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Andy Coulson, the so called Party of civil liberties and the gutter press: by Garbo

Garbo — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:53:57 +0000

Relaxed Cameron and his belief in second chances It is still not clear how the phone tapping scandal is going to run its course, but there were a few developments yesterday which really were quite dumbfounding. Firstly was Cameron’s assertion that he was very relaxed about Coulson’s position and that he believes in giving second chances. [...]

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Andy Coulson, the so called Party of civil liberties and the gutter press: by Garbo

Interview with Radio Journalist Mathew Hulbert: Midlands Politics and Local Media. Politalks by Matt Wardman

Matt Wardman — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:58:06 +0000

Today, I'm talking to Radio Journalist Mathew Hulbert, who works for a commercial radio station - Touch Radio - in the Midlands. Mathew covers an area including Donington Park, Tamworth and Staffordshire - one of the Counties where Labour was devastated at the 2009 Local Election , falling from a leading position with 30 seats to being the 4th party with just 3.

We talk about local politics, the prospects of UKIP as a force in local politics, and the future for local media in competition with the BBC, citizen commentators and online radio.

Mathew Hulbert writes the blog The Time for Justice is Now, and contributes to the Wardman Wire,

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Interview with Radio Journalist Mathew Hulbert: Midlands Politics and Local Media. Politalks by Matt Wardman

The Coulson phone tapping scandal: it’s early days by Garbo

Garbo — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:35:56 +0000

One of the most compelling questions at the moment surrounding the Coulson phone tapping scandal is whether this story is going to play out as big and damaging news or merely end up as tomorrow evenings fish and chip wrapping. I think it is too early to say at the moment, but one thing is [...]

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The Coulson phone tapping scandal: it’s early days by Garbo

Speaker comes through for Cub Scouts

Chris Hawes — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:06:00 +0000

Yesterday I posted about the Commons authorities banning Cub Scouts from protesting in the House of Commons - simply because they’re not old enough to vote. And I said If John Bercow does not overturn this ban, he will have failed his first real test as Speaker. And he will have encouraged the demise of democracy [...]

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Speaker comes through for Cub Scouts

Excellent Guide to PPCs for General Election: Insight Public Affairs

Matt Wardman — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:17:13 +0000

Via Tory Radio:

The ever impressive Insight Public Affairs have published a rather good guie to up and coming PPCs.

Seconded. Download the Guide here.

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Excellent Guide to PPCs for General Election: Insight Public Affairs

Cub Scouts and Democracy

Chris Hawes — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:21:00 +0000

Cub Scouts, 8-10 year olds, have been banned from protesting in the House of Commons - because they aren’t old enough to vote. The Cubs (and the rest of the Scout Movement) want to protest against the rain tax which threatens to severely curtail the activities of many groups as it cripples them financially. Which annoys [...]

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Cub Scouts and Democracy

Lord Mandelson: Ceci n’est pas un Smokescreen: Rover Report

Matt Wardman — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:00:00 +0000

First there was the Great Collapsing Rover Disaster:

The Birmingham-firm's collapse led to the loss of 6,000 internal jobs and many more at affected suppliers and dealers.

Then there was the Grand Inquisition:

The Government launched an investigation immediately after Rover's collapse to examine what went wrong between Phoenix Ventures' acquisition of the firm in 2000 and administrators being brought in.

But the inquiry took far longer than first thought and has cost the taxpayer £16m to produce.

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Lord Mandelson: Ceci n’est pas un Smokescreen: Rover Report

Is it 1997 all over again or are things a bit different this time? - Politics Decoded by Garbo

Garbo — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:50:51 +0000

1997 all over again… Much has been made of the similarities between today’s Labour government and the dying days of the last Tory government in the mid 1990s. A very badly perceived government stumbling from one crisis to another, dissent from within the ranks and desperate yet tokenistic gestures made by the ruling party in an [...]

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Is it 1997 all over again or are things a bit different this time? - Politics Decoded by Garbo