Colonel Irrelevant

Archive for May, 2010

11 May

Politicians Looking After Themselves

The one thing we all learnt from the expenses scandal was the depths to which our elected representatives would stoop too to feather their own nests. Not all, of course, but enough. The days since Friday have seen the political parties, egged on by the media, continue to press for their own advantage despite the [...]

11 May

A Brave Man

Well Gordon Brown has announced he is standing down as Labour leader. This opens the door to the Rainbow Alliance of the left-leaning parties. People are predicting this will be an unstable mix because of the differences in policy buy realistically it is likely to be no more or less stable than a marriage between [...]

10 May

Electoral Deadlock

Oh what nonsense we have. One weekend full of coverage based on opinions, speculation, punditry and nonsense. Cameron failed to win the election by the measures used. Clegg failed to increase either seats or vote. Brown is fulfilling his assigned role under what passes for a constitution. He won’t resign until a stable government has [...]

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