http://gordon-brown-election.co.uk Information for the floating voter as the General Election approaches Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:32:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en MPs' expenses investigation in depth Diane Abbott does not claim for a second home, but is paid a supplement for living in the capital. “All my fixtures and fittings are paid for out of my basic salary” Gerry Adams and four other Sinn Fein MPs claimed more than £500,000 over five years ... http://gordon-brown-election.co.uk/2009/06/list-of-mps-expenses/ Labour MPs are reportedly circulating a draft email urging Gordon Brown to stand down. Reports suggest there are up to 100 MPs who could be prepared to put their names to it. The email is said to be addressed to the Prime Minister, who is already reeling from the announcements of four ... http://gordon-brown-election.co.uk/2009/06/mps-email-brown-asking-him-to-go/ The socialist borough of Tameside, in Greater Manchester, run by the wholly inept Cllr. Roy [I might step down] Oldham from his ivory tower in Ashton-Under-Lyne, have orchestrated a super wheeze to keep people from voting at all on 4th June 2009. There are many people in the borough who for ... http://gordon-brown-election.co.uk/2009/06/tameside-council-denies-voters-the-right-to-vote/ MPs' expenses: Gordon Brown apologises to public on behalf of House of Commons Gordon Brown has apologised for the first time for the expenses abuses that have undermined public confidence in parliament. After days of insisting that the system was at fault for MPs' suspect second homes claims, the Prime Minister conceded ... http://gordon-brown-election.co.uk/2009/05/brown-labour-ministers-corruption-apology/ Toddlers should be taught about racism and singled out for criticism if they have racist attitudes, a Government-funded advisory group said yesterday.  It told nursery teachers, playgroup leaders and childminders to record and report every racist incident involving children as young as three.  These could include saying 'Yuk' about unfamiliar food. Even babies ... http://gordon-brown-election.co.uk/2009/05/labour-kids-court-racism/ Labour's latest wheeze to waste your cash is a "hub" on the internet computer game "Second Life". This piece of spectacular wastage of your money cost £20,000 to set up and a further £12,000 a year to run.  The Department of Work [sic] and Pensions is behind this particular wastage.  The ... http://gordon-brown-election.co.uk/2009/03/government-wasting-money-second-life/ GORDON BROWN is to face questions in parliament after revelations that he disregarded advice from the Bank of England before he sold off more than half the country’s gold reserves at the bottom of the market. Insiders involved in the decision have broken ranks after an 18-month battle in which the ... http://gordon-brown-election.co.uk/2009/03/brown-lost-selling-uk-gold-reserves/ It is the world's largest political party and has held absolute power for 60 years through state control and media censorship. So when the Chinese Communist party decided to overhaul its propaganda machine, there was only one place to look: the spin tactics of New Labour. Research by Anne-Marie Brady, a political ... http://gordon-brown-election.co.uk/2009/03/communist-china-seeks-advice-from-labour-on-censorship/ This anonymous office building on a business park near Heathrow Airport is where the Government has begun monitoring millions of British holidaymakers using its controversial new 'terrorist detector' database. The top-secret computer system - tied into the airlines' ticketing network - makes judgments about travel habits and passengers' friends and family ... http://gordon-brown-election.co.uk/2009/03/stasi-hq-uk-big-brother-labour/ Another Labour Minister has been caught out in an expenses scandal after effectively admitting he had been wrong to claim £60,000 of taxpayers' money for a property which is his parents' main home - not his. Employment Minister Tony McNulty performed a dramatic U-turn and announced he had stopped claiming the ... http://gordon-brown-election.co.uk/2009/03/labour-ministers-60000-expenses-for-parents-home/