The Wardman Wire

Recently I have been fairly harsh on the Tories when they make sweeping unfounded statements that do as much damage to politics itself as it does to the individuals the, sometimes quite vicious, personal attacks are aimed at.
I think the lazy and liberal use of the liar word recently by a number of the parliamentary [...]

PMQs this week saw the return of Groundhog Day – unfortunately, like most sequels, it was not as good as the original.
The storyline and plot were uninspired, merely a repeat of the first instalment with a slight twist on the original. We went from capital spending last time to total spending in this inferior plot and it [...]

The BMA annual conference dealt with a string of ethical issues this morning. The chair of their ethic committee was given the chance to speak just before each vote was taken, and each vote happened to take the same line as he did, which was interesting. Here are the motions:

It took just a few hours from my post yesterday about the upping of the ante by the Tories to perhaps it threatening to go a little too far.  As I said yesterday, the tone of the Tories is distinctly different at the moment. It is more aggressive and vicious.  All very [...]

The L word
Watch out folks, there is a new buzzword in town. It is a nasty little word that when uttered in a political context is the ultimate insult; it questions the very fabric of who you are as a politician and can stick like the most stubborn of glues. The word of [...]

The question of who can stand for election to a local council should be clearly defined and easy to understand – so that those new to politics can be candidates, so that voters don’t end up with a false choice where not all the candidates are actually allowed to be candidates and so that elections [...]