Harman Skewered?

Fitaloon has a nice take on the latest twists and turns in the story of Brown and Co disintegrating before our eyes.

Read my comment on his blog here. Are Harriet and Jack about to have one of their houses repossessed? Sound familiar? Middle class couples over-extending themselves by using the equity in their home to live a life-style beyond their means just at the start of a recession when their job prospects are at their worst?

But at least Mrs Dromey has been given a ringing vote of confidence from her current boss. It'll look good on her CV. (Thanks Dizzy)

"The Second Highest Defence Budget in the World"

Des Browne - or Swiss Toni, as he is now known - has made some outrageous statements in his time but this might be the best - or worst - ever!

The Spectator's Coffee House blog here has some interesting observations about his latest claim that make him look even more like a second-hand car salesman.

"Statistics are like a beautiful woman - they have to be massaged frequently so they give the right message to people."

NuLabour Spin on Immigration

Lots of NuLabour spinning here - but John Kampfner does edit the "Newt" so I suppose it's inevitable.

If John is really looking for information on immigration he should ask the Government - oh no, they don't know do they?

How about asking Migration Watch - they do have a handle on what's happening and have been vilified for saying it for the last six years or so.

Kampfner's article is another sad example of NuLabour being unable to accept that their own incompetence over the last 10 years has stored up problems that will take many years to resolve.

He says "In truth, nobody could have envisaged the scale of the influx" Oh yes they could - and they were told by the Conservatives in 2005 - who were then roundly condemned for playing the "race card". The Labour Party (new and old) needs to realise that they need to grow up very quickly and just admit we can't accommodate all the current and projected scale of immigration without a coherent policy on the actual numbers that can settle on our island.

Stop spinning. Agree you've got it all wrong and start to put it right. If you don't (or can't) then the Conservatives will have to deal with your mess.