raedwald
Blog URL http://raedwald.blogspot.com
Located London, London United Kingdom
Tags politics, sea fishing, reform, localism, London, centre-right
Mostly UK politics; Localism, political reform.
Latest Blog Posts
- Goodbye and good riddance Hugh Orde on Nov 20, 2009 in policing hugh orde
Hugh Orde's comment to the BBC that chief constables will resign if the police come under democratic control is good news. The current crop of police bosses ill-serve the nation and our democracy. Whilst Orde and his ilk imagine a police service acco...
- Ashton's gravy mountain on Nov 20, 2009 in catherine ashton eu
It was only on the 2nd of April, a little over seven months ago, that I wrote of Catherine Ashton's leaving package from the EU after just six months in the job as she rejoined Brown's sinking ship;Back on 6th October last year I wrote a naughty post...
- A liar's programme on Nov 19, 2009 in queens speech
Had Gordon Brown called an election after sneaking into the Labour leadership, and had his first Queen's speech been that delivered yesterday, we would now be facing a further eight years of Labour government. As it is, the British public has become...
- Correct diagnosis, wrong prescription on Nov 18, 2009 in policing localism
In a leader this morning the Times reminds us that every time we meet a police officer our confidence in the police falls; When Robert Peel established the Metropolitan Police in 1829 he defined nine principles of operation, of which the most import...
- Miss Truss, Peter Oborne and the Jews on Nov 17, 2009 in political corruption localism
Two not unconnected stories from yesterday illustrate the stark choices now facing both Labour and Conservative parties.Firstly, the candidate taken in adultery. Miss Truss broke one of the ten commandments that underlie our bedrock of social moralit...
- Eyetie talks bollocks - EU listens on Nov 16, 2009 in eu army italy
Italy's foreign minister is something of a prat. Calling for a new European army, he says; It was a "necessary objective to have a European army", Mr Frattini said. "Take Afghanistan: at present President Obama asks Poland, or Italy, or Great Brita...
- The rocket's red glare on Nov 16, 2009 in flares pyrotechnics
A horrifying story in the Mail that will now doubtless lead to a knee-jerk reaction from the MCA and the government but which may actually be the fault of the MCA in the first place. The red distress rocket commonly sold reaches a height of about 350...
