Labour Day weekend!!!
2009-09-07 13:00:00 Hello everyone, yes indeed, today as you guessed, there is no post, labour day obliges and with the great weather, no one is complaining:)
Shame in India:Child Labour Used In Cosmetics Industry
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Decca Aitkenhead meets Green party leader Caroline Lucas
2009-05-18 23:24:00 Caroline Lucas: ‘We’ve got to get better at painting a positive vision of a post-carbon world. This is not about sitting around a candle in a cave’ Decca Aitkenhead, The Guardian, Monday 18 May 2009 Caroline Lucas, leader of the Green Party, London. Photograph: David Levene/David Levene Caroline Lucas should be the ...
Chocolate Eclairs - A Labour Of Love!
2008-11-30 09:08:00 I must say that today has been one of those days that you have to just love being in the kitchen. I have had the most amazing day. Sunday at home with the kids and Chopper just kicking back, doing our own things, coming together at meal times and basically just relaxing at home. I have been promising everyone that I would make chocolate eclairs for ages. I have been putting it off and putting it off, because of fear. Yes fear, it's like the puff pastry, I just can't bring myself to do it. But today I put that fear aside and pulled out Stephanie Alexander's The Cooks Companion and I did it. I made the Choux Pastry, I made the Pastry Cream with a real vanilla bean, and I made the Ganache for the top. What a process but well worth it. So I can not take any credit for the wonderful recipe but I can take credit for how I turned those magical words into such gorgeous chocolate eclairs. Oh they are so good. The pastry cream so sweet, thick and creamy. The gorgeous smell of that vanilla ...
By: Squishyness
BBC turns when Labour spins
2008-11-24 10:10:00 BBC says,"Chancellor Alistair Darling is due to announce plans to raise the top rate of income tax in his pre-Budget report. He is expected to say a new 45% rate on earnings over £150,000 will be brought in if Labour win the next election. Such a move would mark the end of New Labour's long-running pledge not to increase people's income tax rates.... BBC political editor Nick Robinson said the increase in the top rate of tax was of "huge symbolic significance", but stressed it would only raise a fraction of the sum needed to get the public finances back in order. The fact that it would only be brought in if Labour won the next election, meant the party would be able to claim it had not broken its 2005 election promise not to increase income tax rates. "Why is the BBC publicising Labour spin? Their tax pledge was a trick. They did somteing worse than raising income tax They raised National Insurance contributions by 2%; 1% for both employeees and employers. They said it was to fina...
By: Christian Quoter
... Liège-Labour ...
2008-10-16 09:26:00 •... la gare des Guillemins à Liège, le 15 octobre 2008 ...•train station, Liège, Belgium - arch. Santiago Calatrava.... ghost city ...
By: Clik & Clak
Labour Day - 365 to 42
2008-09-02 06:38:00 Labor Day Blog of the Day Awards for Monday September 1, 2008A Labor Day Blog of the Day Award goes to 365 to 42A year in photos, unconnected images taken during the author's 41st year.Technorati TagsLabor Day Labor Day Awards Labor Day Blogs Blog Award Blog Awards winner Bloggers Blogs Awards Blogging Bloggies Weblogs Weblog Award of the day Award web online nominations Internet Blog of the Day Awards Blog of the Day Award Blog of the Day BOTDA winners Weblog Award Weblog Awards blogspotBe sure to submit your nominations early.Thank you
Labour Day - Forex Business and Investment
2008-09-02 06:07:00 Labor Day Blog of the Day Awards for Monday September 1, 2008A Labor Day Blog of the Day Award goes to Forex Business and Investment Technorati TagsLabor Day Labor Day Awards Labor Day Blogs Blog Award Blog Awards winner Bloggers Blogs Awards Blogging Bloggies Weblogs Weblog Award of the day Award web online nominations Internet Blog of the Day Awards Blog of the Day Award Blog of the Day BOTDA winners Weblog Award Weblog Awards blogspotBe sure to submit your nominations early.Thank you
New Labour old shari'a
2008-08-29 17:14:00 The Christian Institute says, on Friday, 29 August 2008'Councillors in Tower Hamlets, East London, have been told not to eat in town hall meetings during the Muslim month of Ramadan. But the same council has renamed a staff Christmas party as a ?festive meal? and banned Guy Fawkes at bonfire night.All elected councillors have been sent an email asking them to support Ramadam by not eating during daylight hours.Special arrangements have also been made to disrupt council meetings to allow for Muslim prayer.The move has led to accusations that the Labour-run council is favouring one religion over others.Councillor Stephanie Eaton, leader of the Liberal Democrat group, said: ?I was rather disconcerted to see that the arrangements put in place for Ramadan, which we support for Muslim colleagues, have been imposed upon all councillors.?We object to the request that non-Muslim councillors observe the fasting rules for Ramadan. This sends out the wrong message to our community.?'
