Monthly Archives: September 2008

Jimmy Sirrel who died last week was a proper football man. Not a billionaire Russian/UAE/USA gold-dripped playboy looking for a new plaything, shifting players and managers around as if they were subbuteo toys. Not for Jimmy the gold bracelets and … Continue reading →

There are some things you know are just tosh! Dangerous dogs, cones hotlines, marching yobs to the cashpoint… I’m sure everyone can come up with their own list. One of my criticisms of New Labour has been the desire of … Continue reading →

Do I detect a little disillusionment here? It strikes me that dizzy was not entirely enamored by his new found friends and their whizz bang Conference. That’s the trouble with Tories though son, they do get awful snobbish about folk … Continue reading →

William Hague – I’m like Bruce Willis. Unfortunately, you can’t see the similarity with his hat on!

And they’ve got the nerve to talk about the ‘nanny state’? There you are, a young couple, deeply in love and thinking of setting up a home together, and starting a family, and who do you find at the bottom … Continue reading →

dizzy has been enduring Iain Dale and David Davis ‘having a chat’, which must have been terminally exciting. One interesting snippet saved for the end is: When asked if he would have done anything differently, Davis said that if he … Continue reading →

And this from the Daily Mail…. Tories ‘bankrolled by the City wolves’ who made a killing from financial crash ‘No wonder David Cameron and George Osborne wouldn’t condemn short-selling or the hedge funds’ disgraceful behaviour. Cameron didn’t care or dare … Continue reading →

Tory Shadow Cabinet member lies (sorry, ‘misleads the public’). Surely not?

Sometimes, after a period in which things have gone quite well, you hit upon a difficult patch. You can either be patient, keep your resolve, and try to work things out… or you can panic! If you do that you … Continue reading →

Those interested in the funding of political parties might want to take a look at Dispatches on Channel 4 tomorrow night. Dispatches reporter Antony Barnett investigates the funding of the Tories under Cameron and examines how the party is using … Continue reading →