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Will R
Will R posted a blog entry
This is how you judge if a politician is mental
You pose a question and watch them speak gibberish If you don’t know much about British politics - you should. The...
 
chickyog
chickyog posted a blog entry
That lose-lose situation
It’s all over. You do have to feel for them a little bit…ITEM: You have a prime minister who everyone says is dour...
 
Peter O
Peter O posted a blog entry
The Right to Say “No”
FormerlyGay has picked up on a news story in California:California’s highest court on Monday barred doctors from...
 
Peter O
Peter O posted a blog entry
Austria - How would *you* vote?
Here’s an interesting exercise, especially for my more conservative (politically or theologically) friends. Wahlkabine...
 
Steve Green
Steve Green posted a blog entry
Daily Referendum takes a blogging break?
I'm taking a break. I don't know how long, maybe a week or two, maybe permanently. I've run this blog for about twenty...
12 days ago Daily Referendum | Topics: UK Politics, Blogging
 
Steve Green
Steve Green posted a blog entry
Very last Chance to Vote for Your Top Ten Blogs!
There are only a few hours for you to vote for your Top Ten Political Blogs. Voting closes at midnight tonight. So if you...
 
Steve Green
Steve Green posted a blog entry
Journalistic genius from Mark Steel. (funny).
I wasn't going to be posting today, but I came across this excellent article by Mark Steel of the Belfast Telegraph (Well it...
 
chickyog
chickyog posted a blog entry
Jeremy Clarkson: talking cock
This pool of dribble from Jeremy Clarkson prompts all kinds of questions. Not least amongst them is why is Clarkson seemingly...
 
Steve Green
Steve Green posted a blog entry
Guide to political blogging 2008/9 - Update
Sorry for the lack of posts today, I've had a job interview and blogging has had to take a back seat. Normal service will...
 
Steve Green
Steve Green posted a blog entry
Climate change storm troopers claim police smear.
Why is that some people believe that it is their right to break the law to show protest?The bean eating soap dodgers (a little...
 
Steve Green
Steve Green posted a blog entry
42 Days Detention - prejudicing trials.
The Lords constitution committee has produced a report in which it finds the extension to 42 Days Detention to be "muddled":...
16 days ago Daily Referendum | Topics: UK Politics, 42 Days
 
Steve Green
Steve Green posted a blog entry
David Miliband vs Gordon Brown roundup 4/8/08
From the Telegraph:Miliband's dinner guest raises eyebrows There has been speculation that Miliband could gain support for a...
 
Steve Green
Steve Green posted a blog entry
Gordon Brown sets out to destroy the economy for Cameron.
Gordon Brown knows (just like the rest of us) that his (and his party's) days in power are numbered. Because Brown has made a...
 
Steve Green
Steve Green posted a blog entry
Poll: What kind of Tory are you?
When you drift around the various Tory blogs, you find that we have pretty similar opinions on Climate Change, an English...
 
Steve Green
Steve Green posted a blog entry
Tory Press Release - Lisbon Treaty Ratification
William Hague: Brown has no authority to ratify the EU ConstitutionCommenting on the news that the Government has now ratified...
 
Steve Green
Steve Green posted a blog entry
The Great British betrayal - Lisbon Treaty Ratified
Without giving the British people their promised referendum, and totally ignoring the result of the Irish referendum, Gordon...
 
lemondrop
lemondrop posted a blog entry
Would You Take A Seat Next To A Fascist?
What about a pedophile, a terrorist sympathizer, or a kleptomaniac? If you had to pic, which would you choose? Hopefully none...
 
Steve Green
Steve Green posted a blog entry
Gordon Brown's Great Green Belt Swindle.
Last year Gordon Brown said this about our Green Belts: "I assure the House that we will continue robustly to protect the land...
 
Steve Green
Steve Green posted a blog entry
George Osborne's reaction to postponement of fuel duty rise
Responding to the announcement that the 2p fuel duty rise will be postponed, Shadow Chancellor George Osborne said:"After...
36 days ago Daily Referendum | Topics: George..., UK Politics, tax
 
Steve Green
Steve Green posted a blog entry
Labour - How very dare you.
Childish I know, but it is a little uncanny:
36 days ago Daily Referendum | Topics: UK Politics, Labour
 
Steve Green
Steve Green posted a blog entry
The 102nd Magical Mystery Blog Tour Bus Leaves in 5 Minutes!
Got some time to kill but don't know where to go?Why don't you climb aboard the Magical Mystery Blog Tour Bus? There are...
 
Steve Green
Steve Green posted a blog entry
Britains largest strike since 1926. 2.45% not enough say unions.
Close to 500,000 council workers are striking in response to the government's offer of a 2.45% pay rise. Over the next three...
 
Steve Green
Steve Green posted a blog entry
Live Debate on MPs Expenses - pigs in the trough.
The parliamentary debate on MPs Expenses is now taking place and you can watch it by clicking HERE. You will not believe the...
 
Steve Green
Steve Green posted a blog entry
William Hill - No shortage of cash for SNP to beat Labour (Glasgow East).
From William Hill:THE GLASGOW East by-election is shaping up to be the biggest betting by-election ever, say bookmakers William...
 
Steve Green
Steve Green posted a blog entry
Labour's Margaret Curran - You couldn't make it up.
I'll say this for Margaret Curran - she's got some neck. In the Labour campaign leaflet below, Margaret criticises the SNP...
 
Steve Green
Steve Green posted a blog entry
BBC are spinning for Gordon Brown on expenses debate.
If you were to read the BBC's article on the expenses debate taking place in parliament today, you would believe that the...
 
