Tag Archives: Conservative
Hung Parliament Leaves All Parties Hungover
An extraordinary election. No supporter of the mainstream parties will wake this morning with anything other than disapointment about the national picture: The Lib Dems must be crest-fallen. The supposed surge was illusionary. The expected shift to second place proved a … Continue reading
Filed under Election
Why I Voted Conservative
So, that is that. After weeks of campaigning we are down to one mammoth push today. The polls are inconclusive – at the moment my reading of them suggests we may not quite get the 310 seats realistically required to … Continue reading
Filed under Centre Right, Election, Indulgent
My “BBC Question Time” Audience Experience
Janet Street-Porter has a potty mouth. Her verdict on the Leaders Debate? “Too much fucking testosterone. May as well just have been done with it and had the three blokes just slap their cocks on the table.” Dimbleby raised a … Continue reading
Filed under Centre Right, Election, UK Politics
Conservatives in Birmingham Ladywood
Last night I attended an election event hosted by the Conservatives for its members in Birmingham Ladywood. Nusrat Ghani, the Parliamentary Candidate, had been rendered voiceless by tonsillitis and was under strict orders to stay away and recover*. I’m her … Continue reading
Filed under Politics, UK, UK Politics
And We’re Under Starters Orders….
So it’s a ‘go’. In the least surprising announcement of 2010 Brown has finally revealed that the election will be May 6th. It was particularly gratifying for me to hear David Cameron use my strap-line from this blog in his … Continue reading
Filed under Indulgent, UK Politics
Why George Osborne is an Optimist – and Why He Needs to Be
The knives are well and truly out for George Osborne. The Observer reports that Labour are going to target him as the shadow teams ‘weakest link’. The polling data (referenced in the Observer article) confirms that the public are averse … Continue reading
New Schools Network/Centre Forum Conference
Yesterday I attended the New Schools Network/Centre Forum Conference at the Commonwealth Club in central London. There was cross-party representation looking at the big issues on school reform whoever wins the next election. There was also a sample of guests … Continue reading
Filed under Education, UK, UK Politics
UK Police Miss Open Goals
The BBC have posted this article about efforts for the police to improve ‘Customer service’. Based on no more than my own anecdotal experience I reckon the police have improved over the last five years. But not enough. Despite the … Continue reading
Filed under Centre Right, Crime, UK, UK Politics
Why ‘Cameron Direct’ Works
This evening about 100 people gathered in a School in Edgbaston for one of the ‘Cameron Direct’ events. The concept is simple. ‘Dave’ pitches up to a bare stage, yards from the crowd. There are no speeches, no notes, just questions from the audience … Continue reading
Filed under Centre Right, Politics, UK, UK Politics
