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Tag Archives: coalition
Woke up, fell out of bed …
When all else fails there’s always delusion. (Conan O’Brien) Sky News, Sunday 6 January 2013 On Monday, Mr Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg will publish a mid-term review of progress the coalition government has made since 2010 and … Continue reading
Posted in Woke up, fell out of bed ...
Tagged coalition, Conan O'Brien, David Cameron, Nick Clegg
Woke up, fell out of bed …
Liberal Democrats will “do things differently” The Independent, Thursday 20 September 2012 Nick Clegg has made an abject apology to the nation for his broken promise on university tuition fees in a final attempt to stop his U-turn haunting his … Continue reading
Woke up, fell out of bed …
The Week, Tuesday 29 May 2012 Pasty Tax U-Turn. The Government U-turn on the pasty tax and the caravan tax has convinced Labour leaders the Coalition is so weak that Chancellor George Osborne could cave in to more pressure to … Continue reading
Posted in Satire, Woke up, fell out of bed ...
Tagged caravan tax, coalition, David Cameron, flip-flops, George Osborne, pasty tax, tax U-turn, The Guardian
People who live in glass houses …
The fourth law of thermodynamics states: “If anything can go wrong, it will”. You know the sort of thing – directly you cancel your plumbing insurance, the taps start dripping and a pipe bursts in the loft. So it was … Continue reading
Posted in Opinion
Tagged coalition, Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, Strategic Defence and Security Review, talking point
Positive discrimination is an oxymoron.
The Coalition’s policy of forcing top universities to lower their entrance requirements for students from “poor backgrounds” is another crazy example of social engineering. Instead of patronising state school students in this way, the Government should address the root cause … Continue reading
Posted in Opinion
Tagged coalition, positive discrimination, social engineering, talking point
