Occupy – what next?
With the tents coming down all over North America the big question is what happens next? There are plenty of people who think the New York City authorities...
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Former member for Pendle. Retired from parliament in 2010.Articles written by Gordon Prentice (Lab, Ret 2010)
Pay cuts or jobs? A false choice
The BBC’s Nick Robinson tells us that Ed Miliband backs pay cuts. Oh dear! In his defence Miliband says “The priority has got to be to...
Read this entry » Referendum lunacy
The future of the UK could be decided by foreigners if the Coalition Government’s plans for the forthcoming Scottish referendum are allowed...
Read this entry » Independence for Scotland. Yes or no?
The Scottish First Minister, Alex Salmond, tells us to expect a referendum on independence in 2014. Cameron wants one too but insists it is held...
Read this entry » Burnley A&E revisited
The NHS Outcomes Framework 2012-13 tells me that, next year, there will be a survey of people attending A&E to find out what kind of experience...
Read this entry » Banning the veil
The debate on the veil explodes again. The Canadian Government says no-one can become a Canadian citizen if they insist on wearing a veil while...
Read this entry » Corruption in the Caribbean
A string of allegedly corrupt politicians will appear in Court tomorrow (6 December 2011) in the Turks and Caicos Islands, a tiny British Overseas...
Read this entry » Refounding Labour
An e mail comes winging in from Peter Hain telling me the Labour Party is going to open up and close the gap between people and politics. This...
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Lobbyists and Dr Fox
Tamasin Cave of Spinwatch is right to call for a statutory register of lobbyists. If one had been in place Liam Fox wouldn’t now be twisting in the wind. All...
Read this entry »Ed Miliband, "Sir" Fred Goodwin and Sir John Rose
When I voted for Ed Miliband I knew he would never be a stellar platform orator. But these days, is this so important? Are there other qualities that trump stardust...
Read this entry »Smart meters are dumb say Ontario Conservatives
Tonight the candidates for Newmarket-Aurora in the Ontario Provincial election on 6 October get together for the second of two debates. It should be a sparky event. A...
Read this entry »7,000 US millionaires pay no tax
We learn that 7,000 millionaires in America paid no federal income tax in 2011. Does this surprise me? Not at all. Millionaires have a million crafty...
Read this entry »Cameron praises Canada for fixing the roof while the sun was shining!
David Cameron tells the Canadian Parliament that “in the last few years they got every major decision right”. Stephen Harper, the Conservative Prime Minister,...
Read this entry »Clegg’s speech flops
Nick Clegg’s end-of-conference speech is widely panned by the commentariat. The Daily Mail writes it off as “tedious” and “full of vacuous clichés”. Andrew...
Read this entry »Obama’s tax on millionaires
How refreshing to hear President Obama announce a new tax targeted at millionaires.It has been a long time coming. On tax, Obama has been afraid of his own shadow. But...
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