By: Christian Quoter
The public mood in Britain is still (just) with the parties of the Left.
2008-08-09 19:35:00 Americans and others who live in two party democracies must be puzzled by the political scene in Britain. Ever since the Liberal Democrats started to gain significant numbers of parliamentary seats (46 in 1997, 52 in 2001 and 62 in 2005) we have had a three party system across the whole of Great Britain. If ...
Will David Cameron Now Eschew The Centre Ground?
2008-07-04 06:22:00 The political genius of Tony Blair, and unquestionably the main reason that he won three successive British General Elections, was that he colonised the centre ground. The traditional rhetoric of British politics was always predicated on the ideological divide between ?Left? (Labour) and ?Right? (Conservatives). In essence those on the left were socialists who believed ...
Populus poll gives 20 point Conservative lead.
2008-06-09 23:55:00 From the Times:Public support for Labour and Gordon Brown continues to plunge to new lows with the Prime Minister's leadership rating falling to a level even below that suffered by Iain Duncan Smith according to a new poll for The Times.Labour?s rating has dropped by 4 points since early May to 25 per cent, with the Conservatives up 5 points to 45 per cent. This is by far the worst Labour position since 1997 and the best Tory one. The Liberal Democrats are up one point at 20 per cent, according to the Populus poll. Only three-fifths of those who voted Labour in 2005 say they would do so now, compared with 95 per cent of Tories staying loyal. Almost one in five of those who voted Labour in 2005 say they would vote Tory in an election now. Moreover, Mr Brown has lost the benefit of the doubt of voters. His leader rating (on a 0 to 10 scale of very bad to very good) has fallen for the fifth time running, down from a peak of 5.49 last July to 3.9 now. This is lower any of the other sev...
By: Daily Referendum
Uk Troops to be out of Iraq by end of year - ish.
2008-06-09 23:03:00 The BBC reports:The final withdrawal of British troops from Iraq could be announced by the end of the year.So what are they saying? Well, they are not saying it will be announced, only that it could. And even then they are saying that the announcement could be made by the end of the year - NOT that troops could be withdrawn by the end of the year. The government could announce that troops will be withdrawn in five years time - by the end of the year. I've got to ask - are the government paying the BBC to come out with this crap to try and save Gordon Brown's neck?Also in the news:Moon monkeys could fly out of my arse by the end of the year.My pear tree could produce solid gold pears by the end of the year.Gordon Brown could make a decision by the end of the year.Guido Fawkes could link to me by the end of the year.Nick Clegg could explain his position on the Lisbon Treaty by the end of the year.UPDATE: Guido has linked to me - I guess the BBC could be right after all. Cheers Guido!
By: Daily Referendum
Stuart Wheeler takes Government to court over Lisbon Treaty.
2008-06-09 08:00:00 Stuart Wheeler gets his day in court today. He intends to prove that Gordon Brown's refusal to allow us the referendum his government promised in their manifesto is:"Not only immoral but illegal, too . "This was a referendum the people of Britain were promised well before the last election, during it, and after it. "But instead of fulfilling that promise, Gordon Brown has tried to push the Constitution in via the back door by rebranding a document and presenting it as a completely different text. "This is a ridiculous argument. Leaders across Europe - including Valery Giscard d'Estaing, the author of the EU Constitution - have acknowledged, indeed almost gloated about the fact, that the Treaty is the Constitution in all but name. "Furthermore, regardless of what name it is given, the vast majority of the British public want a referendum on this Treaty as demonstrated by the results of a YouGov poll last month."I had to laugh at the response from the Foreign Office spokesman: "Hard...
By: Daily Referendum
Chiranjeevi's Ploitical Entry in August - Labour Party
2008-06-06 21:13:00 The much awaited Chiranjeevi's political entry has been confirmed by his brother in law Allu Aravind.But the party will not be announced in June as expected before.It will be in August.According to some news Chiru may announce the party on his birthday i.e on 22 nd August.After that he has almost 7 months for elections.According to xx TV news ,Chiru party has started the training for it's members. The symbol of his Party will be mostly "Train".And the flag of the party will have blue and red colors with green writings on it.And the name of the party would be " Labour Party".
