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REPORTING ON BRITISH POLITICS





11th Mar 2010
Cameron's cut back plans remind me of Thatcher's sweeping cuts in the 1980's.  Many of the many who lost their jobs (when good as well as bad companies collapsed)  never worked again.  Cameron complains about the number of families where nobody works but that pattern was set in the Thatcher revolution.
10th Mar 2010
(Britain's ) Brown's Labour government has switched arguments in support of his and its continuing backing for Blair waging war on Iraq  by claiming that the war was necessary to support international law and international decision making by the UN.
But in fact, war undermined UN decsion making by failing to put the a war resolution to the UN for consideration.
He quotes  the infamous final warning resolution 1441 claiming that it was sufficient support for war.
This was passed unanimously by the UN,  but a number of countries including France (with veto powers)  and Syria gave their approval only on the understanding that military action would require a further resolution.
 
 

The EXPENSES SCANDAL
David Cameron talks loudly about DECENTRALISING POWER but when it comes to reprimanding Conservative MPs involved in the expenses scandal he is the man who does it, the man who makes the decisions.  Gordon Brown leaves it up to Labour Party officials and its central office.
It seems that Cameron likes and wants power and to grab the limelight.

 
AFGHANISTAN
Gordon Brown argues that fighting in Afghanistan is necessary to protect Britain from Islamic terrorists.  But there is no evidence of an Islamic Terrorist threat directed against Britain before Blair's New Labour government joined the USA in attacking Afghanistan and then Iraq.

 
Terrorist threat - the Iraq Inquiry has underlined just how dodgy the "intelligence" evidence guiding the government can be.  Much of it came from dubious sources.  How much can we trust the intelligence on the supposed terrorist threat.? 

 
It seems Cameron has had a rethink. When it comes to the Ashcroft affair he is not so keen to be first to make a stand for propriety. Surely Ashcroft should go.
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