We are into "you couldn't make it up" territory. Labour's election slogan, officially being unveiled today but revealed last night as "A Future Fair For All", is far from original. Here is the second paragraph of Gordon Brown's speech to the 2003 Labour Party conference: "A future fair for all is the theme not just […]
…on the 10pm news apparently. What would it be if it was honest? 10pm: The Guardian reveals it to be "A Future Fair for All".
I'm not one for conspiracy theories about BBC bias, but during the day several people have commented on the undue prominence given on the Beeb's news bulletins to the economists' letter to this morning's FT in support of Gordon Brown delaying spending cuts. Although the long-awaited appearance by Tiger Woods this afternoon has rather eclipsed […]
As reported by this Greek news website, the Prime Minister of Greece is attending the so-called Progressive Governance conference in London today: "Prime Minister George Papandreou arrived in London on Thursday evening and will be participating on Friday in the Conference on Progressive Governance on the theme "Growth strategies after the crisis," while he will […]
The Press Association reports that part of the Cabinet's not at all politically motivated trip today to Durham (Labour majority: 3,274) was for Gordon Brown to officially open the Durham Johnston School where the Cabinet held a meeting (at a cost of about £200,000, lest we forget) . Intriguing to discover, then, according to the […]
Laura Kuenssberg writes this afternoon on the BBC website that Gordon Brown is to announce Labour's four general election themes at an event this weekend in the West Midlands. They are: Ensuring the economic recovery Protecting frontline public services Standing up for the many Protecting future jobs Labour's pledge cards always dealt with lists of […]
This morning came more worrying news about the state of the nation's finances. For the first time since records began in 1993, the Government has had to borrow money during the month of January – no less than £4.3 billion during last month. The graph below, issued by the Tories, shows the severity of the […]
On the day when the Cabinet is heading to Durham for the latest regional Cabinet meeting, The Times splashes with allegations that ministers are using the taxpayer-funded events to go about Labour Party business. The paper reports: As Gordon Brown takes his Government on the road to the North East, it was revealed that Harriet […]
I have been alerted to a new website which has recently launched called NastyLib Dems.org, which aims, in its own words, to "reveal to voters and the media the extent to which the Lib Dems engage in dirty tricks and negative campaigning". The site's editor, Stuart Coster, tells ConservativeHome: "When campaigning last year with the […]
Earlier today this was tweeted from Mr Wright's Twitter account (and captured by ToryRadio)? He now says (after media interest) that his Twitter account was hacked. Do you believe him? Because – as Andrew Paradigm has tweeted, Mr Wright has accused the Tories of being "scum" before… 9.45pm: And another example (discovered by Dave Luckett): […]
Monday afternoon update: Interviewed on Radio 4's World at One Vince Cable, Deputy Liberal Democrat leader, poured cold water on the Guardian's story. He said that in the last month The Guardian had said that the LibDems were likely to back the Tories and then to back Labour. Now, he continued, reporters at The Guardian […]
Pressed earlier by Andrew Lansley (watch here), the Health Secretary Andy Burnham again refused to rule out a £20,000 'death tax' to pay for the care of the elderly. Given that Labour has increased tax more than 100 times since 1997 it is not unreasonable for voters to conclude that Brown would very likely introduce […]
After an initial story in last weekend's Mail on Sunday, today the details of Gordon Brown's interview with Piers Morgan, to be broadcast on Sunday, officially begin seeping out. The Times splashes on the story, saying that the Prime Minster "opens up to voters as never before" whilst the Daily Mail also has a good […]
On the very day that figures were published showing repossessions reaching a 14-year high, housing minister John Healey has made the most extraordinary of statements on BBC Radio 5 Live. He said: "For some people it can be the best option for them to allow their home to be repossessed… even in cases [where lenders […]
On Monday Labour launched this poster and Tory Rascal hit back with this: Here's another example: Please use the thread below (or email me) to suggest other variations on Tory Rascal's theme and we'll put the best up later today…