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Business insurance - renewal premiums in 2011
In the UK, in 1997, we saw a change of government. The Labour party, or New Labour as it was known, swept to power with a huge majority. With this mandate from the country they set about making many changes which led to consistent year on year growth. We ...
Move To Scotland, Gain Equity and More Disposable Income.
Many television programmes show people in England moving to a better life abroad, however recently people in England who want a better way of life are deciding to just cross the border into Scotland. Scotland offers free prescriptions, good schools, no u...
Who Is Ed Balls The New Labour Party Shadow Chancellor?
What does the public know about the new Labour shadow chancellor Ed Balls who has taken over from Alan Johnson who rather sadly left the Labour front bench over what he said were 'personal issues'.
However we do know that Ed Balls was not the initial c...
Notable People Associated With Belper
Belper is a town eight miles to the north of Derby, on the A6 road, on the river Derwent in the Amber Valley of Derbyshire, in the East Midlands of England. There are a number of notable residents associated with the town, from the fields of movies, TV, n...
Oldham By-Election Result No Cause For Panic
The Oldham East by-election result is not a reason for the Coalition to panic.
Quite a few of us will remember that soon after Blair came in to power in 1997 with a substantial landslide a by-election was held in Uxbridge West London.
The Tory party...
Labour Failed The British Army in Iraq
When giving evidence before the Chilcot inquiry Admiral Lord Boyce has suggested that Labour government ministers were not at all happy with the idea of regime change in Iraq and as such they were unable to provide the required funding for the conflict.
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Is The Labour Party Finished?
Why should voters engage with the Labour Party after 13 years in power ending with the biggest recession in living memory?
The party seems to have completely lost its way beyond all understanding.
As we all know the previous leader Gordon Brown app...
Labour's Failed Promises
Labour has very many broken promises to explain for during its period in office.
Their record over the previous thirteen years has various failings underneath the surface of their publicity machine.
Our previous Prime Minister Brown went to Portuga...
What Does John Prescott Think Of Ed Miliband?
It required a luxury cruise on a Cunard liner for John Prescott's candid feelings about Tony Blair, Grumpy Gordon Brown and Red Ed Miliband to be revealed.
Some 700 passengers on the Queen Mary 2 the Cunard flagship received the benefit of the fomer de...
Ed Miliband Pact With The Lib Dems
Miliband has called the decision by the Liberal Democrat's to form a coalition with the Conservative party as a "tragic mistake" and suggests that they should join forces with the Labour party on matters of common interest.
I really am very puzzled wha...
Is Ed Miliband a Future Prime Minister In Waiting?
Is Red Ed a possible Prime Minister in waiting? Or is he just holding the fort for the time being?
I think that to be an effective leader of any political party one needs to act and look like a credible Prime Minister. Unfortunately the current leader...
Is Ed Miliband A "Nothing Man"?
When their first parliamentary meeting happened in this year, Mr Cameron referred to Ed Miliband as the "nothing man", while Ed Miliband accused Dave Cameron of making "pathetic excuses".
At another exchange Cameron stated that the Labour party had a s...
Is Ed Miliband A Man Of Yesterday?
Ed Miliband the Labour leader has stated that "David Cameron is squeezing the living standards of ordinary families, he wants to make it easier to sack workers and he is letting the banks off the hook."
Dealing first with the Banks, this is absolute ba...
Ed Miliband Re Writes History
Ed Miliband has stated that the Labour Party of which he is the new leader after Gordon Brown should not take the blame for the gigantic debt mountain that Great Britain currently has.
I wonder who he thinks is to blame then?
It was his very own pa...
VAT to Rise to 20% in January 2010
January 2011 will see a 2.5% rise in VAT, increasing from 17.5% to 20% and this rise will affect everyone in the country. VAT stands for Value Added Tax and is a tax added to consumer products and goods. This tax is related to the value added to a product...