@progressonline – a great source of ideas in the labour party. Well worth a follow
— Liam Byrne MP (@liambyrnemp) June 14, 2012
They gave Liam Byrne a punishment beating. The Labour left demanded his head on a platter, so Ed removed him from his policy role. Now they want the Blairite Progress faction outlawed.
Whatever could Liam mean by this tweet?
On the Today programme yesterday morning Ed Balls claimed Osborne has made a giant mistake and cuts in public spending are the same mistake made by Snowden in the 1930s. Balls is wrong, as a recent pamphlet from the Centre for Policy Studies by George Trefgarne shows. After the 1929-31 Wall Street Crash the British economy recovered rapidly in the 1930s:
If only we currently had a growth rate like they averaged in the thirties…
This week 87,396 visitors visited 340,137 times viewing 563,060 pages. The top stories in order of popularity were:
- Sally Bercow Strips Off on Barbados Booze Schmooze
- He Lied and Lied and Lied
- Leaked Tory Crib Sheet of Planted Hunt Questions
- Farage on Fire
- Mandelson Swears Brown Made War Call to Murdoch
- Blair Loses Cool, Threatens War Protester
- Friday Caption Contest (Basic Instinct Edition)
- Gorgeous George’s Rampant Ebay Spree
You’re either in front of Guido, or behind…
