Politics Decoded
Politics Decoded by Garbo
Lies, Damed Lies and Spin: Politics Decoded by Garbo
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 [...]
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PMQs 24th June 2009 - as seen by Garbo
*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 [...]
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Spending cuts versus Investment, the real battle in politics: by Garbo
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 [...]
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Spending cuts versus Investment, the real battle in politics: by Garbo
Like it or not, John Bercow won the ballot for Speaker fairly and squarely: Garbo
Bercow won fairly and squarely
I have to say, he was not my preferred candidate. In fact, he wasn’t even in my top three, but John Bercow won yesterday’s marathon Speaker election ballot fairly and squarely. The whinging by some of the usual suspects in the Tory benches is, quite frankly, ridiculous, childish and [...]
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Like it or not, John Bercow won the ballot for Speaker fairly and squarely: Garbo
Ann Widdecombe finds her calling - Garbo
Ann Widdecombe has thrown her hat into the ring for Speaker of the House. Good on her!
I hope she wins; she is made for this role and will certainly be a stickler for the rules and bring back some credibility to the role. You wouldn’t want to be the backbencher who takes the full force [...]
Tories and Labour have a miserable week and yet end up winners (of sorts): Politics Decoded by Garbo
Seven days in Politics
What a seven days we have just had in politics. Cabinet members jumping ship, expenses scandals raging on, backbenchers calling for their party leader’s head, the small matter of the second largest exercise in democracy in the world taking place, the worst showing of the major parties in living memory, the [...]
Will he stay or will he go? By Garbo
The pendulum is swinging rather violently at the moment between Brown being finished and just about hanging on. His decision to call the reshuffle first thing this morning is possibly the most (only?!) astute tactical move he has made since he became PM.
By doing so he has forced everyone’s hands – a sort of [...]
