is making a serious mistake with it's latest plans for the post office. While I'm most certainly sold on the need for new investment the whole privatisation aspect of it seems really quite bizarre.
I'm not utterly opposed to the idea of privatisation, but I do think that the reasoning force behind [...]

By Andreas Paterson | Also posted in Economy, Recession | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

Simplify MPs allowances

10Feb09 – 23:10

Conor Ryan wants a flat fee instead of the complicated system in place at the moment.

By Paul Evans | Tagged , | Comments (0)