Monthly Archives: November 2007

This morning the "Today" programme asked what was new in the Labour funding story! Mr Humphrys ruminated on when they could call a halt to running items on it, implying his impatience with such a turn of events. What is remarkable about this story is how quickly it is changing and how it is snowballing. [...]

Some of us spoke out against the lop-sided extradition agreement the UK government struck with the USA. Under it the US authorities have wide ranging powers to detain UK business people, whilst the Uk doesnot have the same claims on US suspects. I still think the arrangements are unfair and need revision. It was not [...]

Today we held a debate in Opposition time on the missing data of 25 million people and their Child Benefit records. Mr Darling told us little extra, repeating his original Statement of 20 November and claiming that he had been right to say the banks needed extra time before he went public with the news. [...]

I remember when Labour started their nasty sleaze camapign in the 1990s against the Tories I thought they were fashioning a boomerang. It was over the top, and unnecessary – the Conservative party was going to lose the election anyway. It was bound to damage politics as a whole and to make the life of [...]

I suggest the following advice to the PM from a Labour source: To: Prime Minister From: Senior Politicial Adviser The drop to 27 % in the polls is serious, and the lack of trust in politics is tangible. Your well judged campaign to restore faith in politics has been badly damaged by Northern Rock, the [...]