Ed Miliband’s leadership campaign has enlisted cricketing help in the fight against Tuesday’s emergency budget, encouraging “hundreds of people” to email 2005 Ashes hero Simon Jones: Speaking exclusively to Scrapbook, Jones said: “It was flattering to be contacted by Ed’s team regarding the budget. The 25% cuts for DCMS will see many sporting initiatives, such as [...]
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What were they laughing about?
In his first post for Political Scrapbook, Nathan Trout casts a wry eye over a meeting of coalition minds. Former Labour councillor Vince Cable is oftentimes rumoured to be one of the more uneasy members of the coalition, not entirely comfortable with the Tories’ cuts and small state agenda. One would imagine that he would [...]
Those Liberal Democrat and Tory VAT policies in full*
Charlie K’s expression is prescient. UPDATE: Double irony alert! Scrapbook wonders whether David and George recall this advert from 2008? *Exclusive to all blogs.
Human shields: Cameron cowers behind Osborne in budget as Liberal Democrats flank the chancellor
Never has the adage that David Cameron uses his Liberal Democrat colleagues as human shields been so true. Expanding the repertoire of parliamentary choreography, Osborne has not only been “doughnuted” by Nick Clegg and Danny Alexander but completely obscures the prime minister from the main TV camera in the Commons chamber. Peek-a-boo! Cameron is seated directly behind Gideon and [...]
Dr. Osborne will see you now
Notwithstanding the photoepilepsy-inducing graphics, this video setting ideological cuts against comments from economists David Blanchflower and Joseph Stiglitz, is well worth a watch on the day that Dr. Osborne will amputate billions from public spending: Writing on Comment Is Free this weekend, Blanchflower repeated that these cuts are “dogma over common sense”. Slamming the axing [...]
What will Gideon slash next week? Speculate now with the random cuts generator!
Hats off to the good folks at No Shock Doctrine for Britain for their brilliant random cuts generator. This policy tool will surely be adopted across HMT as we approach Tuesday’s emergency budget. Reductions in public spending have never been so amusing.
