Blog posts tagged "Hazel Blears"

June 3, 2009 1:33 pm 52 Comments

A political crisis This is a political spectacle none of us has ever seen before. The government is reshuffling itself. Hazel Blears has just shuffled herself out of the Cabinet. She’d have been fired anyway over her second homery and non-payment of capital gains tax. Two other ministers, one of them another woman, are expected [...]

May 21, 2009 6:52 pm No Comments

How convenient, the Whitsun break. Have you ever wondered how many weeks the political classes absent themselves in a year? But the problem today is not absenteeism. In some cases it’s a lack of it.

May 15, 2009 10:33 am No Comments

I am very struck by the huge response to both Snowblog and Channel 4 News this week – high-quality contributions and a number of very personal comparisons with what is happening in regard to disclosure of MPs‘ arrangements. Stan, as you return to work today after nine months without a job, I wish you well.

May 14, 2009 7:14 pm No Comments

Legal sources I have spoken to tell me there could be a case to answer under both the fraud act (over the specific claim) and under the theft act. If it came to it, there’s a real danger that the Metropolitan Police may be put off investigating former Labour minister Elliot Morley by the chaotic [...]