Early evening all :) First, thanks to @rcs1000 and @TSE for publishing my latest ramblings on matters close to home (well homes past in my case) and thanks to everyone for the comments and the bettin… (View Post)

Here in the hyper marginal constituency of East Ham where Sir Stephen Timms clings on by his fingertips to his 33,000 majority, the election campaign is finally underway. Supporters of Tahir Mirza, r… (View Post)

As usual, I agree with very little of this. There's still four weeks to go and plenty of time for events but the current situation remains dire for the Conservatives. It's not a big journey… (View Post)

It's hardly an excellent piece - it's peppered with the language of the 1980s - who uses the term "Wets" these days? Heath is an unreconstructed Thatcherite - the Blessed Margaret… (View Post)

So why is it none of the parties can be honest about tax rises? The answer, simply, is the media won't allow that honesty. We've had 40-50 years of dishonesty on tax - the continuous worshi… (View Post)