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  • Is the Conservatives’ narrative too ambitious?

    Is the Conservatives’ narrative too ambitious?

    13th April 2010 | 0 comments | 1 person likes this

    The Tories' manifesto was unveiled today. You can read it here. For goodness sake don't go for the high resolution one as it will probably crash your browser. At a whopping 77 megabytes / 130 pages, I refuse to believe that anyone, not even its author, has read it all the way through. But you don't need to, because, unlike Labour, the Tories have a narrative. Like all good narratives...

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  • Labour’s manifesto met by headscratching and crowdsourcing

    Labour’s manifesto met by headscratching and crowdsourcing

    12th April 2010 | 3 comments | 1 person likes this

    Labour launched their manifesto today. There's no point in me repeating much of what's already been said, but I would recommend these analyses: Guido Fawkes, Nick Robinson, Adam Boulton. Also, have a look at the real thing, especially the video, which is... er, well, let me hand over to Sky's Glen Oglaza for a moment.

    I am trying to be less partisan on this blog for various reasons, but today presents...

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  • Tax and defend

    Tax and defend

    8th April 2010 | 1 comments | 1 person likes this

    It is becoming increasingly clear, should we need reminding, that the great British public don't necessarily respond well to the truth. The truth, for example, that our national debt must be brought under control and that necessarily entails some form of (further) burden on them, whether through tax rises or cuts in public services. However, as the Tories found out to their cost, albeit perhaps temporary, talking about the age...

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  • The internship system is a slave Labour Con

    The internship system is a slave Labour Con

    19th June 2009 | 0 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree

    Try not to glaze over. The MPs' expenses implosion has been death by a thousand receipts not just for the reputation of Parliament but for anybody interested in current political affairs. My brain is no longer able to compute nor care about the endless minutiae of their unintentional fraudulence, which, given the nature of the story, is the only manner in which it can be presented.

    However, my minority but not unique position...

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Clark Hogan-Taylor

Clark Hogan-Taylor

Inbetween shouting at the news and his unreliable coffee machine, Clark Hogan-Taylor will be satirising and commenting on today's political news.