Lindsay Lohan Has Labour Pains
2008-06-06 00:47:00 Lindsay Lohan Has Labour PainsShe's adding romantic comedy to her listSource: Variety Lindsay Lohan is trying very hard to get her career back on track after several years seemingly trying to kill it. She's now signed on for Labour Pains, a romantic comedy about a woman who feigns pregnancy to try to keep her boss from firing her.The film will be directed by Lara Shapiro and also stars Chris Parnell, Cheryl Hines, Luke Kirby and Connie Britton.Source: EmpireOnline
Labour MPs warn of rebellion - again (Planning).
2008-06-05 20:04:00 How long does it take for a government to realise that its policies are a load of old "pony". It's not as if there haven't been any obvious signs:Your party is polling lower than any time in its history.You lose a safe seat up north by a massive swing.The police are taking part in mass demonstrations.Your Leader as an approval rating is lower than a snake's jake.You are becoming dizzy from performing U-turns.Your grass root supporters give you two weeks to get your sh*t in one sock or step down.You face a summer of industrial action.Your Cabinet ministers are jockeying to replace you.Your MPs are rebelling week in week out - if it gets any worse they will start calling Brown "Darth" as he seems to spend most of his time fighting the rebellion.I could go on but I'm getting bored.Anyway, this brings me to today's threat of a rebellion from the Labour backbenchers. MPs are worried that removing the need for ministerial input into planning will make the system less accountable. No ...
By: Daily Referendum
Gordon Brown's pork pies to parliament exposed.
2008-06-04 19:29:00 Since Gordon Brown came to power he has consistently dodged questions put to him in PMQs by spewing out an endless stream of Tractor production figures. The thing is, we all know that a vast majority of them are total and utter bullsh*t. Cameron was recently asked why he allows Brown get away with it. Well it looks like David has taken that to heart and will now expose Brown's dodgy figures.From the Conservative party website (If it's in red it's me):Mr. Brown's claim that the majority of drivers will benefit from changes to the road tax has been exposed as an error (polite parliamentary way of saying he's a lying git).Brown's claim, made in Prime Minister's Questions, contradicts previous Government statements:- In Alistair Darling's Budget Red Book, it was stated: "As a result of these reforms, the majority of motorists will be better or no worse off in 2009."- Treasury figures from April indicate that 81% of cars will be worse off (shocker!)after the changes to Vehicle Ex...
By: Daily Referendum
Unite calls on Gordon Brown to turn left.
2008-06-02 14:37:00 Press release: Joint leader of unite calls on Labour to change direction2 Jun 2008In the wake of the Crewe catastrophe, Derek Simpson, joint general secretary of Unite, will warn that: "It is not the differences between Gordon Brown and Tony Blair that are the problem, it is the similarities."Speaking at the union's industrial conferences in Brighton this week, Mr Simpson will call for 'New Labour' to be consigned to the history books, as the union opens up a new front to change the policies of the Labour government to show the electorate that only Labour can deal with inequality, housing shortages, rising fuel costs and the health service.A windfall tax on the billion pound profits of oil companies would redefine Gordon Brown's premiership and win back votes for Labour.Mr Simpson will tell delegates: "For years the labour movement held its breath expecting, hoping, for change after the departure of Tony Blair. While we went blue from the lack of oxygen, the country has gone blu...
By: Daily Referendum
Recruiting The Best Leaflet Distributers In The Casual Labour Sector
2008-05-29 07:00:00 It is often said that a company is nothing without its people. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the world of leaflet distribution, where ones staff are the absolute key to success, and can make or break a company. One of the reasons that so few leaflet distribution companies in today’s market place are ...
By: Resources zone
Labour of play
2008-05-28 17:55:00 The child who makes labour of play can vouch for the truth of that saying.The Judge
By: Spiritual Prozac
The pains that have gone before are only the pains of labour
2008-05-28 17:42:00 Birth is change and birth is painful and birth is bloody and exhausting. The pains that have gone before are only the pains of labour.The Judge
By: Spiritual Prozac
Poll: Who will replace Gordon Brown?
