Browns mini Queens speech.

Yesterday at PMQ's Brown announced 23 peices of new legislation, his own personal Queens speech, made by himself! Among his announcements, Brown canceled the super casino for Manchester (what you think of that? - surely a good thing.), he announced plans to build more social housing - surely needed, we can only hope that unlike with similar announcements in 94', 98' and other recent occasions that they will actually stick to their word in building more AFFORDABLE housing, something Brown was vague on, as in he didn't say that the minimum 70,000 affordable houses to prevent meltdown should be built, he merely said more should be built, should he have said more affordable houses specifically? Among this he announced much more. I haven't got enough time right now to go thought them all, but may at a later date if i can be bothered.

For more info see:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6292392.stm - Browns bills at a glance.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6291864.stm - Browns building programme.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6288524.stm - Housing.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6291764.stm - Super Casinos.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6290882.stm - Downplays Iraq terror link.

What about collective ministerial responsibility?

Following Sir Digby Jones's (a new trade minister who is given the task of promoting British trade) comments the other day in the papers saying that Brown should lower certain business taxes leaves collective ministerial responsibility in ciaos. He hasn't even been in a week and he is already speaking out of line. If he disagrees with government policy he should resign.

In addition to ol'Digby, Harman appears to have no respect for collective ministerial responsibility. - She criticised the war in Iraq to win votes off Cruddas. She said there should be an apology for the war. Yet, in spite of all this she didn't resign. If she opposed a key bit of Government policy - the war and the lack of an apology - then she should have resigned and should now resign! Does collective ministerial responsibility mean nothing to these people!

The convention of Collective ministerial responsibility states that if a minister disagrees with key government policy, then he/she should resign. This convention encompasses the whole of government, as a result of this not only did senior cabinet ministers like Cooke resign, but also lowly government ministers such as Denham also resigned.

If people disagree with key government policy then they should resign or keep stum. End of!

Things now.

So, we have a new PM and a new cabinet. Brown will be, in my opinion a good PM, someone i will have no problem canvasing on behalf of at the next general election. We have waved good bye to Blair who is off to the middle east to try to sort out the Israel-Palestine problem. All i can say is best of luck to him.

Basically on this blog i will comment on things as they arise.