Steve Green
Steve Green posted a blog entry
Live by the knife - die by the knife.
What drives your average teenager to carry a knife? Experts believe that the fear of being stabbed or attacked comes top of the...
 
Steve Green
Steve Green posted a blog entry
The 2008 Witanagemot Club Political Blogging Awards
The 2008 Witanagemot Club Political Blogging Awards are now taking place. You can vote for your favourite blogs by clicking...
37 days ago Daily Referendum | Topics: UK Politics, Blogging, Polls
 
labantall80
labantall80 posted a blog entry
One Woe Doth Tread Upon Another's Heels
When Gordon Brown told us all to stop wasting food immediately before flying off to an umpteen-course G8 dinner, those of us...
 
Steve Green
Steve Green posted a blog entry
The 101st Magical Mystery Blog Tour Bus Leaves in 5 Minutes!
Got some time to kill but don't know where to go?Why don't you climb aboard the Magical Mystery Blog Tour Bus? There are...
 
Steve Green
Steve Green posted a blog entry
Conservatives to take second place in Glasgow East.
William Hill are giving odds of 33/1 for the Conservatives to win the Glasgow East By-Election. I think those are very generous...
 
Steve Green
Steve Green posted a blog entry
Conservatives 22 point lead in Sunday Times YouGov Poll.
The latest YouGov poll for The Sunday Times puts the Conservatives on 47%, Labour on 25% and the Liberal Democrats 18%. It...
 
Steve Green
Steve Green posted a blog entry
Michael Gove - Give teachers powers to keep order.
From the Conservative Party website:Gove: We'll give teachers the powers they need to keep order.Commenting on the General...
 
Steve Green
Steve Green posted a blog entry
Tony McNulty - More like McNumpty - What a cheese.
Tony McNulty came out with a classic bit of spin today. It's the kind of spin that is so obviously a lie that it's...
 
Steve Green
Steve Green posted a blog entry
Take low earners out of the tax system.
From Hansard this Thursday:Low Income HouseholdsSir Peter Viggers: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has...
40 days ago Daily Referendum | Topics: UK Politics, tax, Labour
 
Steve Green
Steve Green posted a blog entry
Haltemprice and Howden - David Davis could get more votes than in 2005.
David Davis could well pull off a decent if not great result in the Haltemprice and Howden By-Election. Early estimates put the...
 
InVaDiNggEoRgIa
InVaDiNggEoRgIa posted a blog entry
Support Harry’s Place Blogburst
Harry’s Place, a UK blog dedicated to promoting the ideals of freedom and democracy, is being sued by Mohammed Sawalha,...
 
Steve Green
Steve Green posted a blog entry
David Davis - Most Unlikely Civil Liberties Defender.
I just love this from Billy Ruffian: David Davis should be proud.Most Unlikely Civil Liberties Defender Of All
 
Steve Green
Steve Green posted a blog entry
Gordon Brown - Come down from Dithering Heights.
You've got to watch THIS. George Osborne is going for William Hague's funny man of the Tories title. He does however manage...
 
Steve Green
Steve Green posted a blog entry
The best waste of £200K of our money meme.
I've been tagged by The Thunder Dragon in a meme to name “the best £200k waste of public money you can think of”....
42 days ago Daily Referendum | Topics: UK Politics, Blogging
 
Steve Green
Steve Green posted a blog entry
The Hundredth Magical Mystery Blog Tour Bus Leaves in 5 Minutes!
Got some time to kill but don't know where to go?Why don't you climb aboard the Magical Mystery Blog Tour Bus? There are...
 
Steve Green
Steve Green posted a blog entry
PoliticsHome article on David Davis is a total failure.
The title of the post that PoliticsHome is emailing to political bloggers reads:IT'S OFFICIAL: DAVID DAVIS' CAMPAIGN A TOTAL...
 
Steve Green
Steve Green posted a blog entry
What Fraser Nelson saw in Glasgow East
Over on the Coffee House Blog, Fraser Nelson has posted on his visit to Glasgow East. His story, both haunting and sad, takes...
 
Steve Green
Steve Green posted a blog entry
Breaking news: Harriet Harman 7/1 to replace Gordon Brown.
Over the last couple of days there has been a great deal of rumour surrounding Harriet Harman replacing Gordon Brown. Adding...
 
chickyog
chickyog posted a blog entry
Free market economics: help wanted
I might have asked this question before but it came back to me again this morning after reading this:[State-owned] EDF, which...
44 days ago Chicken Yoghurt | Topics: UK politics
 
chickyog
chickyog posted a blog entry
The Westminister Frottage
How’s this for a piece of triple whammy anonymity from The First Press’s political gossip, The Mole:Jockeying for...
 
chickyog
chickyog posted a blog entry
The Westminister Frottage
How’s this for a piece of triple whammy anonymity from The First Press’s political gossip, The Mole:Jockeying for...
 
Steve Green
Steve Green posted a blog entry
Lords meet to debate 42 day detention without charge.
The lords meet today to debate the Counter Terrorism Bill. Obviously the debate will be centred on the issue of extending...
 
Steve Green
Steve Green posted a blog entry
The lords debate the Counter Terrorism Bill Live (42 days).
The lords are now debating the Counter Terrorism Bill (42 days). You can watch it live by clicking HERE.
 
Steve Green
Steve Green posted a blog entry
Total blogging block & Gordon Brown is a loser.
I'm suffering from a total blogging block. However I have just finished a twelve hour shift so I suppose I could use that as...