Three months after being exposed by Scrapbook for his lavish expenditure at Conservative Party conference, the leader of Birmingham City Council is once again on the back foot for wasting taxpayers’ money on luxury accommodation. Mike Whitby was dubbed “Micky Two Rooms” after he rented two king king size pads to create a suite for himself at the party’s main [...]
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"Do more for less" council leader rented TWO hotel rooms for himself at Conservative conference
The Birmingham Mail recently highlighted the case of City Council leader Mike Whitby, who used the plush Hyatt hotel at Conservative conference despite his having access to a 24-hour chauffer driven car and living less than four miles away from the venue. Scrapbook can reveal that the total cost to taxpayers of the Tory leader’s extravagance was £2,240. Documents obtained under [...]
Video: MC Cameroon rocks the mic!
A number of Scrapbook’s friends remarked on the debut performance of MC Cameroon in Birmingham’s ICC on Tuesday. The Guardian’s politics blog reports: Dozens of posts on Twitter commented – none too favourably – on Cameron’s attempt to rap some of his oratory, and the political commentator John Rentoul identified two “rap” sections of “fast-paced rhythmic [...]
New: Doctor Dave's Political Sketch!
In a new feature for Scrapbook, “Doctor Dave” looks back at Cameron’s keynote speech yesterday. Anyone who has managed to retain some sense of optimism at an impending five years of Tory rule would surely have had that hope vanquished yesterday, as David Cameron revealed the full horror of the situation to the nation during [...]
When Harry met Kay
In his conference speech yesterday, David Cameron praised 97 year old activist Harry Beckough for his service to the Tories down the years. As Guido has observed, Sky News ran a less than smooth live interview with Beckough, in which Kay Burley oscillates between patronising the nonagenarian (“you didn’t have 24-hour news when you first started!”) and getting her [...]
Thatcher took their milk, now Cameron wants their tooth fairy money!
Margaret “snatcher” Thatcher ended free school milk for children over seven. In his keynote speech today, David Cameron made a grab for childrens’ Tooth Fairy money. In a series of lukewarm anecdotes, the prime minister announced plans to reduce the deficit with a 100% levy on transactions relating to milk teeth: I got a letter [...]
Join us for Cameron speech Live Chat
We’re joining Left Foot Forward, LabourList and Liberal Conspiracy to scrutinise David Cameron’s keynote speech as it happens. Come and participate in the debate below:
Tory MP performs "pec dance" at conference
It would seem some Conservatives are employing unorthodox methods to ingratiate themselves with members of the fourth estate. As the champagne cava flowed in Birmingham last night, one honourable member performed a “pec dance” for Total Politics political editor Amber Elliott: Glad to see Nicholas Soames’ home gym is paying off.
