Jun
5
I can’t back Gordon Brown, I can’t back a coup
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I don’t support Gordon Brown. His leadership of the party has been vicious and nasty and his leadership of the country has been inept and hopeless. I always thought it would be bad but I never believed that he would be quite so bereft of ideas for what he wanted to do with the job. [...]
Feb
10
In defence of Hazel Blears
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George Monbiot has attacked Hazel Blears‘ for voting with the government. His attack was a response to criticisms she made of him for (and I’m quoting from Monbiot rather than Blears): “cynical and corrosive commentary” “you don’t get very far in politics without guts, and certainly not as far as the cabinet table” “wielding great [...]