The Wardman Wire

Politics Decoded

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 [...]

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 [...]

*I’ve got you babe plays in the background*
Okay, campers, rise and shine, and don’t forget your booties because it’s COOOLD out there! Do you think Phil’s going to come out and see his shadow? That’s right, rodent lovers! IT’S GROUNDHOG DAY!!
And so it was in the Commons today. Cameron asked a [...]

Politics IS the news
In the past few months we have seen politics on the front pages of the papers and top of the headlines on the news perhaps on a scale we have never seen before. Twenty four hour news, the Internet and the desperate lengths a declining press will go to sell a [...]