And so it came to pass that a chosen one would emerge. The Child was blessed in looks and intellect and ventured forth to bring light to the world:
In New York today meeting the world's biggest banks. Yes…I shall be talking truth to financial power.—
Chuka Umunna (@ChukaUmunna) February 17, 2011
Bet they were shaking in their boots…
As the left come together for another one of their circle-jerks this weekend, Guido thought he would check in and see how their online resurgence is coming along. While Guido has no doubt the Where Do the Left Go Online From Here? session will be both thrilling and motivating in equal measure, it seems they still have a long way to go:
To your keyboards lefties.
Anonymous Parliamentary bag-carrier Felicity Parks writes:
“I tried printing out 153 letters today to respond to the forest lobbying.”
Today’s order of the OTT goes to the leader of Manchester Council for comparing government cuts to an IRA bomb. Writing in the Manchester Evening News sick Sir Richard Leese said:
“Since I was first elected to the council almost 27 years ago, I have seen many difficult times . . . just weeks after becoming council leader in 1996, I had to deal with the aftermath of the IRA bomb. But nothing has been as difficult or as painful as the struggle we have been having over the last two months to produce a legal, balanced budget.”
What does Sir Richard know about surviving after having a limb or two blown off, or coping with a life of blindness or brain-damage? Would he still be so flippant if he’d had a face full of glass?
Last night’s Newsnight special hardly covered the referendum in glory, despite the best attempts of the BBC to nail their colours to their sleeve. With the headline “Majority want overhaul of voting system, poll suggests” you would have thought that it was good news for the Yes campaign, but get to the second paragraph of their story and you find: “63% of those polled said a referendum on changing the system is a waste of time and money when there are other pressing needs in the country.” Hmmm…
Jo Swinson did not help her cause last night with her strictly quite ridiculous suggestion:
On Twitter in the aftermath even her own side rejected the idea. Messy.
Things once got so cosy in Stormont that the Ulster Unionists named the devolved government the “chuckle brothers”. However it seems the laughter is dying out and the professionals have had to be called in. John Cremer claims to be a corporate comedian who lists First Minister of Northern Ireland’s Office as one of his clients. Along with the DWP. IDS being famed for his stand-up of course.
David Cameron told Nick Robinson…
“…you have to try a get a hell of a lot of things right all in one go. Of course governments make mistakes. I hope that when we do, we are relatively fast in trying to admit a mistake, put it right, sort it out.”
Q. Which think-tank did policing Minister Nick Herbert work at before he became an MP?
Q. Which department do the think-tank Reform call the “the success story” in their review of Coalition public service reform?
Always good to keep in with the old boss…
Osborne Gets His Soundbite | Nick Robinson
Moonbat V Chomsky | Charles Crawford
Beecroft is “S**t” | LibDem MP
News of the World Trailed Watson’s Mistaken Mistress | Indy
Shabana Mahmood MP Saves Brum Market | ITV News
Plan a Velvet Divorce for the €uro | Gideon Rachman
Truth About Romney’s Bain “Vampire Capitalism” | Wall Street Journal
Clegg’s Revenge | Nick Wood
Cleaning Out Stables | Biased BBC
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Norman Tebbit has a humble brag:
“We Maastricht rebels were derided and abused for opposing the single currency by the wise, clever, Guardianista soft centre left establishment from whom we now hear so little on the matter.”
Mr Bryant and Mr Watson managing to make the whole hacking affair look like a farce – the more they moan the less I care about the whole subject! So partisan it beggars belief at all costs. They cannot rise above it ! If I was to call the PM a ‘liar’ I would want to be VERY sure.