2008-05-27 20:42:00 Here are the latest odds from William Hill. If you think a different Labour MP will replace Brown, please add them to the comments.If Gordon Brown is forced to step down, who do you think will replace him?David Miliband 5 - 2Alan Johnson 7 - 1 Jack Straw 7 - 1 Ed Balls 8 - 1 J Denham 9 - 1J Purnell 9 - 1 A Burnham 14 - 1 J Cruddas 14 - 1 pollcode.com free polls
By: Daily Referendum
Flexible working requests rejected by 69% of employers according to Labour
2008-05-27 17:00:00 Flexible working arrangements are proving hard to secure despite new laws - with seven in 10 employers admitting they rarely accept requests to work from home. The Labour Market Outlook survey of 735 UK employers,
Personal Carbon Credits - Are they mad?
2008-05-27 09:21:00 Just when you thought that Labour could not get any more unpopular, up pops the idea of introducing Personal Carbon Credits. I hate this idea on so many levels it's hard to know where to begin. For a start it winds me up when MPs talk about rationing our carbon. Who the hell do they think they are telling us how much fuel we can use? I could understand it if there was a war on and we had a shortage, but this is ridiculous.MPs involved in recommending this madness say it will help fight climate change. I would like to point out that the temperature has actually dropped over the last decade and scientists are now saying it will drop again over the next decade. So do the MPs think that Carbon Rationing will warm the planet up? I'm confused.Then of course there's the cost. Estimated at £2bn to set up (that will be at least £6bn then) and a further £2bn to run each year (again let's call that £6bn). Where is this money going to come from? You guessed it - out of our pockets as bloody...
By: Daily Referendum
Gordon Brown - It's NOT the economy stupid.
2008-05-26 10:49:00 In the aftermath of the local elections and the Crewe and Nantwich by-election, Labour Ministers are putting a spin their devastatingly poor results. They say it is all down to the economy stupid - the credit crunch - it's not their fault. What a complete and utter load of rubbish. It has very little to do with the economy - it's all down to Labour policy.Where should we start? How many voters did Labour lose over the Lisbon Treaty? How many for the closing of our post offices? How many for the shutting down our local A&E wards? How many for closing our local Schools? How many for shutting down our local Maternity Wards? How many for Shutting our local Police Stations at night? How many for stealth taxes? How many for the 10p tax fiasco? How many for uncontrolled immigration? How many for social decay? How many for the loss of 25 million bank account details? How many for the threat of bin tax? How many for the threat of road charging? How many for letting out prisoners early ...
By: Daily Referendum
Liverpool Labour Leader : Liverpool Council not doing enough for Everton FC
2008-05-26 00:00:00 Joe Anderson, the leader of the Labour opposition on Liverpool Council has said that extending the footprint of Goodison Park is a viable alternative to relocating to Knowsley as the council own some of the surrounding land.
This is your pilot Gordon Brown speaking.
2008-05-25 14:38:00 John Prescott came up with a strange analogy to defend Gordon Brown's sullen demeanour on the Andrew Marr show this morning: "When you get on an aeroplane, do you go and look in the cockpit to see if the pilot is smiling".Imagine the situation:Hullo, this is the pilot speaking. We have been informed that our arrival in New York has been delayed. This nothing to do with us, this kind of delay is happening around the world and I'm afraid it's out of my hands. Now, normally this is the point where I would say that there's no need for concern.... but, you see, ah - now how shall I put this? You know that we normally carry enough fuel in reserve for occasions like this? Well erm, we haven't today. Not my fault, you see - we've run out of money. Those fancy new seats you're sitting on cost an absolute fortune and I'm still paying for them. Yes I know they are uncomfortable and the recline function doesn't work, but hey, you've got to admit they look good - at least you'll die i...
By: Daily Referendum
Gordon Brown - Leadership challenge to be announced tonight?
2008-05-24 23:27:00 There are several opportunities for a leadership challenge to be mounted against Gordon Brown over the next 18 months. Tonight is the first. Striking while the iron is hot would see a challenge announced in time for the Sunday papers. Some will think this wild speculation, but I remember that months ago Labour MPs were telling the press (off the record) that Brown had until May to turn things around. He most definitely has not. There are Labour MPs and Ministers who have been preparing for months for just the kind of collapse we have witnessed this month.So watch this space. It could be tonight.UPDATE @22:55 - As if by magic I know this is not a direct challenge, but I think it is what they call in the trade "feeling the water"William Hill have installed David Miliband as 5/2 favourite to succeed Brown. From the Observer: Gordon Brown would be forced to appoint a deputy who could be swiftly groomed as his successor under humiliating last-ditch plans being discussed by ministers to p...
