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 Welcome to my blog. I am a former local journalist who now works in PR and a Conservative and community activist in Woking and Horsell. This blog will keep updated on local issues as well as my interests and quirky news stories.    |
The man who nose – Ken Clarke As well as spinning madly about security, Labour’s press team has also been trying to get stuff into the paper along the lines that the Conservative will be cutting spending and raising taxes after Ken Clarke said it would be “folly” to rule out tax increases. [...] A little while ago, the PM liked to remind us how the recession started in America and wasn’t really the fault of anyone in the UK (even the bankers). He also assured us that the UK was best placed to deal with the recession and that we would come out of it strongly, ahead [...] One of the key things in the the Pre-Budget Report was the headline to “halve Britain’s deficit” during the next four years, bringing this down from 12% of GDP where it currently stands (up from 2% in 2007) to 6.5%. In other words we are going to reduce the £180bn-a-year borrowing levels to something [...] Your exchequer needs you… Looking at all the papers this morning, it seems that they are pretty unanimous in their distaste for the Pre Budget Report announced yesterday. Even the BBC led with a Conservative-slanted headline (the old “denies” trick frames the allegation neatly without defamatory undertones). Labour has had a long time [...] There’s been quite a bit in the nationals recently about the narrowing of the polls, with some putting the Labour lead in single figures. It’s not hugely surprising, I think we are see the Eurosceptic Conservative contingent flipping over to UKIP, which are votes I don’t necessarily think will stay there at the polling [...] The nation's favourite bean-counter – pity his idealogy isn't as good as his maths I wouldn’t like to buy a mansion from the Liberal Democrats because they only seem to price them in increments of £1million. Back in conference season, just after Nick Clegg promised “savage cuts” to assauge the thirst of the [...] It's been a busy day… …And already we’ve got the Bank of England demonstrating the state the economy is in by having to create another £25bn of wealth kick-start our growth once more. Gordon Brown is obviously pretty determined that the UK needs to come back into overall growth as soon as possible [...] Today is the anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar – back in 2005, the 200th anniversary was marked with a particular fine pair of Trafalgar crowns issued by the Royal Mint, although generally it was kept quiet by the Labour government so as not upset the French or Spanish. Trafalgar was a significant naval victory [...] It’s not often that Woking Borough Council considers petitions – there are only a couple each year. One of the more outlandishly ridiculous is going in front of the Executive on Thursday. “WOKING COUNCIL PUTS TOWN CENTRE SHOPS AT RISK. That’s right, the recent increase in car parking charges means that we are now [...] |
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