Having spent a great deal of time (probably not enough) subsidised by the British taxpayer looking back over the history of 20th century Britain and trying to get some of it to stick in my mind, I feel that it might be worth speculating about the views of historians on the Blair governments. I’m sure [...]
Filed under: constitution, foreignpolicy, gambling, gordonbrown, history, tonyblair, ukpolitics on May 5th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
In recent posts I’ve been sceptical about an anyone-but-Gordon succession for Labour after Blair. However, this book review by David Miliband on Anthony Gidden’s new book is well worth reading.
I’m very impressed by Miliband’s diagnosis of New Labour’s failings. My concern about Miliband has been that I couldn’t see what he had to offer [...]
Filed under: davidcameron, davidmiliband, gordonbrown, labour, ukpolitics on March 26th, 2007 | No Comments »
Wednesday’s Budget represented a fascinating test case for media feeling about Gordon Brown. The Chancellor’s plans could quite plausibly be represented in a range of very different ways. The Telegraph, the Mail and the Express predictably spoke of a “tax con” and relished the excuse to savage Brown for both his record and his personality. [...]
Filed under: gordonbrown, labour, ukpolitics on March 23rd, 2007 | 2 Comments »
There is an interesting video debate here between two Times columnists about whether David Miliband should challenge Gordon Brown for the Labour party leadership.
If you know anything about David Miliband, the chances are that you know that he is (a) very clever and (b) young(er than Gordon). But, let’s assume that the priority of [...]
Filed under: gordonbrown, labour, ukpolitics on March 8th, 2007 | 5 Comments »
(yes, I do realise I’m using a baseball metaphor as a headline for a post about football. Just ignore it)
So Gordon Brown has apparently said he’ll support England in the 2018 World Cup. Aside from the fact that caring about the 2018 World Cup 11 years beforehand is completely ridiculous, why is this [...]
Filed under: gordonbrown, scotland, ukpolitics on January 20th, 2007 | No Comments »
