Spot the Difference : FTSE Boom, FTSE Bust

TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2009

Spot the Difference : FTSE Boom, FTSE Bust

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He plundered your pension than Crash Gordon worked his magic on the stock market. To mis-quote Neil Kinnock, "I warn you: don't get old, don't invest your pension in the stock market". One long Tory boom, two Labour "boom to busts"...

Kawczynski Whining

Over on Dale's blog, Daniel Kawczynski, the Tory MP who handed over a constituent's letter to the police without a warrant, has written a lengthy self-justification blaming the Speaker and the police for his own stupidity (as well as using his staffers as human shields).

He emailed a very similar lengthy missive last week after Guido suggested he was an idiot. Having taken the time to read his squirming explanation Guido replied

Daniel,

I have taken the time to read all the documentation and simply have one question:-

Would you be willing to hand over another constituent's letter in similar circumstances?

Guido Fawkes

He hasn't replied. Perhaps he needs another few days...

Downing Street Needs Draper More Than Ever

Derek Draper's online campaigning skills are clearly not going to win Labour any votes, perhaps the greatest service he could do his party would require exercising his professional skills. Somebody surely needs to re-connect Downing Street to the reality of the High Street. While Gordon lauds "the difficult birth-pangs of a new global order", shop after shop is being boarded up as retail chains go bust and jobs are lost. It is Gordon's denial of the truth that is so apparent.

Interviewer after interviewer, as well as Cameron repeatedly during PMQs, has asked him to admit that he was wrong to claim to have "abolished boom and bust". Gordon can't or won't, because he is too psychologically flawed, face up to reality. How can we secure a national recovery when the head of government is in total denial? Gordon clings to the idea that the recovery will have begun by the end of the summer and that he can win the next election by running around like a headless chicken doing anything for headlines, costing billions in economic vandalism and shouting empty slogans. Derek, your leader needs you...