Tag Archives: Evening Standard
Cameron’s pot has the temerity to call the Eurozone’s kettle black
David Cameron is one of those people who never fail to take the biscuit, and his attack on Angela Merkel in Davos yesterday was a massive one covered with lashings of chocolate. Cameron had the temerity at the World Economic … Continue reading
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EU Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou visits London
Visiting London last week, EU Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou praised the Evening Standard’s Get London Reading campaign. Mrs Vassiliou told the Standard: “In Europe we have a big problem with one in five 15 year olds reading at a very low level. … Continue reading
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Cameron and Osborne should support Gordon Brown to lead the IMF
I find David Cameron’s rejection of Gordon Brown’s bid to lead the IMF quite appalling. I always thought the Conservatives claimed to be patriotic, until recently singing “Land of Hope and Glory” at their annual conference. We now know they … Continue reading
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Hynter joins Serota in condemning Arts Cuts while Universities UK say Britain will lose its Place as the World’s Number Two
Savage is not too strong a word to describe the 2010 Conservative Party Conference. The Tories (along with Nick Clegg, the third most influential right-winger in British politics) have certainly started with a vengeance which is no doubt how they … Continue reading
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Andy Burnham’s Campaign Supremo to vote David Miliband second Preference
You may remember that I blogged on 1 September that one of Ed Ball’s most prominent supporters, Geoffrey Robinson, was giving his second preference vote to David Miliband. The London Evening Standard has now reported that Gerry Sutcliffe, Andy Burnham’s campaign supremo is … Continue reading
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UKIP Ally Goes Potty
The Evening Standard Diary ran this clip today. ‘All sorts of potty ideas seem to emanate from the European parliament but London MEP Mary Honeyball has found an EU equivalent of the Early Day Motion which seems downright cracked. Italian … Continue reading
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Michael Foot, 1913 – 2010
I am very saddened by the news that Michael Foot has passed away today. He was the leader of the Labour Party during the early part of my political career and I was once fortunate enough to share a platform … Continue reading
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Why I disagree with Judi Dench about the Olympics
It’s a shame, to put it mildly, that in the minds of some, the Olympics and the arts are diametrically opposed to each other, especially where money is concerned. It is perhaps an even greater shame that Dame Judi Dench, … Continue reading
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PAY AND THE EX-PM
The London “Evening Standard” is up to its usual tricks. This paragraph appeared in today’s Londoner’s Diary”: “Forget the furore over MPs’ (I have corrected the apostrophe as theirs was woefully wrong) abusing their expenses. What about ex-Prime Ministers? Tony Blair … Continue reading
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SOMEWHAT STRIDENT BUT WHO CARES
The Evening Standard today published THIS article about cosmetic surgery adverts on the tube. Posters featuring a young woman who has undergone plastic surgery have been defaced and a Facebook Group – Somewhat Strident But Who Cares – have featured … Continue reading
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