tankist's Blog

Why the unions need to be told to take a hike

Labour seems to face ruin in two ways - either no money or be shackled to the unions. Well, Gordon Brown should take a leaf out of John Smith's book and tell the unions to back off.

Why the Tories were emailing data to the Isle of Man?

Were they tried to evade EU data protection rules?

What ever the answer is, it is not a shift to "the left"

We're in a hole. It's a pretty deep one. And ways to get out of it are in short supply.



Just one of the differences having a Tory government would make

Today the Tories attacked lesbians and abortion rights. They were soundly beaten.

Has Nick Clegg committed political suicide?

According to this Clegg is to back the Tories in a hung parliament - I wonder what the likes of Lynne Featherstone and Sarah Teather think of his plan to slaughter their majorities for the sake of some power?

Can we please be told the truth about Labour's finances?

Once again there has been a round of speculation in the press on the state of Labour's finances, but party members are not being told what is really happening.

Saying "no" to compulsory voting

It's a great idea and an electoral disaster

The hard left offer no solutions

The stupidest argument since the local elections debacle has been that Labour should "go for broke" - it is almost the classic definition of sectarian.