Lord Lamont told ITV News…
“I think the PM is just human and Ed Balls is a pretty irritating person”
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Monday, May 21, 2012
Order of the OTT – Bruce Anderson
Guido has read Bruce Anderson’s Steve Hilton take down a couple of times now and has come to the conclusion that is worthy of an Order of the OTT. Anyone who has ever drunk in a bar in Westminster will know that Anderson takes personal credit for “discovering” Cameron and tipping him for great things when he was a mere backbencher. Since then he has been his avuncular defender in the press, though just as when he declared Dave to be “our Charles De Gaulle”, sometimes he over plays his hand. Is Steve Hilton feeding a few titbits on his way out of the door really “one of the most despicable instances of disloyalty in political history.” Probably not. And this one was filed before lunch…
UPDATE:
Well connected Bruce Anderson lunching solo in Bank Westminster. Just a bottle of red and a selection of broadsheets for company.—
Eye Spy MP (@eyespymp) May 21, 2012
Friday, May 18, 2012
A Literal Nanny State
Dave’s nanny-statism reaches another high today with his plans to turn the government into an actual nanny:
“…we’re also focussed on making life easier for parents day-to-day, from extending childcare to increasing the number of health visitors. The parenting classes and films we’re launching this week are an important part of that, providing clear, professionally-led advice on everything from teething to tantrums.”
Presumably we can add Dave’s 2008 promise to end “the era of big, bossy, state interference, top-down lever pulling” to the list of u-turns?
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Dave’s U-Turns
The Prime Minister will do an impersonation of Margaret Thatcher and say shortly:
“Let me be clear: we are moving in the right direction – not rushing the task, but judging it carefully. And that is why we must resist dangerous voices calling on us to retreat…”
Whilst the government may be sticking to Plan A on the deficit, is Dave really one to lecture on retreats?
The forests were going to be sold off, then they weren’t. The Book Trust was unscrapped. VAT wasn’t going to go up, then it did; there was meant to be a real right of recall, but that has been scrapped too. Rape suspects were going to get anonymity and who can remember “no top down reorganisation of the NHS”? There was a promise not to cut frontline services, but then we got rid of our aircraft carriers. Child benefit plans have been watered down, as have sentencing plans and the about turn on jump-jets cost millions. There was going to be a referendum, then even discussing one was whipped. Who can forget that there were no circumstances in which the government would give money to the IMF to bailout the Eurozone before they gave the IMF £20 billion to bailout the Eurozone. The 1922 Committee still exists, the public isn’t paying for Dave’s personal photographer and last time Guido checked, under 5s still have free school milk. Has he missed anything?
UPDATE: Sky New’s Jon Craig points out that in the last 24 hours alone Dave has u-turned on the date of a Scottish referendum and after Osborne said “open speculation” about the break-up of the euro was damaging for Europe’s economy, Dave immediately started speculating about it making-up or breaking-up.
Date Night Dave
Dave and Sam stepped out to Oslo Court in St John’s Wood last night before he departs for the states. Lovely anorak…
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Dave’s Candidate Nightmare
It was all smiles last night in Downing Street as Dave welcomed a tranche of Tory candidates in for drinks. Jokes about still waking up in the middle of the night with nightmares of his own selection process could not mask the bad news – that thanks to the boundary reviews there are no real safe seats up for grabs, but chin up and try again next time.
Guido was more intrigued by Dave’s digs about “unchaining” from the coalition that he’s in “not out of love or loyalty”. Though he repeated “unchaining” more than once, not every one was convinced he had a plan of how it’s going to happen…
Monday, May 14, 2012
PM in Secret Meeting With Anti-Gay Marriage Campaigner
The Prime Minister has held a meeting this afternoon with the bosses of Centrica, Dyson, Airbus, TalkTalk, Sainsbury, BAE, BT and Sony. Along with Nick Clegg he also sat down with a well known anti-gay marriage campaigner. Behind closed doors and away from the cameras, Dave greeted the Dalai Lama in a further sign of a retreat on the issue of gay marriage.
Friday, May 11, 2012
Watch Brooks on Dave’s LOLs
“Fair” Hunt Chat Details Emerge
The Guidoisation of the Leveson Inquiry is complete…
On a more serious note Brooks has spilled the beans that a discussion about the fairness of Jeremy Hunt took place on the infamous 23 December dinner. This is more than a passing chat now and links the Hunt mess directly to Dave. Brooks also revealed she saw Cameron again on the Boxing Day 2010. That’s new, is it not?
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I Told You So: Euro is Doomed | Douglas Carswell
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Time for an Alliance | Dan Hannan
Farage’s Plan | ConservativeHome
Guardian Open News is a Failure | Heather Brooke
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Lessons from the Thirties | CPS
PMQs Idiots | Harry Cole
Jon Cruddas is Not the Messiah | Dan Hodges
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Lord Lamont told ITV News…
“I think the PM is just human and Ed Balls is a pretty irritating person”
