Monthly Archives: May 2007

You can tell the world what to do…. and still not look after your own back yard.

Over at b3ta the photoshoppers are having fun updating classic works of art. I liked this one…

In 21 years of victories in my Ward we have never even acknowledged we have opponents standing in an election. If they can’t be prepared to push their message, why should we. Which makes this look so pathetic. Still, at … Continue reading →

What If Gordon Brown Went Under A London Bus? Now, that’s a headline to get those little Tory hearts beating. Harry Barnes recalls the day it nearly happened… and speculates on whether, should it actually happen, whoever is the acting … Continue reading →

90,000 police officers or police staff were caught speeding last year. Only 1 in 4 of them were flashing blue emergency lights. So…. guess how many of the 90,000 were fined or had points on their licence? 354 according to … Continue reading →

Peter Hitchins explains how Kinnock and Blair have taken the Labour Party to the left…. New Labour isn’t right wing at all. “…lifelong leftists gain too much joy from believing themselves to be in internal exile. They hate to admit … Continue reading →

What…. no Coventry? Not even Stoke-on-Trent? The Ghost Town Gallery. Hat tip to Jailhouselawyer.

Apparently, Alan ‘Diddy’ Duncan is “one of the Conservative Party’s best communicators“. Why on this rainy Sunday afternoon has this filled me with a warm glow? According to Dale…. “he is measured”. Yes, I think about 5 foot two inches … Continue reading →

There is an amusing piece in The Observer travel section today by someone who has returned to Morocco after 25 years to try to find the hippies who were there last time he visited. Amazingly, this is a man who … Continue reading →

I have received a strange e-mail today from Labour Deputy Leader candidate Hilary Benn which starts off by saying: Dear Friend It is now 3 weeks since the last set of local government elections. Many of you will have been … Continue reading →