George Osborne’s right-hand patsy Danny Alexander was heckled by his own delegate this afternoon as he accused Gordon Brown of “unsustainable spending”. Having begun his conference speech with a tribute to his grandfather Andrew Sturgess, however, he would surely be able to rely on a fulsome review from the nonagenarian, who joined the historic Liberal [...]
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Budget bribes: more state subsidy for Danny Alexander’s railway!
Digging by Scrapbook shows the budget includes an eleventh-hour rescue of a state subsidy for railways. One of the key beneficiaries of this change is a 1,970 metre train track running up the northern slopes of Cairn Gorm in Scotland. The MP for the area just happens to be Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander [...]
Michael Gove flouts recruitment ban with advert for TWO speechwriters
Great spot from the eagle-eyed Amber Elliott over at Total Politics. In keeping with the “do as I say not as I do” attitude of senior ministers, Michael Gove is advertising for two speechwriters just two days after Francis Maude and Danny Alexander announced an extension to the civil service recruitment ban. The move to [...]
David Dimbleby: rodent exterminator
Scrapbook was hoping for some fireworks from last night’s Question Time. But the “YouTube moment” was provided not, as we had suggested, by Kev Livingstone and Nadine Dorries but a literally squirming Danny Alexander. Thanks to Left Foot Forward for grabbing this clip: “That’s a mega blink!”
Gingergate: SNP court redhead vote after Harman comments
Harriet Harman’s oddly personal (but nonetheless amusing) attack on Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander, whom she called a “ginger rodent”, has generated a minor storm for which she’s been forced to apologise. Some commentators have been highlighting the hypocrisy of a life-long champion of equality mocking a man for a physical trait. Others like [...]
The Gang of Four (coalition version)
As we saw during the shadow cabinet elections, MPs are not averse to waving their researchers in the direction of Photoshop Microsoft Paint. The missive below from a Labour backbencher, likening Messrs Cameron, Clegg, Osborne and Alexander to China’s Gang of Four, was dispatched with a doctored Central Committee-style image. “It was rather ill advised for new [...]
Urgent witness appeal: were you in Westminster around 12:30pm yesterday?
Though cartoonist and animator Beau Bo D’Or has – alas – closed down his blog, the satire lives on. Follow him on Twitter for irregular photoshop genius. Indeed, with yesterday’s act of unspeakable savagery in SW1A only one man can help: With 18,000 fewer police it’s reassuring to have Quincy on board.
Nation rejoices as Osborne confirms A11 to be linked to Thetford Bypass
After the excitement of Ed Miliband’s winning debut at last week’s PMQ’s, today’s version was always likely to be a damp squib. With the Westminster Village waiting expectantly for the Spending Review announcements, it deteriorated into the irrelevant squabble its detractors claim it to be. The only point of note was the PM’s refusal to [...]