By: Daily Referendum
Gordon Brown - It's time to step down.
2008-05-24 13:01:00 Click on a picture to read the full story.Surely Gordon Brown's premiership is over?
By: Daily Referendum
The end on New Labour
2008-05-24 10:22:00 conservatines.com aka nutories, says,"In the early hours of Friday morning, Edward Timpson became the new MP for Crewe and Nantwich after winning the by-election by nearly 8,000 votes.David Cameron described it as ?a remarkable result? which shows that we are building ?a real coalition for change in our country?.And he attacked Labour for their ?relentlessly negative? campaign, saying:?Their campaign didn?t tell us much about the Conservative Party ? but it told us a lot about the Labour Party. It was backward-looking, divisive and xenophobic. In many ways, it was the end of New Labour.? The trouble is that one rejoices in the demise of nulabour but sees no clear blue water from the blairite tribute band that is the nutorys.
By: Christian Quoter
William Hill - Brown 7/4 To Be Out This Year
2008-05-23 13:39:00 From William Hill:WILLIAM HILL have slashed their odds about Gordon Brown ceasing to be Prime Minister THIS year from 25/1 when he took office to current odds of just 7/4, following Labour's disastrous result in the Crewe by-election. And Hills are now offering 6/5 that Brown will NOT lead Labour into the next General Election.THE CONSERVATIVES ARE NOW 1/3 FAVOURITES TO WIN THE NEXT GENERAL ELECTION WITH WILLIAM HILL - THE SHORTEST ODDS THEY HAVE EVER BEEN SINCE LOSING POWER. LABOUR ARE 9/4, THE LONGEST THEY HAVE BEEN FOR OVER TEN YEARS, WITH THE LIB DEMS THE 66/1 OUTSIDERS. Hills offer 7/4 that there will be ba Hung Parliament. With Gordon Brown's Leadership of the Party under pressure William Hill have installed David Miliband as 5/2 favourite to succeed him, and also offer 7/1 Alan Johnson and Jack Straw; 8/1 Ed Balls; 9/1 J Denham; J Purnell; 14 A Burnham and J Cruddas.WILLIAM HILL - WHEN WILL BROWN CEASE TO BE PM:7/4 200811/4 200911/10 2010WHEN WILL GENERAL ELECTION TAKE PLAC...
By: Daily Referendum
Tories snatch Crewe from Labour
2008-05-23 03:31:00 Mr Timpson's win is good news for Tory leader David CameronThe Conservative Party has achieved its first by-election gain in 26 years, taking the previously safe Labour seat of Crewe and Nantwich.
By: Get rich
MOM launches new labour Singapore market information on website
2008-05-22 01:19:00 MOM launches new labour Singapore market information on website By Margaret Perry, SINGAPORE: Job seekers can now get more information about recruitment prospects and wages from the Labour Market Highlights on the Manpower Ministry’s (MOM) website. Jointly produced by MOM and the Workforce Development Agency (WDA), the labour market guide aims to give job seekers a better understanding of the opportunities in the job market by providing a broad overview of 11 industry groups in the construction, manufacturing and services sectors. It includes information on industry trend outlook, pipeline of investments and projected job creation. Occupations are colour-coded according to demand - for example, red indicates that the job is very high in demand. According to the guide, engineering professions continue to be in strong demand in the manufacturing sector. A software engineer’s wage falls between S$2,885 and S$4,314, while a semiconductor engineer’s salary is in the ran...
The Hour Of Decision For The Labour Rights Movement In Barbados
2008-05-21 07:18:00 In anticipation of the rising cost of living, Sir Roy Trotman the venerable head of the Barbados Workers Union (BWU) has signaled that he will be expecting double digit wage settlements on behalf of his workers. He made his expectation known at the recent May Day celebration held at Browne’s beach in St. ...
Crewe and Nantwich - Sir Alex Ferguson supports Labour.
2008-05-19 13:23:00 Just when you thought that the Labour team in Crewe and Nantwich had absolutely no policies apart from "Tory Toffs", they've come up with a beauty: putting a picture of Sir Alex Ferguson on their leaflets. Football supremo Ferguson is of course well known as a political mastermind and no doubt his endorsement of Moyra Tamsin Dunwoody will have locals voting labour in their droves. Not.
By: Daily Referendum
Daily Mirror - Has the pro-Labour tide turned?
