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Who won and who lost from the Fox-hunt?
Wikimedia Commons Where do the week’s events leave the Next Tory Leader market? After the kill, politics moves on quickly. With Fox having resigned, the media interest in what his friend Adam Werritty did, knew, and where the funding for it came from is likely to dwindle rapidly. There may be further revelations this weekend because the media will have invested in the investigation but that should then be that. Even if Gus O’Donnell’s report is made public, the coverage…
Marf on today’s big news
Is Hammond set to become Cameron’s John Reid?
Should you take the 4/6 against him replacing Fox? I’m still on holiday in Spain and was determined not to post until next Friday – but this afternoon’s resignation of Liam Fox has prompted me to my lap-top. Ladbrokes were fast off the mark getting up a Fox replacement market and this has Philip Hammond as the 4/6 favourite. The price is a bit too tight for me but he is, surely, the minister best placed to take over. In…
Can the Tories Tackle the Jobs Deficit?
HenryG on Friday There was a queer moment during this week’s Prime Minister’s Question Time where David Cameron appeared to defend his austerity measures and the rising unemployment on the grounds of keeping interest rates low. The usually assured Prime Minister looked oddly out of step focusing on his means rather than the end. With unemployment increasing to the worst levels since 1994, the pressure is on. Conservative Home Editor Tim Montgomerie goes as far as arguing ‘George Osborne has…
Will Biden be re-nominated as VP?
Wikimedia Commons Might there be a Democratic contest after all? Betting on the next VPOTUS is a mug’s game. Our Genial Host, I think as a rule, avoids throwing money on it beyond treating it like an amusing raffle. I, for my sins, can’t resist it: the political punter’s version of the Grand National – after all, form only counts when half the horses don’t fall over their own feet. The permutations and combinations for the Republican VP nomination would…
Tonight’s Marf Cartoon…
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When will Nick Clegg cease to be a cabinet minister?
Take part in this PB prediction “poll” When will Nick Clegg cease to be a cabinet minister? Before December 31st 2013 During 2014 During 2015 2016 or later Mike Smithson is on holiday