Politicalog

Blears loses a laptop with restricted data

Politicalog — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:39:30 +0000

Very careless indeed (emphasis mine): A personal computer holding sensitive documents relating to defence and extremism has been stolen from Hazel Blears’ constituency office in Salford. The theft may mean the communities secretary has broken rules on the handling of restricted government information, the BBC has learned. The machine contained a combination of constituency and government information which [...]

Irish reject Lisbon Treaty

Politicalog — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:14:58 +0000

Early days yet, but the Telegraph has announced the result already: Three hours before the count was expected to be completed, Dermot Ahern, the country’s justice minister, predicted: “It looks like this will be a ‘no’ vote.” Mr Ahern added: “At the end of the day, for a myriad of reasons, [...]

Way to go Mr. Davis!

Politicalog — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:08:10 +0000

Hats off to a man who has suddenly made the British political landscape very interesting: But in truth 42 days is just one, perhaps the most salient example, of the insidious, surreptitious and relentless erosion of fundamental British freedoms. We will have, shortly, the most intrusive identity card system in the [...]

Compare and Contrast…

Politicalog — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:41:54 +0000

…This: A father-of-four has been left with a criminal record for overfilling his wheelie bin by four inches. With this: Islamic extremists could escape prosecution and instead receive therapy and counselling under new Government plans to “deradicalise” religious fanatics. Now tell me that the Government haven’t completely lost the plot.

Blunkett’s Kiss of Death

Politicalog — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:34:59 +0000

Blunkett proves again that there are none so blind as those who will not see: Gordon Brown’s government has “hit rock bottom”, but defeat over anti-terror plans would not be a “knockout blow”, ex-home secretary David Blunkett says. He told Simon Mayo on BBC Five Live that Labour’s present unpopularity meant things could not get any worse. Wannabet? “Things [...]

Mobile Friendly

Politicalog — Fri, 30 May 2008 16:01:37 +0000

Thanks to the wonders of WordPress plugins, the site is now mobile friendly. Just point your mobile device to the normal address and the plugin takes care of the rest.

Emo Demo

Politicalog — Fri, 30 May 2008 08:50:40 +0000

A little light relief for all the Emos marching upon the Daily Mail offices tomorrow

Another fine mess

Politicalog — Thu, 29 May 2008 16:35:13 +0000

Way back in December 2005 I prefaced one of my own favourite blog posts with the following quote: ENERGY giant Shell has slashed investment in its future North Sea oil drilling programmes by a third, blaming the doubling in oil production taxes announced by Chancellor Gordon Brown in his recent Pre-Budget Report. Rather irritatingly, I didn’t keep [...]

The End of New Labour?

Politicalog — Thu, 29 May 2008 08:30:22 +0000

It looks that way if you flick through the Politics->Labour section of the Guardian website. You would usually have to visit a right-wing blog to see such a wonderful collection of doom-laden headlines. Labour cash crisis could bankrupt party leaders Is it not just a beautiful thought that Gordon and all of his cronies might be “jointly [...]

Music to my ears

Politicalog — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 13:49:23 +0000

Half the population don’t support ID cards. Oh, the joy: Support for the UK’s national ID card programme continues to plummet, with one quarter of people saying they are strongly opposed to the scheme. According to an ICM poll, 25 percent of those surveyed thought it was a “very bad” idea — up from [...]