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Thus interprets the UK MP's expenses guidelines, for the (sole) benefit of honourable members

May 18, 2009 – 4:10 pm

All this “I stuck to the Rules” stuff delivered to camera by our alternately defiant or ashen faced betters in the Mother of Parliaments prompted me to take a look at the rules (the “Green Book”) of which we’ve heard so much. It’s less than gripping stuff but, as rule books go, it’s fairly clear [...]

By John Kelly | Posted in British Constitution, Policy, Political spin, Spin doctors, UK politics | Also tagged Blair, Blears, Brown, Byers, Campbell, Darling, Faulkner, Freedom of Information Act, Green Book, Harman, Hewitt, Hillary Benn, Hoon, Jacqui Smith, John Reid, Jonathan Powell, Mandelson, Matthew Taylor, Michael Martin, Milburn, Miliband, Mr and Mrs Balls, Ruth Kelly, Shriti Vadera, Straw, The Guardian, Things can Only Get Better, whelan | Comments (2)

Manchester's crime industry boosted by ID card decision

May 6, 2009 – 1:44 pm

I won’t rub it in (again) but we predicted (Thus passim) the release of all 12 ‘terror suspects’ arrested and detained without charge for up to two weeks for the alleged ‘Good Friday Plot‘ to blow up Manchester’s Arndale Centre. Liberal politician and human rights lawyer Alex Carlile is conducting an investigation and review into [...]

By John Kelly | Posted in British identity, Human rights, Identity cards, Law and order, Totalitarian drift, Uk Home Office, citizens' rights | Also tagged 11 pakistani students released without charge but deported, employers urged to verify UK ID cards by testing for a distinctive clicking noise, Immigration Minister, Manchester crime rate, Manchester crime rate highest in UK, Manchester gangs, Manchester UK ID cards testbed, No2ID, Phil Booth, UK identity cards, Woolas should go if the 'terror suspects' are deported | Comments (0)

Another plot foiled on fantasy island

April 22, 2009 – 9:45 am

Thus followers will not be surprised to hear of the release without charge of all the dastardly terrorists who were plotting to blow up Manchester’s Arndale Centre and other key installations over Easter. We predicted the outcome on April 10. Two of the Pakistani students were cleared more or less immediately and it was announced [...]

By John Kelly | Posted in Global security, Identity cards, Law and order, Political spin, Totalitarian drift, War on Terror, human rights abuse, miscarriage of justice | Also tagged 11 pakistani students released without charge but deported, Bob Quick, Bob Quick numbnuts, easter terror bombing plot that wasn't, good day to bury bad news, Good Friday plot, Immigration Minister, Jacqui Smith, John J Kelly, Manchester Pakistani student suspects released, Manchester plot revealed as non-existent, North West Arndale Centre plot, Tony Blair, UK Borders and Immigration Agency | Comments (0)

UK anti-terror chief resigns after literally losing the plot – four months too late

April 10, 2009 – 1:07 pm

Assistant Commissioner Bob Quick, Metropolitan Police anti-terror ’supremo’ ‘promptly’ resigned yesterday after he was photographed outside 10 Downing St clutching a top secret document listing UK Al Qaeda suspects atop a sheaf of papers. “YOU CAN’T QUIT QUICKER THAN A THICK QUICK QUITTER” screamed the Sun, referencing the cheery advertising slogan of KwikFit, a tyres [...]

By John Kelly | Posted in Global security, Law and order, Political spin, UK politics, War on Terror, extradition, multiculturalism | Also tagged 2005 prevention of Terrorism Act, Al Qaeda, Assistant Commissioner Bob Quick, Bob Quick, Damian Green MP, Dartford plot, Easter shoppers suicide bomb plot, expenses enquiry, G20 protests, governing by fear, Ian Tomlinson, Identity cards, Islamic terrorism, Jacqui Smith, Jacqui Smith should resign, John J Kelly, John Moores University, Kashmir, Lashkar-e-Toiba, Liverpool, Man Utd Suicide Bomb Plot, Manchester police, Murdoch, Peshawar, politics of fear, Ricin plot, Taliban, terrorism, The Sun, Thick Quick Quitter, Tony Blair, UK anti-terror chief resigns, UK government spin, UK Home Secretary, Uk student visas, War on Terror | Comments (0)

Throw away your crutches and limp down to the McJobCentre, says PM

December 10, 2008 – 7:55 pm

By John J Kelly
In yet another demonstration of the sort of lateral thinking that has made Gordon Brown not only saviour of the banks but saviour of the world, Work and Pensions Minister James Purnell announced a government pledge to force long term sickness benefits claimants and some single mothers back to work. The Welfare Reform White Paper [...]

By John Kelly | Posted in British Constitution, Business, Economics, Environment, Law and order, Politics, Social studies, Sociology, UK politics, Welfare State, citizens' rights, human rights abuse, political theory | Also tagged benefit fraud, citizens' rights, disabled, employment, gordon, james purnell, John J Kelly, Policy, social policy, Social studies, UK government, wonkstuff | Comments (0)