UK Politics Radar

The Daley Dozen: Saturday

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1. Guido on the numerous occasions the IMF warned Gordon Brown about Britain’s impending debt crisis.2. Tim Montgomerie on why a politician’s private life matters.3. Dizzy reckons there’s a few twists to come in the…

Another whitewash

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Did I believe there was no connection between Alastair Campbell’s desire to “fuck Gilligan”, the leaking by government officials of Dr David Kelly’s name to that end, and the weapons inspector’s subsequent suicide? No,…

Paul Linford: The quintessence of Englishness

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The Guardian had an interesting piece today in which it asked a series of musicians to name the songs that, for them, define Englishness. It struck a chord with me as a lot of my own favourite songs and bands are what I…

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Paul Linford: Talking Balls

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One of the most entertaining blog threads I have read over the past day or two arose from this post on Political Betting in which Mike Smithson posits the idea of Ed Balls as the next leader of the Labour Party. By the…

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Paul Linford: Seven good things in life

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I love being tagged by the meme, and Kate - her of the Home Blog fame - has ensnared me with this one, so here goes:Blogging. Well, obviously.My family, and any time I get to spend with them.Saturday evenings spent in…

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Paul Linford: Make February 29 a public holiday

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Various campaigns have recently drawn my attention to the fact that every four years, the British workforce do an extra day’s work without pay. It’s called February 29.To its great credit, the National Trust is viewing…

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