2008-05-19 12:17:00 I was amazed to read an article in today's Daily Mirror that attacked the Labour "Tory toff" campaign being fought in Crewe and Nantwich. As Tony Parsons points out: "Gwyneth Dunwoody would never have run such a shallow campaign." Such critique of Labour's campaign comes as a welcome surprise after reading Brian Reade's pathetic article in the same paper last week. So I've got to ask: Are the Mirror going the way of the Sun in their support for Cameron's Conservatives? Has the Mirror's pro-Labour tide turned?Here is a snippet from Tony's article:As Labour supporters shrieked about rich Tories in Bentleys, they did not seem to have the faintest idea that Bentley has provided generations of Crewe families with work. In Crewe, a Bentley is a potent symbol of highly skilled, proud working men and a brand recognised around the world. Pointing self-righteous fingers might have worked elsewhere, but using a Bentley as an example of privilege in Crewe is thick. But there are other wo...
By: Daily Referendum
Poll - How will you vote in the next General Election?
2008-05-15 16:37:00 How will you vote in the next General Election? Will you be changing sides or sticking with what you've got?Sorry I couldn't fit all the other parties in the poll. If you will be voting for a party other than the three main parties, please check the "other box".How will you vote in the next General Election?Did you vote Labour last time and intend to next time.Did you vote Labour last time and intend to vote Conservative this time.Did you vote Labour last time and intend to vote Lib Dem this time.Did you vote Labour last time and intend to vote for "other" parties next time.Did you vote Conservative last time and intend to next time.Did you vote Conservative last time and intend to vote Lib Dem this time.Did you vote Conservative last time and intend to vote Labour this time.Did you vote Conservative last time and intend to vote for "other" parties next time.Did you vote Lib Dem last time and intend to next time.Did you vote Lib Dem last time and intend to vote Conservative this t...
By: Daily Referendum
Labour shortage will hit harvest
2008-05-14 14:00:00 The worst seasonal labour shortage to hit Britain for decades could mean thousands of tonnes of fruit and vegetables, worth millions of pounds, left to rot in fields.
By: FWi - All News
Recruitment demand hits four-year low for labour market
2008-05-14 10:00:00 Demand for staff has hit a four-year low, according to the latest quarterly Labour Market Outlook survey of UK employers by the C
Labour MPs are thrown to the lions by Harman.
2008-05-13 11:55:00 Harriet Harman has ordered Labour MPs and Ministers to help out in the Crewe and Nantwich by-election. I bet they are chuffed about that. "What, me? Face the voters? Are you mad? they'll tear me apart. "Anyway, why do I have to go if Gordon is bottling out?"If I were a Labour MP, I'd be avoiding the public like the plague. And if I was a journalist, I'd be following them with great interest.Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device
By: Daily Referendum
Goodbye my Cherie Amour: Is it Gordon Brown or Labour that the Voters no lo
2008-05-13 04:18:00 By Crispin Williams The ends of love affairs are never easy things. Over the weekend old flames of Labour came back to throw out Labour’s dirty laundry, specifically with accusations about UK Prime Minister Brown. Cherie Blair’s revelations from her upcoming autobiography stated that Mr. Brown had “rattled the keys” of 10 Downing Street over her husband ...
William Hill - Tories to win Crewe and Nantwich.
2008-05-12 08:02:00 From William Hill:GORDON BROWN IS ODDS-ON TO SUFFER CREWE CUTTHE CONSERVATIVES have been installed as hot favourites by William Hill to heap further humiliation on Gordon Brown and Labour by capturing the Crewe and Nantwich constituency in the forthcoming by-election. Hills have made them 2/5 favourites to win the former safe seat, for which Labour are offered at 9/4 with the by-election specialists, the Lib Dems, at 10/1.William Hill have made Labour the longest odds they have been since coming to power 11 years ago to win the next General Election. They are 13/8 to do so, with the Conservatives now offered at 4/9 - the shortest price they have been for a General Election since they lost power. The Lib Dems are 66/1.A Hung Parliament is a 7/4 chance.Hills make Gordon Brown 8/13 to lead Labour into the next General Election and 6/5 not to.WILLIAM HILL: WHEN WILL BROWN CEASE TO BE PM? 6/4 2010; 7/4 2009; 5/1 2008; 14/1 2015; 16/1 2017; 16/1 2016; 16/1 2014; 20/1 2013; 33/1 2012; 50/1...
