We’re SO all in it together. Professor Sir Peter Hall of University College London, an expert on regional economic policy, had this to say about the figures in George Osborne’s Comprehensive Spending Review: “Even on capital spending, which Osborne claims to be boosting – actually only after election year 2015, but let that pass –ContinueContinue reading “A Broken Constitution”
Tag Archives: Parliament
Changing Tack
It’s good news that Tory misgivings over half-baked proposals for Lords reform may now mean a LibDem veto over proposed changes to constituency boundaries. In our view, MPs, if we really have to have them, must represent the will of communities, not arbitrary blocks of territory filled with numbers.The LibDem proposals for the Lords wereContinueContinue reading “Changing Tack”
The Mouse That The News Forgot
“I love small nations. I love small numbers. The world will be saved by the few.”The last words of André Gide (1869-1951)Fans of Peter Sellers remember with a smile his 1959 film The Mouse That Roared, in which the USA is accidentally defeated by the tiny army of a fictional European microstate, the Duchy ofContinueContinue reading “The Mouse That The News Forgot”
Playing the Poll Card
“Be you never so high, the Law is above you.”Dr Thomas Fuller, 1733 (and others)No sooner had Phil Woolas been stripped of his Parliamentary seat than politicians and the media started questioning whether it was right for judges to overturn the people’s choice. Democracy in danger? It is a fair question but one with anContinueContinue reading “Playing the Poll Card”
The Rotten Parliament
The campaign to allow MPs to continue to represent real communities, shaped by geography, history and culture, has a growing following. It even has its own Facebook page.The so-called ‘Conservative’ Party and its glove-puppet partners remain steadfastly committed to ripping up our history in the name of ‘fairness’. It really is no defence to sayContinueContinue reading “The Rotten Parliament”
Review of 2009
Every year when we submit our accounts to the Electoral Commission we are also required to provide a ‘Review of Political Activities’ covering the year just gone.The 2009 Review has recently been forwarded to the Commission and here is what it says:During 2009, thoughts again turned towards preparations for the forthcoming General Election. The WessexContinueContinue reading “Review of 2009”
Wessex Regionalists 