Monthly Archives: August 2010
Honeyball’s Weekly Round up
David Cameron is going to warn us that worse is to come when he marks his first 100 days in power this Thursday. A study by the TUC last week revealed that of the government’s £13bn cuts drawn up since they … Continue reading
Filed under Labour Party
2010 The Internet Election that never happened?
In the weeks since May 6th political commentators have seemed almost as enthusiastic in their dismissals of the impact of the web as they were in their pre-election proclamations of its ‘game-changing’ potential. The Observer’s Peter Preston declared ‘TV has … Continue reading
Filed under Labour Party
Taxation levied by Brussels is not acceptable.
You may have seen and heard this story yesterday. Budget Commissioner Janusz Lewandowski has proposed that certain new taxes be raised directly by the EU to plug the ever increasing hole in the EU’s finances. Unsurprsingly this idea was met with derision across the Union, … Continue reading
Filed under Labour Party
Honeyball’s Weekly Round up
This morning I could hear the ringing of “Thatcher Thatcher the Milk snatcher” being recited on blogs, via tweets and on facebook as many of us were aghast at news that the Government planned to cut free milk provisions for nursery school … Continue reading
Filed under education, politics show
Suffer the Little Children
Labour’s General Election campaign should have featured more women. Labour’s record on increasing women’s representation is one to be proud of, yet it is taken for granted. It should be better and I will continue to campaign for more opportunities. However, by … Continue reading
Filed under Labour Party
Honeyball’s Weekly Round Up
Today’s Observer has an extended feature in today’s main section by Anushka Asthana and Rafael Behr examining the first three months of the coalition government which if you haven’t read it yet you can do so here. The piece acknowledges the … Continue reading
Filed under Conservative, David Cameron
Culture Secretary’s insensitive blog appears in the Evening Standard
The brilliant Evening Standard Diary lead with a piece on the closure of the UK Film Council on Friday, and a somewhat inappropriate blog post written by the Culture Secretary. I was aghast when I read Jeremy Hunt’s blog post … Continue reading
Filed under Jeremy Hunt
