Adonis declares end of the road for road-pricing
From today’s FT (well worth reading today for other reasons): The government will “definitely not” proceed with a national road-user charging scheme if it wins the next election, the new transport...
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Brown sees off the plotters…just – The Daily Telegraph, 7.1.10 “Gordon Brown was forced to rely on lukewarm backing from senior Cabinet colleagues last night to see off an attempt to oust him as Prime...
View ArticleSunday Telegraph and Mail on Sunday accused of printing false comments from...
The Sunday Telegraph and Mail on Sunday both ran very similar stories at the weekend: The professional body that represents health-and-safety experts has warned businesses not to grit public paths....
View ArticleGlenda Jackson: Labour’s worst ever transport minister?
Current Secretary of Sate for Transport, Lord Adonis rightly gets praise from across the political spectrum. Although there’s by no means cross-party agreement on some transport issues (think Heathrow...
View ArticleLibLink: Stephen Tall – I’m not seduced by Adonis
Over at The Guardian’s Comment Is Free website, LDV Co-Editor Stephen Tall has a pop at Labour’s Lord Adonis for begging for Lib Dem votes, aguing that left-liberal voters have been let down by both...
View ArticleDear Labour Party, You’re messing with my head
I live in Oxford East, a key Lib Dem target where in 2005 Labour scraped home by just 963 votes. In the first week of the campaign, Labour plastered their literature with dire warnings that a vote for...
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