Salford councillor Iain Lindley spots a classic example of well-meaning but utterly perplexing target-and-priority overload.
Take a few deep breaths. Then click here to see the page he’s talking about.
My views on the Middle East are of no great concern to readers of this blog.
I do hope, however, that one day humanity looks back and wonders how any conflict can get to the stage where there have to be negotiations and deals over the return of human remains to their loved ones.
“May I thank my right honourable friend for his courtesy in sending me an advance copy of the white paper and for his kind words about my work on the royal commission? Having read the white paper, I congratulate him on producing a masterpiece of imprecision, vacillation and obfuscation that cannot possibly lead to meaningful legislation – a consequence entirely to be desired.”
- Gerald Kaufman, MP for Manchester Gorton, to Jack Straw, on his proposals to reform the House of Lords
David Ottewell is chief reporter of the Manchester Evening News and specialises in writing about politics.