By: Daily Referendum
Douglas Alexander fails to back Gordon Brown.
2008-05-11 11:01:00 Is it just me, or did Douglas Alexander fail to back Gordon Brown on the Andrew Marr show this morning? Andrew asked him if it was all over for Gordon if Labour were to lose the Crewe and Nantwich by-election. The first words out of Douglas's mouth should have been "No absolutely not". However he didn't say anything of the sort and failed to give Brown his backing. I think Andrew Marr may regret not asking the question twice when he realises what happened.I'll post a link to the show when it is available. OK here it is (55min 45secs into the show).
By: Daily Referendum
Another Sour Sunday for Gordon Brown.
2008-05-11 08:59:00 The first thing Gordon Brown will think when he wakes up this morning will be: "today can't be as bad as last Sunday". He will be wrong, today will be one hell of a sour Sunday. First of all he will read about John Prescott claiming that he urged Tony Blair to sack him. Then he will read about the ICM survey for the Mail on Sunday which puts the Tories on 43%, Labour on 39% and the Liberal Democrats on 16% in the Crewe and Nantwich by-election. If he can find the will to read on he will discover that when Labour voters were asked who would make the best Prime Minister, 41% said Cameron and only 38% backed Brown. OMG - when your own supporters prefer the opposition's leadership to yours, you should surely start to seriously consider a career change.Believe it or not, it gets worse. According to Louise Bagshawe post on ConservativeHomes CentreRight section, Frank Field has threatened Brown with "no confidence" over 10p tax. And she thinks he is deadly serious. This came up on Any Qu...
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Labour still have Abrahams £630,000 Donorgate cash.
2008-05-11 07:38:00 It's six months since Labour's dodgy donations from David Abrahams (via third parties) came to light. At the time of "donor gate", Gordon Brown promised that the money would be returned. According to the Daily Mail - It hasn't. The money is sitting in a non-interest making (escrow) account five months after Scotland Yard told the Labour party that: "the donated money was no longer an issue for the police".Tory frontbencher Chris Grayling said:"This was clearly another attempt by Labour to bury bad news. "It is extraordinary that Gordon Brown could make such a clear promise about repaying the money and then do nothing while quietly hoping no one noticed. He just keeps on treating the British people as fools."A Labour Party spokesman said:"The investigation has not been concluded and the Electoral Commission has not made a judgment. The escrow account holder will take instruction from the police, the courts or the Electoral Commission to determine the rightful ownership of the fund...
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Laws (and Costs) for Labour, the Environment (and Harmony)
2008-05-10 11:31:00 China Law Blog is on top of things as usual. It points to useful updates on the very topical labour and environmental laws. Environmental Law The environment in China has become a key policy focus, and presents real challenges. China Daily reports on legal developments: ?In order to protect its environment and support economic development, ...
The Mirror - Brian Reade, how desperate can you get?
2008-05-09 13:09:00 I've just read the most biased, pathetic, class envying, scaremongering piece of drivel of an article written by a journalist desperate to stop Labour entering its death throes.If you want to see how bad things are for Labour, click HERE to see how desperate Brian Reade is getting and how low he will stoop.
By: Daily Referendum
26 point lead - Cameron must be given the credit.
2008-05-09 12:05:00 The Sun's poll carried out by YouGov, which indicated that Labour have not been as unpopular since the 1930s, is the result of the actions of two men - Gordon Brown and David Cameron. Without doubt Brown's dithering, poor choice of policy and general incompetence has caused Labour to lose a great amount of support. But, that lost support has not been to the advantage of the Lib Dems. Ever since the highly successful Conservative party conference last year, David Cameron has led his party to historic popularity. There are certain members of the media who have said that the Tories recent success is more down to Gordon's ineptitude rather than Cameron's leadership. Well I say - what a load of rubbish.The policies that Cameron and his shadow cabinet laid out at the Tory conference were stolen by Brown, everyone knew it. They knew the we were the party with the ideas and Labour were reduced to stealing them. Brown is trying to use the all mouth and no trousers approach to Cameron, bu...
By: Daily Referendum
Conservatives have a 26 point lead in Sun Poll.
2008-05-08 20:49:00 YouGov Poll: The picture says it all. What now for Gordon Brown?From The Sun:LABOUR has slumped to its lowest point since records began in the 1930s, a devastating Sun poll reveals tonight. And the Tories are enjoying their second biggest poll lead in history.Full story HERE.
By: Daily Referendum
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