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UKIP Surges to Record High | John Rentoul | Independent Eagle Eye Blogs

May 19, 2013 By in Austerity, David Cameron, Growth, Immigration, Politics, UK, US Election Tags: , , , , , , , Leave a comment
English: David Cameron, Prime Minister of the ...

English: David Cameron, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and leader of the Conservative Party (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

UK Independence Party

UK Independence Party (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

This is an excellent blog from John Rentoul at the Independent newspaper, looking critically at the latest political poll in the UK. It’s a recommended read. Check it out!

UKIP Surges to Record High | John Rentoul | Independent Eagle Eye Blogs.

If David Cameron were a heavy-weight boxer, the referee would be looking to stop the fight about now!

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Class warfare comes to the Tory Party

May 19, 2013 By in Austerity, Boris Johnson, David Cameron, Euro Crisis, George Osborne, People, Politics, UK Tags: , , , , 2 Comments

Reblogged from Pride's Purge:

(not satire - it's the Tory Party)

The Tories often accuse Labour of indulging in class war but the truth is that the Tories themselves are also proficient at it.

The present war between UKIP, its Tory activist sympathisers and Cameron's circle of over-privileged senior friends and advisers is evidence of it.

UKIP and Tory activists are not all ex-Eton old boys as some on the Left would like to paint them.

Read more… 520 more words

Class seems to back on the agenda on both sides of the Atlantic. I am re-blogging Tom Pride's article because it makes some good points and is well written. Please feel free to share your views
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