December 31, 2009
Despite his promise to cut government propaganda, spin has soared under Gordon Brown
When Gordon Brown became Prime Minister in 2007, he promised a different kind of politics and an “end of spin”. Presenting government actions in the best possible light had mushroomed out of control during Tony Blair’s premiership and was roundly ridiculed by an [...]
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November 15, 2009
Remember the Gordon Brown who became Prime Minister in 2007? So keen was he to distance himself from Tony Blair’s premiership that he made the Office for National Statistics independent, so that there would be “no more spin” and public faith in government statistics would be restored.
Sir Michael Scholar was made chairman of the UK [...]
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November 14, 2009
As Christmas is approaching, we thought we should mark the season. Given the growing number of MPs opposing reform of “the system” that they blamed for getting themselves into so much hot water this year, we thought a charity appeal on behalf of unloved MPs might be just the ticket. If you’ve arrived here from [...]
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October 9, 2009
GORDON BROWN insists it’s all over. Interviewed in The Telegraph today, he predicts that there will be strong growth over the next 12 months.
“I think people have moved closer to our view that Britain is capable of coming back to growth at a higher rate next year than people were originally assuming, and higher [...]
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