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By VoteRedGoGreen Watching the Tory conference, I'm astonished by some of the contortions being made to cut the deficit, and still have enough left over for their massive Inheritance Tax giveaway to millionaires. Freezing public sector pay…
By VoteRedGoGreen I haven't run this past the other comrades of the Paintbrush Collective yet, and I'm not entirely sure whether they would agree. So, to be clear, this is very much a personal view, so if you're going to send us any…
By VoteRedGoGreen It has struck me recently that Conservatives - including even the huggable progressive types we're apparently blessed with in the UK - have moved on from simply disagreeing on the politics or morals of issues…
By VoteRedGoGreen This is the Tories' latest video. There's been some comment on it elsewhere, notably from Luke Akehurst, Iain Dale and Guido Fawkes - and as Luke points out, it's often wrong (or, at least, deliberately disingenuous) in…
By VoteRedGoGreen Oh dear. According to The Guardian, the Government's new "local homes for local people" could leave local authorities open to legal challenges for discrimination. It appears that IPPR, in an unpublished report commissioned…
By VoteRedGoGreen I've been thinking recently about the comparisions between the Credit Crunch and the post-9/11 crisis in foreign policy, mostly in terms of how leaders have chosen to respond to the emergent situation. In 2001, the US/UK…
By VoteRedGoGreen The beeb is reporting that Mervyn King and Alistair Darling are clashing over what needs to be done on banking reform. The Governor's view is that there needs to be more done to allow intervention in banks that are "seen…
By VoteRedGoGreen It's now two weeks since two regions of the UK voted to have Fascists represent them in the European Parliament, and I wanted to reflect on the attitudes displayed towards the BNP by many on the centre right. It's common…
By VoteRedGoGreen Alex Smith's article on a "new direction" for LabourList is excellent, and is exactly the right thing we need if we are all going to be able to put the events of the past 4 weeks behind us. Alex is generally right in his…
By VoteRedGoGreen The Gurkha defeat doesn't make for pleasant reading for those of us who delight in irritating the rest of the blogosphere by supporting our Labour Government. First - it's embarassing. Governments with majorities in excess…
By VoteRedGoGreen I was expecting my post on LabourList to generate some interest, but 61 comments? Blimey, Charlie! I think there are three separate issues here, and all of the commenters are trying to address them at the same time (in…
By VoteRedGoGreen Michael Crick suggests that there's a right brouhaha on the horizon in Airdrie and Shotts, the Scottish constituency of John Reid. John is standing down at the next election, and a new candidate needs to be found. However…
