Monthly Archives: April 2010

Oooh, that thieving Paul Krugman. Blimmin jackdaw, he is. his poston Britain, Greece, deficits and growth is clearly an extrapolation on what I said here and expanded on a little on the comments, and the fecker gets all the attention, … Continued

This is a list of Guardian articles on last nights debate, as displayed on their website at c10.30 this morning. I make it 2 articles mentioning policy, 5 making comparisons with popular TV programmes, and no less than seven discussing … Continued

(Headline: I know, I’m sorry.) One side effect of the Eurozone bond crisis is that British debt seems to be getting more attractive to investors despite the various apocolyptic warnings about hung parliaments, being out of power for a generation … Continued

I like putting capitals at the front of every word in a headline. that’s bad and wrong, isn’t it? Mind you, I also like putting Capital letters at the front of words I’d stress in conversation or seem a bit … Continued

I’ve got a post about the IFS and Greece/Spain all drafted, but hey, I don’t think anyone cares right now. (It’s not that great a post, to be honest. If I thought it was really good, I’d put it up … Continued

The news that Gordon Brown has been caught on a lapel mic calling one of the women he met today a “bigotted woman” seems to confirm that this election is life imitating satire. General election 2010, complete with flying elvii, … Continued

A limited and provisional Huzzah for the news that our stakes in Lloyds TSB and RBS are now worth some £10 billion more than what we paid for them. It looks like Northern Rock will return to profit soon too, … Continued

UPDATE: Frustratingly: Conor Ryan did this post shorter and better than me. If you’d rather read a real expert explain the problem with what Gove said on the Today programme this morning, read Conor, not me! I’ve been banging on … Continued

I’m surprised how affected I am by the news of the death of Alan Sillitoe. When I was growing up in Nottingham, Sililtoe was an inspiring figure. Even though he wrote a generation or more before mine, he still seemed … Continued

So I’ve been thinking about the elections we would have had under Tory plans for compulsory elections. There’s a rough list below, with those where the was an election in the time frame suggested highlighted in bold. To be honest, … Continued