Tag Archives: Iain Dale

Morning roundup, Thursday 7th May 2009

07May09 – 10:26

Because the dirty mind is a perpetual feast (and because I know you've all got dirty minds), we're going to start with this frankly ROCKIN' headline from LabourHome: "Gordon has his best PMQs for months and satisfies Joanna afterwards". Saucy devil! [Cue Leslie Phillips style sniggering];

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Morning roundup, Wednesday 22nd April 2009

22Apr09 – 09:39

Following the announcement that the Gord plans to reform MPs' allowances in precisely the way everyone in the opposition parties and right-wing media was demanding, there has been much harrumphing from these quarters that Brown has done just that. Iain Martin of the Telegraph has a hilarious take on how this is an affront to the independence of Parliament which has already been much eroded by Evil NuLab (a myth wearily, and periodically debunked by the wonderful Phil Cowley of Revolts), and Iain Dale has received a deputation from his Total Politics staff asking if they can all have an overnight allowance too. Why? Is Shane Greer commuting from Aberystwyth or something?

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Did Gordon Really Steal Boris’ Electric Car Ideas?

08Apr09 – 16:06

Iain Dale is accusing Gordon Brown of stealing Boris' ideas, apparently in an interview with the Independent, Gordon Brown announced a plan for electric vehicles long with a number of other policies. Supposedly this plan is a carbon copy of one Boris announced in January and Gordon has jumped the gun and announced it when there [...]

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April Fools Roundup, 2009

01Apr09 – 13:45

Today folks is April Fools day, and the blogosphere appears to be doing it's bit, here's a few attempts to pull the wool over our collective eyes.

Top marks go to Tim and Justin's , we have the setup via the Drunk vs Sober deathmatch, Justin's drunken treachery and Tim's "Justin McKeating is a Sock Puppeting git" [...]

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Torynomics = Fail

06Mar09 – 00:58

The latest news is that the Bank of England has begun quantitative easing and right on time Iain Dale has chipped in with his viewpoint and the favourite Tory comparison to Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe and of course 1920's Germany. He says:
No one has ever shown, to my knowledge, any instance where printing money has led [...]

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“Sucking it up” is the last thing we should be doing

20Feb09 – 20:07

Generally, I like what's written on Liberal Conspiracy and Aaron Heath normally writes some very good stuff but his latest piece just makes me angry (it says a lot that it wins praise from Iain Dale). Aaron is engaging in some kind of moralising and suggesting that the recession is the cure for the disease, [...]

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Morning(ish) roundup, Tuesday 17th February 2009

17Feb09 – 12:09

No roundup yesterday I'm afraid because I was assisting the Inter-parliamentary Coalition for Combating Antisemitism with day one of their London Conference by carrying bags (natch), taking coats, and clerking a working group.

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Morning roundup, Monday 9th February 2009

09Feb09 – 10:54

The row over RBS' munificence with taxpayers' money rumbles on and the approach of the bankers involved appears to be, in the words of Tom Freeman's rather catchy bus slogan, "please give generously or the economy gets it."

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