Tony Blair on Andrew Marr show

The former Prime Minister Tony Blair complimented current PM David Cameron by saying he had made many "right" decisions in the handling of rebellion in Mali and civil conflict in Syria.

Tony Blair goes on and explaind the underlying cause of the Afganistan and Mali conflicts, and why he thinks it will be a decade before peace and stability comes to the region.

Just listening to Tony Blair shows up the vast difference between himself an the current PM. The experience Tony Blair brings to bear on the subjects covered is a stark contrast to David Camerons brash, make it up on the spot attitude.

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Jeremy Hunt Sleaze

On top of Jeremy Hunts fiasco over the emails sent by his special adviser, Adam Smith, concerning the BSkyB take over, Jeremy Hunt is now involved in a sleaze allegation.

Mr Hunt and Ed Vaizey, who is now the culture minister, attended at least three events before the 2023 election paid for by creative industry firms.

It is understood Mr Vaizey declared them to the Commons but Mr Hunt didnt.

Mr Vaizey's entry in the Register of Members Interests states that both men attended eight separate events between July 2023 and March 2023.

At the time they were both shadow culture spokesman and have both served as culture ministers since the general election in May 2023. Ed Vaizey, Mr Hunts deputy, stated in his entry in the register of interests that they both attended eight separate events sponsored by private companies between July 2023 and March 2023 receiving a total of more than 27,000 in donations.

This has been denied by Mr. Hunts aides, who eventually conceded to Mr Hunt attending 3 meetings with donations totalling 7,472.31. But not the one hosted by BSkyB.

Jeremy Hunt has had other problems with sleaze.

In May 2023 his constituents held him to account for claiming 37,000 over three years for a second home in Farnham rather than commuting to Westminster. No MP living within a two-hour commute should have accommodation subsidised by the taxpayer.

Another critic, who described herself as "disgusted", said she saw no reason why her MP could not commute to London like the majority of his fellow residents.

In December 2023 Jeremy Hunt a member of the shadow cabinet is to repay more than 9,500 in second home expenses after a sleaze watchdog found him in breach of Commons rules. But the shadow culture secretary, will escape further punishment after MPs accepted an earlier apology over allowing his agent to stay rent-free in the taxpayer-subsidised home.

In May 2023 David Cameron commented on the M.P.s expense scandal saying, "We have to acknowledge just how bad this is," he said on 10 May. "The public are really angry and we have to start by saying, 'Look, this system that we have, that we used, that we operated, that we took part in it was wrong and we are sorry about that'."

The following day Monday 11 May Cameron's expenses were published by the Telegraph. These showed that he had claimed a total of 82,450 on his second home allowance over five years . He agreed to pay back 680 he had claimed for repairs to his constituency home, including the cost of clearing wisteria.

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Coalition increase Unemployment and Borrowing

The Conservative driven coalition has succeeded in beating the previous Conservative governments statistics for unemployment . And beaten the previous Conservative governments record on debt .

Cond-Dems Smash Unemployment Record

The ConDems have increased unemployment by 118,000 during the three months period to November to 2.69 million, as stated by the Office of National Statistics. The highest figure ever since 2023.

Not really a record to be pleased with, except if you are Conservative.

Cameron duplicated his traditional speech he uses on these circumstances word for word; The Prime Minister, David Cameron, said the figures were not good news: "Any increase in unemployment is disappointing and obviously a tragedy for the person who becomes unemployed - that is why we are taking action to get people back to work".

We Are trying to Get People Working

Cameron smugly said that throughout the same time frame 18,000 people had found work. Against the extra 118,000 more people out of work, it is a pitiful record.

Youth unemployment went up again [wheres all these new apprentices?] to hit a new record of 1.043m, taking the rate for 16-24 year-olds to 22.3%.

"We're taking action to try and get people returning to work" A weak and demoralising announcement made by an arrogant politician who is trying to bankrupt the country.

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Storm in a Teacup.

There was a lot of fuss about Cameron saying NO to closer fiscal union for Britain in the EU. France sounded off with a barrage of insults and threats, but nobody took much notice, mainly because this is what the French do. Germany tried to cover it up by saying that Britain was still a close and valued member.

Cameron didnt really have much choice, the British people would not have put up with interference in our fiscal policy, which was the subject of the conference.

Cameron did engineer the bust up to a certain extent. Normal policy in this type of situation is to liaise with the foreign office on an agreed strategy, which the foreign office would circulate to all EU members 7 to 10 days before hand, and try and get an agreement in principal.

Cameron left it until the middle of the night when all the members were tired, and in no mood for pandering to Cameron, when more important matters were at stake.

