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Call for a second stimulus. Someone needs to calm down
by: DevonChap
In today’s Guardian is a call for a second fiscal stimulus from a group of Labour MPs and left wing bloggers. Many of these people have campaigned against third world debt and the debt trap. The debt trap that holds back many African countries that have so much debt they have to spend a large percentage [...]
Red Rag – Is Cameron cracking under the pressure of a falling poll lead?
by: Red Rag
Red Rag – PMQ’s is usually just a punch and Judy show where the three main leaders try to get out the best one liner so it will be used on the news. The opposition ask questions they already know the answer of and the PM of the time generally ignores the question and throws [...]
What qualifications did Gordon have?
by: Steve
GB keeps banging on at every opportunity that Geoge Osborne would be a terrible Chancellor of the Exchequer as he has ‘no experience’.
Can someone remind me what ‘experience’ did Gordon have before becoming Chancellor himself?
Or he he simply talking from personal experience, given the total disaster he has made of the economy?
Scottish Parliamentary Selections: Airdrie & Shotts and Rutherglen & Hamilton West shortlists
by: Andrea
Three Scottish seats are set to select in the coming days.
Rutherglen & Hamilton West (where Tommy McAvoy is retiring leaving a 37.4% majority) shortlist has been revealed. It contains 6 people:
Tom Greatrex (Special Adviser to the Secretary of State for Scotland; worked for East Dunbartonshire Council)
Allan Falconer (South Lanarkshire councillor)
Liz-Anne Handibode (works for South Lanarkshire [...]
Islwyn – a case for closed shortlists?
by: democracy4labour
If ex-army Dan Jarvis gets the nomination and then wins the seat Labour will have a MP who has fought in Afghanistan.
There is no doubt the Commons needs more military men and you can not deny that the Labour party does. Look at the Tories they have a few but look what kind of Tories [...]
Welsh Assembly closed as Real Labour AM’s Refuse to cross PCS Picket
by: john frost
Rewriting Civil Servant’s Employment Contracts to pay Banker’s Bonuses with Taxpayers Money does not wash with Real Labour Politicians in Wales it seems
Gordon’s real reason for his cynical shameless visit to Afghanistan ?
by: Tankus
Unlawful killing: coroner attacks army inadequacies
over blast that killed four.
“Special forces troops were sent to Afghanistan in unsuitable vehicles and without sufficient training and bomb-detecting kit, a coroner has found at the close of the inquest into the death of the only British female soldier killed in the country.”
Timesonline
Wanted to get his oar in before [...]
Who do public sector cuts hurt?
by: Alex Hilton