Stephen Byers is, I think we can agree, a tool. Cab for hire? Most pimps are into self-aggrandisement. They want to sound more significant than they are not less. Personally if I were a politician on the make, I’d call myself a facilitator, the power behind the throne, the hidden lever, The Cigarette Smoking Man. [...]
Here’s a prediction: The Sunday Times’ big ‘MPs for hire’ scandal is going to be a damp squib. No one’s going to care. Sure, it’ll be all over the news for a few days, and Labour might take a temporary hit in the polls, but in the long term the effect will be zilch. The [...]
When I was a child autumn was my favourite time of year – a time of conkers, new stationery and better TV. However, as an adult, I have learned to dread the approach of autumn because it now heralds an ancient evil… Like many self-employed people autumn signifies the underfoot crunch of scrunched up receipts, [...]
When I want something to laugh at, I often find myself reading the blog tory MP Nadine Dorries. With her repeated evocations of ‘common sense’ she comes across as a thick version of William Hague (late 1990s version). Particularly entertaining, however, has been her response to the questions put to her over her expenses. A [...]
Several months back the Conservative Shadow Health Secretary Andrew Lansley hit the headlines when he appeared to suggest the recession will be good for people. ‘On many counts’, he said ‘recessions can be good for us. People tend to smoke less, drink less alcohol, eat less rich food and spend more time at home with [...]
