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Pol-e-tics: Recess
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A blog about politics. Thursday, 8 July 2010. This website is presently in a legacy condition, but may be revived at any moment the political environment enlivens and demands comment. You are welcome to enjoy the purposeful prose set out below, which covers issues leading up to and including the May 2010 general election from a Conservative perspective. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Politics; art or practice of government. Sp; It.) and pref. Meaningless reactions following a build up of tension.
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Pol-e-tics: Seeing the Big Picture
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A blog about politics. Saturday, 8 May 2010. Seeing the Big Picture. There are different ways to fulfil a task. One can do it my. Way, the familiar way, the way we've always done it. Or one can try to see the bigger picture and respond as actual circumstances demand. David Cameron has surprised by stepping out of his Conservative clothing and showing willingness to consider other modes of operation to address the task he has been set of governing the country. But the difference with coalition deals of th...
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Pol-e-tics: November 2010
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A blog about politics. Wednesday, 24 November 2010. Free for all in the eurozone? In Autumn 2008, I attended a small public meeting entitled 'Sound Money'. I learned that for years the commercial banks had been getting away with literally printing money by issuing loans on the back of money they simply did not have. QE has received a mixed press from economists. Some instantly recognise that it must be a recipe for stoking inflation. Others are more sanguine and judge it may be a harmless tool to...For m...
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Pol-e-tics: A Very British Coup
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A blog about politics. Wednesday, 12 May 2010. A Very British Coup. Two days ago I wrote that Gordon Brown's attempt to steal the election by partnering with the LibDems would be an undemocratic poltitical coup. Today, it seems likely the prize for achieving a coup in British politics falls squarely with David Cameron. Cameron led a very insular policy development group in the run-up to the election and the grassroots party handed him open-ended trust that all would be for the best if it won the election.
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Pol-e-tics: Brown's exit fractures the coup
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A blog about politics. Tuesday, 11 May 2010. Brown's exit fractures the coup. A 'political coup' is a commonplace description of many commonplace events in political life. But the proposed partnership between Labour and the LibDems is a political coup for real. Yet it seems to me that Gordon Brown's resignation—on which this coup depends—ironically throws a sizeable spanner into the grinding works of the potential LibDem–Lab coalition. But will any other parties—even though they too might benefit f...
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Pol-e-tics: The 55 percent rule
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A blog about politics. Friday, 14 May 2010. The 55 percent rule. My curiosity lies in discovering who inspired this curious piece of potential legislation. My political bias suggests the naivety and apparent unworkability of the 55% rule places it squarely as a Liberal Democrat concoction. But who knows? In true consensual coalition form, it seems intended to provide equal protection to both parties from a presumptive dissolution of parliament. However, starting a new era of political reform with legisla...
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Pol-e-tics: Qaddafi's Libya
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A blog about politics. Thursday, 3 March 2011. For a madman, Qaddafi displays surprisingly subtle strategic skills. He is, of course, an Army colonel (even if his stars are self-appointed) and armies are not known for subtle acts. But the strategy Qaddafi has adopted to counter Libya's popular revolution is worth study, not just by other military dictators but equally by chairmen of besieged corporations trying to salvage damaged brands. Tent beside the extravagent richness of the meeting houses of the w...
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Pol-e-tics: EU runs out of patience, money and options
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A blog about politics. Friday, 4 November 2011. EU runs out of patience, money and options. Greek Prime Minister Papendreou may have been writing his epitaph by calling a referendum on the bail-out package. If so, he clearly knew how he wanted it to read. That, in the face of an imminent takeover of his country by foreign forces, he at least turned first to the people to allow democracy a final say before Greece as an independent nation was wiped out. Next in line for the battering ram would be the teete...
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Pol-e-tics: Who says who stays, who goes?
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A blog about politics. Wednesday, 5 May 2010. Who says who stays, who goes? I'm intrigued by the Constitutional Arrangements established by the Cabinet Office for this election. As I understand it, if the governing party receives the most seats but fails to gain a majority, it assumes a right to continue in power until winning or losing the vote on the Queen's speech. Is this another instance of our constitution being 'modernised' by politicised officials—just like those in Brussels? UPDATE: Wed 5th May.
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Pol-e-tics: Moving up and moving on
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A blog about politics. Thursday, 13 May 2010. Moving up and moving on. So as the dust starts to settle in Downing Street it seems we have a new governing party. It should probably be no surprise that an energetic marketing man should feel the urge every few years to step up, move on and try his hand at something new. The full-blooded coalition was an intelligent decision but rash and risky. Cameron's willingness to fully engage with this new big idea may have led him to set aside the impact it could ...
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