uk politics

RIP. A man who held principles and not positions.

The leader of the Rail Maritime and Transport (RMT) union Bob Crow has died at the age of 52. Although I feel sorry for his family and friends, his style of industrial negotiation belonged to the 1970s instead of the 2010s and I will not be sad to see the back of him. His style and approach...

Looks like the recent good news on the jobs front in the UK will be dented with the current Labour Party deputy leader having to look for a new situation shortly. What I find strange is that the allegations, that Harman et al advocated in favour of adults having sex with children, were reported...

For those who aren't familiar with UKIP loosely they are the UK's equivalent of the Tea Party run through a filter of UK mores so less of the fundamentalist Christianity and second amendment solutions and more of the wogs out. The natural habitat for members of both parties is the 1950s. The...

Another day, another proposal from Michael Gove about how to change education. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-26015535 Apparently if state schools act more like private schools then they will get the same results. This conveniently ignores the fact that private schools have many times...

For my fellow non-UKers: "Labour's shadow transport secretary" means she'll be transport secretary when Labour gets in. So on transport matters she speaks with authority for the Labour Party. Thomas the Tank Engine needs more female trains, Labour MP says The Telegraph (UK) :)

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/farright-bnp-wish-members-a-white-christmas-in-racist-looking-greetings-card-9022775.html I'm pretty sure they don't mean the weather...

On the Today programme on BBC Radio 4, the following exchange took place between the interviewer, John Humphries, and the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Ian Duncan Smith. It's regarding criticism aimed at him from the UK Statistics Authority with regard to his misuse of official...

I was watching questions for the PM and noticed three or four people sitting together in the House of Commons wearing wigs and robes. Can someone tell me who they are? I've tried searching but apparently don't know the right question to ask. I understand the Speaker used to wear a wig and a robe...

Being discussed today in parliament is a proposal from a Conservative MP to have the August bank holiday renamed "Margaret Thatcher Day" to recognise the dear departed great lady. It is apt that it'll be a day when people aren't working. I personally hope that the measure will not pass. It's...