So Jimmy Carr was out of order in his K2 tax fiddle, he was in Cameron’s phrase ‘morally wrong’ for trying to avoid tax, and now he’s tweeted his apology by saying he made ‘an enormous error of judgement’ (having the previous day said defiantly “I pay what I have to and not a penny […]
Posts Tagged ‘David Cameron’
Hunt’s referral on ministerial code should be decided by Parliament, not PM
Jun 2nd, 2012 by Michael Meacher.On the face of it the evidence for referring Hunt to the independent adviser on the Ministerial code seems overwhelming. Hunt has always maintained his role was “quasi-judicial”, i.e. he should act like a judge in keeping his distance from all interested parties and certainly not showing favour to one of them. Yet, almost incredibly, […]
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How does one stop over-cosy relationships between politicians and media moguls?
May 31st, 2012 by Michael Meacher.Andy Coulson’s arrest for alleged perjury in the Tommy Sheridan trial isn’t just an embarrassment for Cameron. It raises a much wider and more difficult issue: how can a deeply insidious, unhealthy and toxic relationship between politicians and media proprietors – specifically the Tories (Thatcher), New Labour (Blair), the Tories again (Cameron) and Murdoch – […]
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It’s not Hunt’s neck that’s now on the line, it’s Cameron’s
May 13th, 2012 by Michael Meacher.The evidence revealing the inappropriately close relationship between Cameron and News International in the run-up to the BSkyB bid gathered pace in the last two days with the appearance of Coulson and Brooks before Leveson. First, there was Cameron’s insouciance about hiring Coulson to No.10 without thorough checks on what he may have known about […]
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Why should the PM control access to the independent adviser on ministerial interests?
Apr 29th, 2012 by Michael Meacher.What if Cameron refuses to refer the Hunt case to Sir Alex Allen, the independent adviser on ministerial interests? Not for the first time Parliament is hamstrung by the fact that under current procedures it is accepted that only the Prime Minister is empowered, whether on the conduct of a Minister or on a policy […]
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Leveson chain reaction will reach No.10
Apr 26th, 2012 by Michael Meacher.In typically British Establishment manner Adam Smith, chief of staff to Jeremy Hunt, fell on his sword but not before uttering the the ritual words required to exculpate his master: “the content and extent of my contact (with News International) was done without authorisation from the Secretary of State”. Pull the other one. For over […]
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Tories in full-scale attack on green policies
Apr 17th, 2012 by Michael Meacher.How can Cameron believe that anyone takes seriously his claim that he runs the greenest government ever? If that’s not meant to be a rancid joke, he must be even more out-of-touch than we thought, even after the budget, the No.10 dinner parties, jerry pans and pasties.
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Will Cameron stop corrupt dinners for policy change?
Apr 10th, 2012 by Michael Meacher.After Peter Cruddas, what? Now the brash, up-market barrow boy’s been topped, Tory central office has of course gone very quiet. But since the 23 dinners grace of Cameron/Osborne that we now know about raised several million pounds, it’s unlikely they will cease – just be ever so much more discreet.
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Tory privilege
Apr 4th, 2012 by Michael Meacher.Words that we will never hear again will continue to resonate the caustic hypocrisy of Tory politics. ‘We’re all in it together’, a piece of flagrant brazenness when it was first trailed by Osborne in 2010, has now become a millstone around the Tory neck. Everything they have done in the last two weeks contradicts […]
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Politics at a real turning point
Mar 31st, 2012 by Michael Meacher.The government’s capacity to manage competently has become badly unhinged in the last 10 days. In quick succession the 5p top rate cut combined with the granny tax in the budget, the scandal of secret business dinners at up to £250,000 a head with Cameron and Osborne, the absurd but telling saga about costlier pasties, […]
