An mix-up in the Commons yesterday afternoon left MPs wondering whether Michael Gove had prepared properly for education questions. In response to a simple query on primary school provision, Gove embarked on a partisan attack on a Labour MP for not supporting a free school in Westbury-on-Trym that was demanded by “her constituents in Bristol [...]
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Cameron cringes over Smiths at PMQs
One for the “PMQs as theatre” category from Kerry McCarthy today, who asked David Cameron which Smiths song students should listen to in the wake of the impending tuition fees vote. Morrissey – who once railed against Thatcher with the song Margaret on the Guillotine – this week joined former Smiths band mate Johnny Marr to [...]
Quote of the day: what Kerry (nearly) wrote
CORRECTION: Apologies to Kerry, who has been in touch to emphasise that this is what she nearly published. To quote her post: Footnote: My efforts to persuade people to take this seriously almost came a cropper then, in that I missed the ‘f’ out of global shift. This is what’s known on Twitter as doing [...]
Greer's Law: Kerry McCarthy responsible for Irish troubles?!
Like Ed Vaizey’s fandom of The Beat – whose natty plea for Margaret Thatcher to “Stand Down” filled dancefloors in 1980 – it’s good to see that Shane Greer doesn’t let his Tory Boy-ness obstruct enjoyment of lefty Irish nationalists punkers Stiff Little Fingers. According to Wikipedia (so it must be true)… Godwin’s Law … is a [...]
