Fair’s fair?  

Firstly, a big thank you for sticking with me. As you can see from previous postings, I've not been around for some time. Those of you who have been following my Tweets will know what a torrid summer I have had – including a five week stay in hospital!   Anyway, I'm back! Secondly another big thank you to those who voted for me in the Total Politics Poll.   It was quite a surprise to find myself in the top 10 MP’s blogs (at number 9)… the real pressure now is to stay there, or improve! What a time to start blogging again; and where do I start? A new Labour leader in place, Tory ’slash and burn’ policies, the Lib Dems’ poll collapse… Well the hot topic of the day is the Chancellor's announcement about removing Child Benefit from higher rate tax payers.   And what a storm it's caused!   Of course, if  such a key Tory announcement...