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By Kim on August 17, 2011
British Prime Minister David Cameron’s speech to the House of Commons in the aftermath of the English riots set the tone for a bizarre crackdown: Responsibility for crime always lies with the criminal. But crime has a context. And we [...]
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By Robert Merkel on May 12, 2010
As ABC news reports, David Cameron as PM, Nick Clegg as deputy PM. Guardian live blog with the latest. It’s the middle of the night, London time, so we’ll probably have to wait for their morning for a lot more [...]
Posted in Environment, Europe, Foreign Elections, Foreign policy, Politics | Tagged Conservative Party, David Cameron, Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg, united kingdom |
By Kim on May 5, 2010
The Tories have a plan in the event of a hung parliament; declare victory anyway. Read all about it at the Fabian Society’s Next Left blog. NB: Previous LP discussion of the UK election here.
Posted in Foreign Elections | Tagged Conservative Party, conservatives, constitution, coup, David Cameron, Fabian Society, hung parliament, monarchy, next left, Tories, UK election 2010 |
By Kim on April 22, 2010
The British media and conservative establishment is throwing the kitchen sink at the Liberal Democrats, in an attempt to contain their surge in support [previous discussion on LP here]. The Daily Mail has gone feral, the Murdoch tabloids have gone [...]
Posted in Foreign Elections, Markets, Polls | Tagged capital, Conservative Party, debates, democracy, election debates, hung parliament, IMF, Kenneth Clarke, Labour, leaders debates, Liberal Democrats, Markets, Nick Clegg, Polls, Tories, UK election 2010 |
King Lear becomes a kingmaker, Hockey's treachery, and delay is the new denial
By Mark Bahnisch on November 30, 2009
It’s probably time to take stock again of the Liberal leadership spill shenanigans. John Howard has obviously been having a word in a few journos’ ears. Tony Wright penned this piece for The Age yesterday, portraying the Ghost of Wollstonecraft [...]
Posted in Media, Politics, Polls | Tagged bernard keane, Climate change, climate change denialism, commentariat, Conservative Party, cprs, David Cameron, delay, ets, GST, Joe Hockey, John Howard, liberal leadership, Liberal leadership spill, Liberal Party, Malcolm Turnbull, Nielsen Poll, Paul Keating, Polls, possum, press gallery, Rudd government, spill, Tony Wright, Tories, twitter, WorkChoices | 29 Responses