In a week overshadowed by dire GDP figures, there was no sign that Chancellor Zero was going to get really serious about economic growth. However the opposition don't seem to have any ideas either, Ed slipped to a dire five points behind the Tories in a poll by ICM, who usually give the most favourable results to Labour. That didn't stop Chuka Umunna trying to spin his way out of it, though he had his moment when he ruined Vince Cable's week. Dave got egg on his face when Mick Jagger pulled out of his tea party. The ageing rocker made matters worse for the PM by hanging out with Boris instead. One Tory had a good week, Ben Gummer's tax transparency bill is a great idea that will see a breakdown of how our money is spent on the back of tax reciepts. The 10 Minute Rule Bill made it through the House for a second reading. The Tory kids are causing trouble again too. The Labour wars continued this week, with Mandy once again dipping his helpful oar in. Harman said something and everyone laughed, well in the Guy Newsroom at least. Ed called in the pollsters for a crisis briefing. Abbott covered herself in glory again too for good measure. Guido's most horrific story of the week was the Million Pound Pilgrim. Julie Davies has personally taken over £300,000, not to teach, but instead do full time trade union activity while the taxpayer picks up the tab. The actual cost, based on Haringey Council's own figures means that Julie refusing to teach has actually cost the taxpayer over a million pounds. Pickles was on flying form at the pilgrim-bashing boozy launch of the Trade Union Reform Campaign . Thank god "dry January" is over... Week's Most Read Stories Some 110,180 visitors made 317,354 visits to view 504,939 pages. The top stories in order of popularity were:
Friday, 27 January 2012
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