Showing posts with label Alan Johnson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alan Johnson. Show all posts
Sunday, December 20, 2015

Labour MPs want to oust Jeremy Corbyn and make Alan Johnson new leader

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I have no idea if the story is true - and Alan Johnson has shown no enthusiasm for being Labour leader when he has been asked to stand or ...
Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Alan Johnson shows the good and bad sides of mainstream Labour

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There is no doubt about the bust up of the day. It is Alan Johnson's pummelling of Simon Hardy from what is laughing called 'Left ...
Sunday, November 09, 2014

The failure of the political class and the appeal of Alan Johnson

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I am not the greatest admirer of Alan Johnson - his appearances of This Week, where his highlight of the week is invariably an event that ...
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Thursday, January 20, 2011

The departure of Alan Johnson and the dangers of Ed Balls

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The announcement of Alan Johnson's resignation came just as I was leaving work. Guido Fawkes suggests there will be a scandal in the Su...
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Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Prime Minster's Questions: The verdict

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Pete Hoskin writes on the Spectator's Coffee House blog: If you ever needed a PMQs to brush away the last morsels of festive cheer, th...
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Prime Minister's Questions and the Comprehensive Spending Review

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At Prime Minister's Questions last week Ed Miliband was light on his feet and David Cameron's inner Flashman began to surface. Labou...
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Friday, October 08, 2010

Alan Johnson is neither Ed Balls nor married to him

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It is hard to escape the conclusion that Alan Johnson has been made shadow chancellor because: he is not Ed Balls; he is not married to Ed...
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Monday, August 03, 2009

How Gordon Brown has ensured Alan Johnson will be no threat to him

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You are a prime minister under pressure. What do you do? Give your most attractive rival a job which ensure that everyone will soon hate him...
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Friday, July 10, 2009

House Points: Calder's Second Law of Politics

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My House Points column from today's Liberal Democrat News. Dyed in the Wool Calder’s First Law of Politics is that if all the partie...
Thursday, January 29, 2009

Government guidance on children and alcohol will make things worse

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A consultation document launched by Ed Balls, Alan Johnson and the Chief Medical Officer, Sir Liam Donaldson, is expected to advise parents ...
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Sunday, September 14, 2008

Britblog Roundup 187: The Bournemouth edition

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Friday, April 25, 2008

Lord Bonkers on Matthew Taylor, Nick Clegg and GQ

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From Liberator 325. Monday Well, well, well. So the story has finally come out. I suppose it was inevitable. The name "Percy Harris...
Sunday, September 23, 2007

BritBlog Roundup 136

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Story of the Week Bloggerheads and Craig Murray's blog have been down for several days following action by lawyers acting on behalf of t...
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Saturday, July 07, 2007

Lord Bonkers on the end of Blair and much else

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Liberator 319 is now with subscribers - at least mine arrived this morning - so it is time to post the latest diary from Rutland's most ...
Saturday, June 02, 2007

Nice, dim and principled

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My House Points column from today's Liberal Democrat News . Details of how to subscribe to the party's weekly newspaper are here . S...
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Thursday, April 05, 2007

Against conscription in education

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A new collective blog - Educational Conscription - has been set up to protest against Alan Johnson's plans to force teenagers to stay ...
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Friday, February 23, 2007

A poor sap like Jade

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My House Points column from today's Liberal Democrat News. Over-lawed Despite your pleas, I seldom quote old House Points columns. B...
Saturday, November 25, 2006

Who is helping Alan Johnson's campaign?

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The Daily thinks it knows .
Friday, October 13, 2006

Playing Matron at three-card brag

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And they're off! The first House Points from the new parliamentary season. This column appears in Liberal Democrat News . Education gamb...
Monday, July 24, 2006

Alan Johnson commits polytoynbeeism

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Last summer I identified the concept of polytoynbeeism : You divide the world into two groups: there are sensible people like you and your r...