Last night, before the sublime Glee, I sat down to watch the Chancellor’s debate. Billed as a warm up to the 3 leader’s debates, I was interested to see what the different men had to say, and how they said it. In the Blue corner was Tory Boy George Osbourne. He always seems a little [...]
Posts Tagged ‘election’
It’s the economy, stupid?
Posted in Politics, tagged chancellors, debate, economy, election, Politics on March 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Hijacking charity events for political gain (and failing!)
Posted in Children, Parents, Politics, tagged campaigning, election, politicians on March 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
At the weekend I attended a charity event – a family fun day to launch a new local branch of a national charity. As the charity has campaigning amongst its objectives, all of the prospective parliamentary candidates were invited to start building links and one showed up. After the opening speech he asked if could speak about [...]
Countdown to Disaster?
Posted in Education, Politics, tagged conservatives, election, Media on March 7, 2010 | 7 Comments »
I have always been pretty indifferent to Carol Vorderman. I liked the number bits on Countdown better than the letter bits as I was better at it, and it was fun to wonder if she had a sneaky calculator back there or whether she really did have an abnormal aptitude for mental arithmetic. It was [...]
Women and Children First…
Posted in Children, Health, Politics, tagged election, Health on March 6, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Latest rumours circulating suggest that as a result of ‘efficiency savings’ and cut-backs, local hospitals will have to shed 1000 members of staff, close 200 beds and see less patients in clinic. Naturally, the local populace will obliging be less ill. This of course is a nonsense. It is well known that during times of [...]
Is Cameron given an easy ride by the BBC?
Posted in Politics, tagged conservatives, economy, election, Media, politicians on February 24, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The International Monetary Fund yesterday said that our economy is too fragile to cut public spending. Quite significant news, I believe, given that the economy is the central issue in this election campaign. I’ve read about it only in the Guardian and the Mirror. It seems the Daily Mail think maternity leave is more important, the [...]
A liberal education
Posted in Children, Education, Politics, tagged Education, election, libdems, school on February 24, 2010 | 8 Comments »
We had announcements on labours education policy this week, their big idea being parental ability to sack heads. We’ve heard lots about the Tories plans for swedish schools. But what are the big ideas of the lib dems? Although they’re less effective at dominating the headlines, there are actually some really interesting ideas in the [...]
Who needs policy?
Posted in Politics, tagged conservatives, election, Labour, Media, politicians, vote on February 22, 2010 | 5 Comments »
The last few days have seen lots of political activity. Brown the Bully. A future fair for all (complete with carousel??). Give labour a second chance. James Purnell standing down. It may well be a couple of months until the election – but the campaigns are all up and running, posters are being parodied, and [...]
Should I vote Tory?
Posted in Politics, tagged conservatives, election, Politics, voting on February 21, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Actually, that’s not a real question for this election, as I’ve moved into Simon Hughes’s (Lib Dem) constituency, and he’s a shoo-in. I also admire him. I’ll be voting for HIM, not for the Lib Dems. But when I consider whether I could vote Tory I am conscious that I am not only considering the [...]
Down and Disillusioned
Posted in Education, Parents, Politics, tagged election, expenses, government, Labour party, vote on February 20, 2010 | 5 Comments »
I know that if I had been born 100 years earlier that I would have been a suffragette, out chaining myself to railings, smashing windows and going on hunger strike. I feel so strongly about the fight for our right to vote that I would never, ever, ever, contemplate not voting. I’m not really a [...]
Is it the General Election yet? David Cameron
Posted in Politics, tagged conservatives, election, politicians, vote on February 20, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Listening to David Cameron, so you don’t have to. Yes, gentle reader I have fallen on my sword and listened to David Cameron being interviewed on Woman’s Hour in a follow up to my comments on Nick Clegg’s appearance (is it an appearance on radio?!) here. Its worse than that actually, since I lost the [...]
