The Corrigan Brothers of “There’s no one as Irish as Barack Obama” fame have created a new (and rather amusing) video about David Cameron.
According to Guido Fawkes Dorothy Jordan, an Irish actor, is David’s great, great, great, great, great grandmother.
Filed under: National Politics | No Comments »
Last week the BBC quietly launched a new service called Democracy Live. It includes live and archived feeds from Parliament, the Lords, Select Committees, European Parliament and many more, as well as the ability to look up your local MP and MEP.
I had a demonstration of the site at Conservative Spring Forum earlier this year [...]
Filed under: National Politics | No Comments »
The Home Office has sent David Cameron this letter asking how to do things better… you couldn’t make it up!
Click to view the full letter:
Filed under: National Politics | 1 Comment »
David Cameron gave a speech last night that the Prime Minister should be giving, I don’t think I need to say much more…
You can see the expenses of the Shadow Cabinet by clicking here
Filed under: General, National Politics | 1 Comment »
Today the Government announced new rules on the rights of Gurkhas to settle in this country. I’d been looking forward to this day, sadly I was shocked and bitterly disappointed by the Governments announcement that means that some 90% will not be able to settle.
Gurkhas have proudly fought for the rights of this country, most [...]
Filed under: International, Local Politics, National Politics | No Comments »
I’ve just been taking a closer look at Rob Wilson’s new website; he has decided to be as open as possible by including details on his expenses and staff members he employs so residents can easily find them. A very welcome move, particularly considering the recent bad press all sides have received over the past [...]
Filed under: International, Local Politics, National Politics | No Comments »
News has just reached me that Martin Salter, Labour MP for Reading West, is standing down at the next election.
Update 14:00: The story has now been confirmed here and here
Update 14:30: It appears he’s standing down as he thinks the Government is likely to lose the next election: “I’ve given the matter a great deal [...]
Filed under: Local Politics, National Politics | 4 Comments »
It seems attempts by the government to introduce yet another tax in the form of bin taxes have spectacularly backfired. They asked five local-authorities to pilot the unpopular scheme from April, before an expected nationwide rollout, however Environment Minister Jane Kennedy admitted “No local authorities have expressed an interest in piloting a scheme at this [...]
Filed under: National Politics | 1 Comment »
Some sad news today that Marks & Spencer is to close the Caversham branch of Simply Food.
When it first opened in August 2006 it was a welcome addition to St Martin’s Precinct, helping to brighten up the area, as well as bring people to the local shops.
On Monday the Reading branch of Adams closed its [...]
Filed under: Caversham, National Politics | No Comments »
Six months ago I decided to finally take the plunge and make my life a bit greener. With the major political parties all on a environmental drive, gas and electricity prices going through the roof, and the credit crunch beginning to bite I had nothing to lose.
Well I’ve just got my latest power bill through, [...]
Filed under: National Politics | 1 Comment »
