Liar Liar

In 2008 David Cameron promised to end “the era of big, bossy, state interference, top-down lever pulling”.

In 2012 he plans to give parents, with children under the age of five, £100 vouchers to attend parenting classes.

Can you spot the difference children?

Yes, that's right, he was lying in 2008.

Barking Mad - Greg Barker

The appropriately named Greg Barker is rather fond of his pet dachshund Otto, so much so in fact that he apparently brings to dog to work with him and heats the dog's puppy warmer in the staff microwave.

Aside from the health implications of using a food heating device for warming a pet's warmer, is this so very bad?

Well Barker is in fact the Energy Minister, and his office is the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).

Given that the government is so concerned about the alleged environmental damage done by greenhouse gases and is advising us not waste energy, is it not a tad wasteful and hypocritical of Barker to waste energy on warming the dog's warmer?

Advice To William Hague II

Following on from yesterday's advice about telling company bosses that they must work harder, may I also suggest that you have a word with your colleagues in Whitehall who have elected to spend seven weeks at home during the Olympics!

Not that anyone will notice the difference wrt the quality and quantity of work produced by Whitehall!

Advice To William Hague

Telling company directors to "work harder" is a tad hypocritical, given that the government had promised to work harder on reducing red tape.

A promise that it has not kept!

Advice To David Cameron - Love Is A Many Splendoured Thing

When texting your chums in News International in the future, please do remember that "LOL" means "Laugh Out Loud" not "Lots of Love".

The Groceries Code Adjudicator

Coming soon, from the government that claims that it wants to reduce the burden of red tape on business:

- The Groceries Code Adjudicator.

Another expensive and ineffective quango!

Fracking Hell!

Lord Smith of Finsbury, the chairman of the Environment Agency, has given his support to the expansion of fracking in the UK.