http://ukpolitics.blogsome.com Provides an insight into the UK political scene from the perspective of a British political observer. Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:42:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en News that the British Government are seeking further powers to spy on its own people has to be very worrying, given this appears to be a trend, or to be more accurate, an complete obsession with this government. If they get their way, they will be able to read your email, ... http://ukpolitics.blogsome.com/2008/10/16/british-government-seeks-spying-laws-over-citizens/ For the past eleven years we have heard nothing else but, how Gordon Brown was going to put an end to “boom and bust”, how he was an iron chancellor, and how New Labour were beyond reproach in terms of economic competence. How does this correlate with a UK recession ... http://ukpolitics.blogsome.com/2008/09/16/has-the-uk-benefited-from-economic-competence/ According to William Hague, the Conservative leader, David Cameron is “ready to be PM”, perhaps someone should enlighten the Conservative party by informing them there is a world of difference between being ready and being capable. Don’t get me wrong, I do believe that the Labour party will lose then next ... http://ukpolitics.blogsome.com/2008/09/16/has-david-cameron-got-what-it-takes-to-be-pm/ The Labour Party and the Conservative party agree on the need for a ‘Bill of Rights’ in the UK to protect the rights of the individual. Hooray! However, it would appear that they cannot agree on what areas it should cover…that is no excuse for a delay, the two parties ... http://ukpolitics.blogsome.com/2008/09/16/the-uk-needs-its-own-bill-of-rights-to-protect-liberty/ Gordon Brown is right, the rumoured proposal that the government provide rebates or vouchers to those in ‘fuel poverty’ is simply not sustainable. With an estimated 4.5m homes in fuel poverty by the end of the year, this problem is of a scale that no government can realistically resolve without placing ... http://ukpolitics.blogsome.com/2008/09/16/the-uks-answer-to-fuel-poverty/ As part of the process to speed up big developments, the government is attempting to introduce a bill which will provide developers a “blanket exemption” from complaints about smoke, odour, noise and light. The bill has already passed its House of Commons stages and is now with the House of Lords. Within the bill is ... http://ukpolitics.blogsome.com/2008/08/15/2/