Labour party is sinking in sleaze!

Well, the story of the "smear campaign" emails appears not to be letting up, which personally I think is great as it allows myself and many other bloggers to talk about the absolutely dire situation in which the Labour party appears to have entrenched itself! It's now becoming a weekly habit, with yet another story of sleaze coming out constantly. It used to be that it was tales of "Cash for honours" when it was Tony Blair, which certainly caused him a bit of bother, to say the least, then Gordon Brown came to power with a "pledge" to end the evil Bogey monster that is spin!! But, just like the story of his life, he broke that promise with devastating consequences, for him anyway! First there was expenses. Now don't get me wrong, I appreciate that expenses are important for MP's who live in Places like Shetland, but how can an MP who lives in London be able to claim expenses for 3 different homes, not to mention all the essential perks that just have to come with those homes such as the 42" widescreen plasma screen HD TV!! Oh, and let's not forget the £300 expenses claims for, wait for it, PLANT POTS!!! Yes, your read it correctly. That's Jacqui Smith for you! And what about the Chancellor Alistair Darling? Well he's claimed expenses for 4 homes, despite the fact that his official home at 11 Downing Street is Rent Free! And for some reason one of the homes he claimed expenses claims for was in the Western Isles! I don't get it, what would an MP who represents an Edinburgh constituency need a home in the Western Isles for? Oh, that's right, it's a "holiday home"!! Well that makes perfect sense now why it would require taxpayers money to pay for it!



Seriously, Labour is sinking in sleaze. Another recent example of this was Jacqui Smith's husband. Yet another expenses claim, though not for a house this time. Instead they claimed taxpayers cash for pornographic movies, or should I say "added features"! This is a disgrace, and what's even more disgraceful is that the money claimed has not been asked to be paid back to the taxpayer! This week, we've had the latest "Big" story with the "Blog-gate affair"! Gordon Brown claims that he did not know about it, but how on earth could he possibly not know about it when he is his closest advisor whom he spends more time with than his wife, Sarah Brown! It's all a bit of a mystery to me, but what it does show is that if the Labour government can't even control it's own advisers, then how can it possibly control the country, especially at a time of recession, one which Labour created!! The end of the New Labour project is near!

The power of blogs

If anyone out there has ever doubted the power political blogs have then please switch on your TV and watch the news. Recent emails sent from none other than 10 Downing Street have been uncovered which show that one of Gordon Browns closest advisers attempted to launch a 'smear campaign' against the Tories. It is hugely embarrassing for Brown but I'm not going to say anymore about it as it was actually a fellow political blogger who managed to uncover the emails and has announced that he will make the emails public on his blog from tomorrow (12th April). He's been on the TV telling the news reporters all about his find and the story has even made it as the main news headline! The very fact that it was a blog which discovered these emails just goes to show how powerful blogs and there bloggers are! This particular blogger is known for being controversial but is very good and I congratulate him on his find! Personally, I'm eagerly looking forward to the emails becoming public tomorrow. You can find the blog on http://www.order-order.com/

Darling's big gamble! What does it mean for you?

First of all, sorry I haven't been blogging for a while but I'll try and get into the habit again. As you all know, yesterday Alistair Darling unveiled his pre-budget report, something which usually doesn't make huge news but this time was different! This time, Darling made possibly the biggest gamble of his entire career! If it works (which is unlikely), it could possibly mean a fourth term for Labour at Westminster (God forbid!). If it fails, which looks as if it could be likely, it could result in a Tory government (again, God Forbid!). Either way, it's going to end up with every tax payer in the country having to pay 7 years of higher taxes! Why? Because the governments idea of getting us out of this crisis is to borrow billions of pounds! All of which, of course, has to be paid back! And it's us the taxpayer that's going to have to give the London government all this extra cash! So, basically, while it will mean a tax cut at the moment and a cut in VAT (all of which is to be welcomed), at the end of the day it's going to mean us paying seven years of higher taxes just for the government taking a penny of a Mars Bar! It's going to be the younger generation which is going to be hit hardest, as are many of small businesses which will result in thousands of people losing their jobs! It's also going to mean a cut in the next Scottish budget! Once again, it just goes to prove that Scotland is being short-changed by Westminster! All in all, I think this is just too big a gamble for the Chancellor, but, we shall just wait and see exactly what happens.

Brown says no to giving Scotland more powers

When I picked up my Sunday newspaper this morning I already knew that there would be all the rubbish about so-called "SNP infighting" after losing Glenrothes (none of which is true) but I was admittedly shocked to read that Gordon Brown is to not give the Scottish Parliament ANY new powers!! He said that, due to Labour winning Glenrothes, he had no need to give the Scottish people any extra powers! This is just one of the consequences of when Labour win an election in Scotland, especially a by-election! They begin to believe that everything they are doing is right and continue to so. By not giving Scotland any new powers they are effectively halting Scotland moving forward! Then again, could we really expect anything better from Labour!

Glenrothes by-election update

Hi again, next update just to let you all know that the feeling in the count is that the SNP has won!

Still waiting on a turnout figure.

Glenrothes by-election update

Well, the polls are now closed and a declaration is expected between 12.30 and 1am.

Early indications show that the SNP might just snatch it! So things are looking good so far!

Canvassing returns point towards an SNP victory in Glenrothes!

It has been revealed that internal polling from ALL the parties has shown the SNP are on course to win the Glenrothes by-election! This news comes on the day Scottish Secretary Jim Murphy said that the SNP are "still favourites" for Glenrothes! Despite the recent good press that the PM has been receiving lately the people of Fife have not been fooled, especially when their bills come thumping through their letter boxes!! Also revealed yesterday was that apparently Gordon Brown is backing the SNP and will be placing his vote for Peter Grant on November 6th!! That's right, Gordon Brown, a 21 year old skilled worker from Glenrothes!! Bet the PM didn't see that coming!!