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Henry G Manson on Cameron and the hacking scandal

Henry G Manson on Cameron and the hacking scandal

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Where Does Re-toxification Leave the PM? It must hurt for the Prime Minister. No politician wants to be out of step with the electorate or at odds with the public mood, especially when it risks turning into rage. David Cameron, the first public relations professional to lead a developed nation, will be more sensitive than most. Allegations of press phone-hacking into the voicemail of murdered children, terrorist victims and fallen servicemen and women cuts through to the public and has…

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It’s Grim Up North (especially for Lib Dems)

It’s Grim Up North (especially for Lib Dems)

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Click for video A guest piece from Harry Hayfield Back in the early 1990’s, a band calling themselves the KLF (or the Justified Ancients of Mu Mu or the JAMMS), launched a series of records that they hoped would define the 1990’s in terms of music – they had several number 1’s including a duet with Tammy Wynette and even a version of the Doctor Who theme. They then took a slight tangent and started producing works reflecting their political…

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How is your betting “P&L” six months in?

How is your betting “P&L” six months in?

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… and what the Sundays are saying We’re now halfway through the year, so this might be a good time to take stock of the betting “profit and loss” for the year. Are you up, down, or flat? And what has been your rate of return for 2011 to date, if you calculate it? I’m probably in the second tier of PB punters– it tends to be a few hundred here and there, rather than thousands. So, in terms of…

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… and Morus on Miliband

… and Morus on Miliband

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Is anyone satisfied with his leadership? With Nick Clegg’s Liberal Democrats receiving a pitiful 2.2% and losing their deposit in the Inverclyde by-election, and David Cameron’s government inspiring multi-union strikes and protests over pensions reform, it is simply astonishing that Ed Miliband is the major party leader under the most pressure at the moment. With many on the Left furious that he has taken the line that “the strikes are wrong”, he has not helped his case with the single…

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Was this worse than Paxman v Howard?

Was this worse than Paxman v Howard?

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Click to play Henry G on Friday In defence of Michael Howard it was rottweiler interviewer Jeremy Paxman who made him repeat himself 14 times. What is Ed Miliband’s excuse? This is a truly weak and bizarre spectacle and entirely self-inflicted. There is a growing feeling that ‘he’s not up to the job’. On a wider point I don’t think Ed Miliband appreciates how much damage he has done to himself over his weak folding over industrial action. If he…

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Will the “official” campaigns become even more important?

Will the “official” campaigns become even more important?

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Are voters waiting longer to decide? It is received political wisdom that most general elections are won or lost not in the three or four weeks between the dissolution of Parliament and the day of the election, but in the months and years beforehand. There is a lot of evidence to suggest that this is true. Even in 2010 where the performance of Nick Clegg in the first leadership debate shook-up the polls, betting markets and media commentary, it is…

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