http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v9IXwFb_cg George Galloway, former Labour (he was kicked out of the party in 2003) current "Respect Party" MP for Bradford West, and global lefty gadfly, is suing the National Union of Students for libel. Yes, he fights what he and others consider to be "the...
UK politics
The Labour Party in the UK is flirting with re-nationalising British Rail. Fares are due to increase an average of 6% this year, and Britain already has the most expensive.
I can see why the Times published this Thatcher hagiography--she is a pundit's wet dream. This version of Thatcher has everything Beltway pundits love--Strong leadership! Doing things! Reinforcing the privileges.
are typically grim. It must be part of the genetic code for the Conservatives to bicker to the point of self-destruction over the EU; indeed, a Tory backbench revolt will surface in a vote tomorrow on whether or not the UK should hold a referendum...
Over the past few days, I have heard several MPs assign responsibility for the riots in England as a failure of individual responsibility rather than any "complicated sociological explanation". While.
The headline that ran yesterday for this article implied that the writing was on the wall for the Cameron government. I thought then that this was overstated, and indeed this morning the.
In response to Leicester City Council's egregious lack of a Zombie Attack Preparedness Plan, over 200 intrepid citizens will stage a mock zombie attack on Leicester in a public-spirited demonstration of the risks involved. Hopefully Leicester get off their collective asses and put a plan in...
I posted a piece on the Milifeud yesterday, and since new data have been released on his relative popularity both in the electorate and in the Labour Party. Suffice it.
I'm surprised that it took this long, but a story in The Independent today suggests that David Miliband is highly critical of his brother Ed's leadership of the Labour Party,.
Typically poor. Obviously Leicester City Council haven't been reading LGM as part of their official duties.
In my department I am something of an all-rounder: a lot of what I teach is outside my official areas of expertise, at times chilling out in the Oort cloud.
While there was a wedding of some apparent note yesterday on the island where I work and usually live, more interesting are the series of elections on May 5. These.