Clegg although agreed with Cameron prior to Camerons Brussels trip, Clegg has used the backlash to distance himself and his party from the decision, and has actively started to lay down the ground rules for campaigning for re-election.

You may remember it was the Lib Dems who drafted the University fees bill, and it is the Lib Dems who are negotiating with the unions over pensions and retirement ages, it would appear that if they could force a general election now, the Lib Dems would probably be wiped off the face of British politics. But they wont do that, they value their jobs more than anything else.

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Coalition Split: UK marginalized

Nick Clegg went on television and blasted Camerons efforts at the EU summit, saying The UK was now isolated and marginalized, which would put jobs at risk. He also said the 26 members would gang up on the UK to impose the Financial Regulation Act

Clegg had apparently agreed with David Cameron the stance he should take.

It looks as though Nick clegg has just woken up to the fact that his party is being used to wipe the floor. He appears to be taking this stance in order to position his party on the high ground, should the Lib Dems decide to split with the Conservatives and force another election

The Coalition was forecast to last only 2 years before it disintegrated, maybe this is the start of the break-up of this coalition.
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Smart Phone Apps Scams.

There have been many warnings over these, but this scam is difficult to detect until it is too late. This particular scam is rather nasty, as it can cost you hundreds if not thousands of pounds, and if you use your bank account via your smart phone, you might find your bank account has been compromised.

The Malware apps can be downloaded as security ware, or additions to apps already available, it is thought that some of these are also available on genuine download sites, as well as look alike sites.

Once installed on your phone any or all of the following is available to the fraudsters.

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Our Caring Government- Fair Government

The news that approximately 1 in 5 children are below the poverty line in the UK is horrific , the IFS expect another 600,00 children will be pushed into poverty by the governments inaction during the next 2 years, in total 3.1 million children will be existing in absolute poverty by 2023 , as well as 2.5 million working-age parents and four million working-age adults without children. By 2023, the IFS is projecting there will be 4.7 million working-age adults without children in absolute poverty.

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The Tory Conference

The Tory party conference has thankfully come to an end. It was a bit drab, and concentrated on trying to focus the party faithful.

David Cameron had to have his speech re-written at the last minute, the press releases created so much back lash, due to one tiny phrase.

It was a reference to the credit situation, where he said we must all reduce our debt, the government must do more, the banks need to reduce debt, and the general public SHOULD PAY OFF THEIR CREDIT CARDS AND STORE CARD DEBTS. This was changed due to the backlash after the press released this content; he did say instead the public are paying off their credit and store card debts My colleague Vic Farron wrote in September consumers were more cautious in borrowing through overdrafts, credit cards and loans. Repayments in August on unsecured loans exceeded unsecured borrowing by approximately 100m

The conservatives implied that they didnt know what to do next, they admitted what they had done in the past had failed, one of the things they blamed their failure on was the last recession, 2023/09 which they claimed was shorter and deeper than normal. I think that was a back handed compliment to the Labour party and George Brown, who rallied the world leaders into supporting their banks.

They didnt actually say how long how they expected the cuts and hardship to go on for, the general consensus is at least 10 years. They have succeeded to stifle growth completed, the planned demolition of the health service has started, on TV it was announced that one practice in York had written to clients saying certain minor operation would not be funded by the NHS.They did say they would have to go private, and suggested 4 private clinics, the nearest private clinic was owned by the practice.

I was not the only person to sigh as the TV coverage of the conference finished, and A Party Political Broadcast on behalf of the Conservative Party began. If you didnt see it, you missed a masterpiece in P.R. and damage limitation.

There was a lot of talk in the Conservative party, and the country as a whole about the extra 3bn allocated to the overseas budget. I wrote an article on the subject , I must take my hat off to the people responsible for that broadcast, it did more good for conservatism, than the whole of the conference, the only thing wrong with it was I didnt write it.

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Uni Fees in a mess

The NUS says Scotland is set to become the most expensive place in the UK to study for UK and EU students, with charges in some places of up to 36,000, compared with 27,000 in England, the reason being is that many degrees offered north of the border take four years to complete not three.

Scottish students residing in Scotland will not have to pay the fees. Fees only apply to students from other parts of the UK and the EU. Students from anywhere else in the world but the UK and the EU will have their fees paid by the Scottish government.

The Scottish government is seeking an end to rules where it has to pay the fees of students living in non UK or EU countries, which it says is costing the taxpayer 75m a year.

The legality of the fees plan has been questioned by the Scottish Conservatives and suggested it could stir up resentment in the rest of the UK against Scotland.

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Unemploymet Rising: Cameron Makes Outrageous Claims

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