Opposition criticisms of the Pre-Budget Report as "electioneering" are fatuous and naive. Government denials that it is such are evn more so. Here's today's Journal column. Over the past couple of years, the Liberal Democrat Treasury..
Topics: Gordon Brown, Treasury

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Sorry Jack, but you were right all along. Gordon Brown made the right call not to hold an election in autumn 2007 - and if all the recent chatter about hung Parliaments proves to be correct, he will ultimately be vindicated in it. Here's...
Topics: General Election, Gordon Brown, History

{"title":"Was the 'election-that-never-was' actually the political judgement call of the century?","post_url":"http:\/\/paullinford.blogspot.com\/2009\/12\/was-election-that-never-was-actually.html","feed_url":"http:\/\/paullinford.blogspot.com\/feeds\/posts\/default?alt=rss","author":"PaulL","date":"2009-12-05 01:00:00","summary":"Sorry Jack, but you were right all along. Gordon Brown made the right call not to hold an election in autumn 2007 - and if all the recent chatter about hung Parliaments proves to be correct, he will ultimately be vindicated in it. Here's..."}

On Saturday 19 July 2003, the day after the death of Dr David Kelly, the Guardian journalist Hugo Young wrote a magisterial column which concluded with the following immortal words: But the most eloquent message concerns the Blair government. It must be..
Topics: Alastair Campbell, Europe, Gordon Brown, Iraq War, Tony Blair

{"title":"Return of the Bliar","post_url":"http:\/\/paullinford.blogspot.com\/2009\/11\/return-of-bliar.html","feed_url":"http:\/\/paullinford.blogspot.com\/feeds\/posts\/default?alt=rss","author":"PaulL","date":"2009-11-28 01:00:00","summary":"On Saturday 19 July 2003, the day after the death of Dr David Kelly, the Guardian journalist Hugo Young wrote a magisterial column which concluded with the following immortal words: But the most eloquent message concerns the Blair government. It must be.."}

Most opinion polls tend to tell you what you already know, and to reinforce the "received wisdom" about politics and politicians. But I have to admit to being startled by one of the findings in the PoliticsHome poll on the European presidency.
Topics: Europe, polls, Tony Blair

{"title":"Less popular than Van Rompuy","post_url":"http:\/\/paullinford.blogspot.com\/2009\/11\/less-popular-than-van-rompuy.html","feed_url":"http:\/\/paullinford.blogspot.com\/feeds\/posts\/default?alt=rss","author":"PaulL","date":"2009-11-25 09:06:00","summary":"Most opinion polls tend to tell you what you already know, and to reinforce the \"received wisdom\" about politics and politicians. But I have to admit to being startled by one of the findings in the PoliticsHome poll on the European presidency."}

Time is fast running out for the Prime Minister to provide us with a good reason to re-elect him. Here's today's Journal column. As the date of the next general election draws ever nearer, so the remaining windows of opportunity for a revival in.
Topics: Gordon Brown, Queen's Speech 2009

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