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IF THERE is one thing that the ordinary Conservative backbencher enjoys above all others it’s getting into a bit of a spat with his, or her, colleagues.
It might well be full-blown dong-dong like those we saw over Europe a few years ago or it might be a minor affair such a tiff in the tearoom over who has got the cleanest moat, should lady’s slippers be called mules or will the Eton Wall Game be declared and Olympic sport but they do like a bit of a Barney amongst themselves.
So no more than a week in office and having only just got used to the feel of the carpet of the chamber under their feet and they’re at it all ready.
This time it is all about exactly who can attend meetings of the 1922 Committee.
Throughout recorded history, across the near-countless decades ...

The recent spate of attacks by the naxalites/maoists (in India) has once again triggered a debate on how to deal with naxalism. There is no doubt that the law of the land should be obeyed. Any misgivings about the policies of the state have to be expressed in a democratic manner. It is not possible to correct the economic distortions in the society through violence, as the naxalites seem to believe.

While the government of the day has to fulfill its constitutional obligation of preserving law and order, it would be prudent to take a more detached view of the entire matter. It is necessary to understand the root causes behind the naxalite discontent and avoid a piece-meal approach to the problem. The phenomenon of the perpetual poverty in rural areas and the growing rich-poor ...

THE MEMBERS of the Parliamentary Labour party are fighting to reach the door in their desperate attempts to avoid being handed the job of leader.
Like a risk of lobsters being asked which one of them wants to be slung in a pan of boiling water and then eaten rather than staying on the sea bed clowning around with his chums the MPs are lining up to say, “please sir, not me sir”.
As I write Alistair Darling, Jack Straw, Harriett Harman, Yvette Cooper, Alan Johnson and Jon Crudas have all made their excuses and said “not on your nelly”.
So what is it about the job that all apart from the brothers Miliband find so repellent? The pay and perks are pretty good, there’s a chance to be on the television frequently and to be photographed for the papers, then there’s a fairly decent ...

THE OTHER LOT, SAY'S, OUR PSEUDO ILLEGAL DIRT ST. DYNASTY, DID IT ALL WRONG: WE ARE NOW GOING TO SPEND BILLIONS OF YOUR MONEY DOING IT OUR WAY, HOW ELSE CAN WE PAY OFF OUR 'FRIENDS' EXCEPT BY PALMING OUT TO THEM LOTS OF LOVELY JUICY OVERPRICED CONTRACT WORK. AND, THERE IS SO MUCH LOOT ABOUT, WITH LOTS MORE TO COME, AS SOON AS WE'VE WORKED OUT HOW WERE GOING TO STUFF AN UNGRATEFUL ELECTORATE. A NEW BUDGET, THAT WE WILL KEEP US' AND OURS, IN CLOVER FOR YEARS.

JUST IN CASE THIER ARE ANY WARBLES ABOUT THIS DICTATORSHIP FROM THE 'BARMY ARMY', A NEW 'BULL' IS NOW PUBLISHED WHICH NEGATES THEIR OBJECTIONS. EVEN IF THEY LEAVE OUR DICTORSHIP ALLIANCE IT WILL NOT AFFECT OUR DICTATORSHIP.

NO DOUBT if Nick Clegg lost his job as leader of the Liberal Democratic Party there would be a great future for him modelling the products on the front of knitting patterns. He has that sort of look, don’t you think?
In just the same sort of way Little David Cameron could make a living, of sorts, as a fishmonger - I can just see his cherubic little face beneath a boater hat handing over a “really nice portion of haddock madam”, as he deftly wrapped his wares in a sheet of recycled newspaper. None of our politicians has to do their jobs. Most of them could get proper ones if they tried a bit, they might be amazed at what they could turn their hands to.
Take that Theresa May, well I certainly would rather not, don’t you think that she is blossoming nicely into the archetypal pub ...