Its been a rather interesting 48 hours at the Treasury firstly it turned out that David Laws had paid his partner £40k of taxpayers money he was not entitled to and now his replacement Danny Alexander seems to have dodged Capital Gains Tax.
It was dodging of Capital Gains Tax that resulted in Hazel Blears resigning from the Cabinet and Ian Gibson giving up his Norwich North seat.
If Nick Clegg and Dave Cameron are serious about restoring the public's faith in politics its hard to see how Danny Alexander can remain in the Cabinet.
With the standard's of MP's exected to be so high at the moment it looks like we will be seeing lots more politians running into scandals in the coming months and years.
Monday, 31 May 2010
Wednesday, 12 May 2010
UK now under Con Dem
7 years ago I took the decision to resign from the Liberal Democrats as the left of Centre Party that I joined in 1990 which was so opposed to the Tories had changed into a Centre Right Tory lite Party.
Today the Lib Dems now prop up the Tory Administration in the UK Government not really a great surprise as telling the Lib Dems apart from the Tory Party for the past few years has been increasingly hard.
Will be interesting to see how many Lib Dems now cross the floor and join the Labour Party.
Looking at a post from well known Lib Dem activist and Blogger Nick Starling it might be sooner then you think.
www.norfolkblogger.blogspot.com
Today the Lib Dems now prop up the Tory Administration in the UK Government not really a great surprise as telling the Lib Dems apart from the Tory Party for the past few years has been increasingly hard.
Will be interesting to see how many Lib Dems now cross the floor and join the Labour Party.
Looking at a post from well known Lib Dem activist and Blogger Nick Starling it might be sooner then you think.
www.norfolkblogger.blogspot.com
Friday, 23 April 2010
Press Release London Marathon
John Cowan Labour Parliamentary Candidate for South East Cambridgeshire today wished good luck to people from South East Cambridgeshire taking part in the Virgin Active London Marathon.
Running is a great way of keeping healthy and avoiding the problems associated with obiesity.
Running is a great way of keeping healthy and avoiding the problems associated with obiesity.
Wednesday, 21 April 2010
Hung Parliaments and recession
Over the last few days their has been talk of what happens in the event of neither the Labour or Tory Party having an overall majority.
The simple answer is that the political uncertainity would cause the financial markets to go into a state of panic not seen since the start of the recession.
All the good work done by the Labour Government in getting Britian out of recession would be undone in a matter of minutes after the election result.
The simple answer is that the political uncertainity would cause the financial markets to go into a state of panic not seen since the start of the recession.
All the good work done by the Labour Government in getting Britian out of recession would be undone in a matter of minutes after the election result.
Sunday, 11 April 2010
Real Progress on the NHS
The Kings Fund report out today shows the real progress that has resulted from Labour's commitment and record investment in the NHS.
The reduction in waiting times is very welcome.
The challenge for the NHS over the next few years is dealing with the health inpacts of rising levels of Alcohol and the problems caused by obesity.
In England 46% of men and 32% of women are overweight with a Body Mass Index of over 25-30,
Whist 17% of men and 21% of Women are classed at obese ie BMI over 30.
Oh and before you get the idea that I am some mega skinny person telling you about this I have to confess to my own battle with weight I am currently 14 and half stone battling to get down to 13 stone.
The reduction in waiting times is very welcome.
The challenge for the NHS over the next few years is dealing with the health inpacts of rising levels of Alcohol and the problems caused by obesity.
In England 46% of men and 32% of women are overweight with a Body Mass Index of over 25-30,
Whist 17% of men and 21% of Women are classed at obese ie BMI over 30.
Oh and before you get the idea that I am some mega skinny person telling you about this I have to confess to my own battle with weight I am currently 14 and half stone battling to get down to 13 stone.
Tuesday, 6 April 2010
Declaration of interests
As the Labour candidate for the House of Commons for South East Cambridgeshire I am making public all my commercial and financial interests in accordance with Ministry of Justice recomendations.
This will be up on my campaign website www.labourparty-secambs.org.uk
This will be up on my campaign website www.labourparty-secambs.org.uk
Saturday, 27 March 2010
Methadrone
On monday the Advisory Council on Drugs Misuse reports to Jack Straw the Minsiter for Justice on whether Methadrone should be included within the current Misuse of Drugs Act as either a class A, B or C drug.
I have never used Methadrone nor do I have any particular desire to do so however I express my concern over a possible panic ban on the back of a few stories in the press.
In 2008 9,031 people died as a result of a legal drug called Alcohol and another legal drug Tobacco accounts for 80,000 deaths a year.
Banning Methadrone would not stop its use in fact it would just push it under ground leading to more danger for users as dealers cut it with other substances.
The other issue is that even if a ban does dry up supply it is only a matter of months before the chemists come up with a new legal high which may have even more harmful side effects.
Regulation to control the quality and doses of Methadrone would have a far less damaging effect on users.
I have never used Methadrone nor do I have any particular desire to do so however I express my concern over a possible panic ban on the back of a few stories in the press.
In 2008 9,031 people died as a result of a legal drug called Alcohol and another legal drug Tobacco accounts for 80,000 deaths a year.
Banning Methadrone would not stop its use in fact it would just push it under ground leading to more danger for users as dealers cut it with other substances.
The other issue is that even if a ban does dry up supply it is only a matter of months before the chemists come up with a new legal high which may have even more harmful side effects.
Regulation to control the quality and doses of Methadrone would have a far less damaging effect on users.
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