According to Guido Fawkes, 40% of Leeds Conservative Future Committe left the the party this weekend and joined Farage’s UKIP. They have joined the growing numbers of UKIP supporters throughout the country. As have I. The reason that I have defected isn’t because I am swivel eyed, disloyal or a sucker for populism and Nigel [...]
The recent media furore about the National Planning Policy Framework has led to the setting up of campaigns directed in part by broadsheets claiming to fight for the protection of the countryside for all who cares for it. One thing must be clear though; development must be allowed to occur. Development is critical to the [...]
Firstly, it’s only right that I pay tribute to the 6 troops killed in Afghanistan this week and indeed all other 398 that have been killed there since the conflict started. They are all heroes and they will never be forgotten. I have a friend going out there at the end of the month myself [...]
This week, as everyone MUST know, is the ‘Votes at 16 action week’. Basically, it is a week where supporters of such a preposterous idea have much more radio and tv outings than they should ever be allowed and twitter is spammed with calls to sign an epetition to back their quite pointless cause. As [...]
I read a recent article in the Independent’s ingenious little 20p paper that accused the Tories of worrying about things the voters didn’t care about, naming the hunting ban as one such example. This represents a gross underestimation of the significance of the ban. That infamous act of 2004 was one of the most controversial [...]
The Union of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland is one of the most successful in history. Is it the history that’s the only reason that the PM is launching such a pro-Union stance? It makes sense from a Conservative perspective for Dave to let Salmond have it his way. If Scotland became independent Labour [...]
Morrissey has continued his controversial stance when speaking to an audience in Argentina recently. He is reported in the Daily Telegraph as saying ‘You know, of course, the Malvinas Islands – everybody knows they belong to Argentina. So please do not blame the British people. We know the islands belong to you’. I assume he [...]
