Author Archives: Graeme Archer

What next for Mr Huhne?

Posted on Saturday December 22nd 2007 by Graeme Archer

It would be churlish (don’t you hate articles that begin with that phrase?) not to offer congratulations to Nick Clegg on winning the Lib Dem leadership race in a nail-biting photo-finish. The outcome, however, does not bode well for the … Continue reading →

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The able Mr Cable

Posted on Wednesday December 12th 2007 by Graeme Archer

I hope it’s not considered too cheeky for a card-carrying Tory to comment on the internal politics of another political party – but I don’t think I’m unique in being highly impressed with the performance of Vince Cable as acting … Continue reading →

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Something that bugs me!

Posted on Wednesday December 5th 2007 by Graeme Archer

Warning! No stunning exposition of a unified theory for political ideology follows! Instead – finding ourselves just fifteen days away from that near-annual political event of the season, a by-election to the London Borough of Hackney – I’m going to … Continue reading →

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Accountability – the most important political trait

Posted on Wednesday November 28th 2007 by Graeme Archer

It’s not quite sunk in yet, has it, the full scale of the implications of the personal data fiasco, brought to us courtesy of the most incompetent government in post-war history. Remember John Smith making us all laugh with his … Continue reading →

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Resign, you wretched man

Posted on Saturday November 17th 2007 by Graeme Archer

Ian Blair: the corporatist Labour nightmare made flesh. Sir Ian. You led a force which pinned down a completely innocent man and pumped seven bullets into his head. Never mind the whys and wherefores, your self-serving whining, the appalling manner … Continue reading →

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