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David Beeson

David Beeson

Posted on Apr 21, 2009 at 10:38am

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The choice this time round is clear

2:49 pm, Tue 6th Apr 2010
By David Beeson The moment of choice has finally been confirmed. So it’s time we were absolutely clear what the choice involves. On the one hand, Gordon Brown is committing...
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Unlike the Tories, Labour's historic mission is to protect people from overweening power

8:26 am, Tue 23rd Mar 2010
Unlike the Tories, Labour's historic mission is to protect people from overweening power By David Beeson The most painful thing to hear people say about the coming election is that "it won’t make a difference, they’re all the same, I’m not voting." They...
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A tale of two gentlemen

3:43 pm, Fri 5th Mar 2010
A tale of two gentlemen By David Beeson "Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely", according to Lord Acton. Words that resonate down the ages, because their truth is constantly confirmed by the behaviour of...
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It's the character thing, stupid

2:30 pm, Sat 27th Feb 2010
It's the character thing, stupid By David Beeson If Bullygate teaches us anything, it’s that the election is going to be about personalities not politics. Also the common refrain of all elections, that it’s the...
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There's only one thing in the news that matters

10:22 am, Wed 24th Feb 2010
There's only one thing in the news that matters By David Beeson It may seem hard to believe, but all that noise about bullying or not bullying wasn’t really the most significant political event of the weekend. The row...
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Whatever Cameron does if he's elected, he won't disappoint

4:58 pm, Sat 13th Feb 2010
Whatever Cameron does if he's elected, he won't disappoint By David Beeson One of the saddest aspects of the Blair years was that they started so well and ended so painfully. Huge numbers of us cheered him into Downing...
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Cameron and Osborne's full 180 degree turn on economic policy

10:08 pm, Sun 31st Jan 2010
Cameron and Osborne's full 180 degree turn on economic policy By David Beeson It’s such a relief to have David Cameron leading the Conservatives. Remember Thatcher, the Iron Lady? The Iron Lady with the wooden head, I always used to...
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It's as if the Tories would have preferred the economy to contract again as a stick to beat Labour with

2:20 pm, Fri 29th Jan 2010
It's as if the Tories would have preferred the economy to contract again as a stick to beat Labour with By David Beeson There was a great moment on a recent episode of the ‘News Quiz’ on Radio 4, when one of the panellists said something along the lines of...
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David Cameron's "elitism" - is it any good?

4:03 pm, Tue 19th Jan 2010
David Cameron's "elitism" - is it any good? By David Beeson In writing these posts, I have to admit that on occasion I do engage in what, in some quarters, might be regarded as criticism of David Cameron....
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Labour must avoid the self-destruct button - and turn its fire on the Tories

8:08 pm, Sun 17th Jan 2010
Labour must avoid the self-destruct button - and turn its fire on the Tories By David Beeson One of my favourites quotes from that classic film Dr Strangelove is ‘I think the auto-destruct mechanism got hit and blew itself up.’ Wouldn’t it be great...
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