A former Liberal Democrat council candidate is under investigation by police after Political Scrapbook exposed a series of vicious Islamophobic comments on his Facebook page. The probe into the so-called “Redcar racist”, Dave Stones, comes after a concerted effort by Nick Clegg’s office and party HQ to ignore the issue. Scrapbook revealed Mr Stones’ comments last month, when [...]
Remaining silent in the face of criticism of his severance pay, one can only assume Chris Huhne is intent on trousering the £17,000 he is officially entitled to after police charges forced him from office. While we’re not sure that the Scrapbook team hold much sway with the sharp-elbowed member for Eastleigh, perhaps he might [...]
It appears that traffic cameras aren’t the only way to track the historical movements of cabinet ministers. We trust the new energy secretary maintained an appropriate speed in these poor driving conditions.
With Huhne’s cabinet career now in tatters, could the fate of the member for Eastleigh also hasten the exit of the health secretary? Lobby hack James Macintyre certainly thinks so: With the Health Bill the runaway winner for “most botched coalition legislation” , it’s surely just a matter of timing.
With the Crown Prosecution Service to announce whether they will prosecute Chris Huhne at 10am, let’s remind ourselves what the energy secretary was spinning eight months ago: “These allegations are simply incorrect. They’ve been made before and they’ve been shown to be untrue” … here comes the best bit … “and I very much welcome the referal [...]
Four Liberal Democrat councillors have been taken to court for failing to pay £3,660 council tax. The quartet were named and shamed in court records after Cornwall Council refused to reveal the identities. The red-faced recipients of court liability orders ranging from £210 to £1,840 were quick to the draw with some bizarre excuses. Jan Powell, a Conservative councillor at [...]
Prompting laughter from colleagues, the image above captures the moment when local government minister Andrew Stunell was caught in the “no lobby”, seemingly attempting to vote against his own bill in committee stage. In a Laurel and Hardy-style double act, the red-faced Stunell was ordered by fellow minister Simon Burns not to pass through the [...]
