Sir Cyril Smith MBE, the former Liberal (Lib Dem after the merge between the SDP and Liberal Party) Member of Parliament for Rochdale has died at the age of 82 it has been announced. Sir Cyril was best known for his size and as saying he was married to politics. Although he was a Liberal [...]
The new coalition government, tough on crime and tough on the causes of crime? I think not. The Coalition government has only been in office for less than two months and already, we have been told that prisons don’t work, that there is to be a cut in the number police officers, a cut in [...]
Does it feel like the 1980′s yet? If not it will do soon, will unemployment already up by 200,000, an £11 billion package of cuts in welfare and benefits, and now we have the Coalition who are about to tell people to ‘get on your bike’. Oh my, they have only been in office for [...]
So 41 days after entering Downing Street, the Coalition Government as promised have delivered their emergency coalition budget. As the Chancellor started the budget speech, the House of Commons chamber was packed, with many MPs and indeed Peers including Margaret Thatcher and Nigel Lawson having to watch from the gallery. Chancellor George Osborne outlined where [...]
Britain’s second most wanted criminal Michael Brown is still on the run tonight. There is an appeal from the BBC’s Crimewatch. Brown is wanted for defrauding £8million from the former Chairman of Manchester United Football Club, Martin Edwards. Michael Brown claimed to be an international bond trader and stole millions of pounds from clients, including [...]
Today was the day we finally learnt where the cuts would happen. Chancellor George Osborne and Chief Secretary to the Treasury David Laws outlined where the £6 billion worth of cuts in public spending would lie. There will be immediate spending cuts in order to pay off some of the deficit. With the axe falling [...]
Since David Cameron entered Downing Street as Prime Minister with Nick Clegg as Deputy Prime Minister, over 18,000 people have joined the Labour party. Of those a large number are former Liberal Democrat members and supporters who are disgusted that Nick Clegg has abandoned his core supporters to get into power. Having had conversations with [...]
