PoliticalHackUK
Blog URL http://www.politicalhack.co.uk
Located Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom
Tags politics, birmingham, labour, comment, news
Political comment from a Labour perspective on Birmingham and beyond
Latest Blog Posts
- Cops on the ballot box on Nov 20, 2009 in policing
Sir Hugh Orde, currently in charge of the Association of Chief Police Officers, spoke for his colleagues when he said that he would rather resign than face direct political control from an elected commissioner. He's absolutely right - nobody should b...
- Lucky Nick on Nov 20, 2009 in Liberal Democrats Michael Brown
Very lucky.It seems that the Electoral Commission has decided that the convicted fraudster Michael Brown did not use his UK company to channel £2.4 million to the Liberal Democrats to get around pesky little things like the law, even though he was t...
- An afternoon to remember on Nov 19, 2009 in Birmingham Council
I don't think that many people are unaware of the events of last Saturday, when what should have been a cracking pop concert went sour within minutes as the crowd outside the open air venue surged against barriers, which were swiftly pulled away by t...
- Public relations on Nov 14, 2009 in Birmingham Council
Debra Davis, the PR supremo for Birmingham City Council - who recently admitted that after three years in charge, her department still wasn't fit for purpose - materialised on the Stirrer yesterday to promote the continuation of Forward, the council...
- No talent and the public will see through them. on Nov 13, 2009 in Labour
No, not Jedward.Just another equally incomprehensible act. Tip of the hat to the monkey.
- Sinking below the horizon on Nov 11, 2009 in Gordon Brown The Sun Afghanistan
It certainly seems that the Sun has massively misjudged the national mood - even their own online comment thread is critical of their attack line. Mandy bared his teeth on the Today programme this morningIf you look at the e-mails received overwhelmi...
- The Sun's still at it on Nov 10, 2009 in Gordon Brown The Sun Afghanistan
And this time, it is a private telephone call from the PM to Ms Janes which she recorded (funny how she happened to have a tape recorder to hand - I don't even know where I could find one in my house, let alone switch it on within a few seconds of ge...
