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September 30, 2007
Conservative Values
The Light Programme is rerunning shows from 40 years ago today in the background; I'm cooking my own pork for a roast Sunday lunch, together with Apple Dumplings, apples from our orchard of course. The flour sifter and pallet knife are probably nearing a hundred years old as is the kitchen table my girls are sitting round helping me. They are my mother's and I helped her in the same way all those years ago.
I hope they grow up with as happy memories as I have, and that this Sunday finds you as content as I am.
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September 29, 2007
Cameron Picture Quiz
So which one to you want to punch for being a silly round pink thing on a stick?
Those very nice people at Sky sent me a pack of their Politician Top Trump cards, where David Cameron rates for his looks, but, but is it just me. I think his top Tory Toff looks count against him. He looks just that bit too well fed, manicured and buffed. No hint of work or worry has lined his face, and the idea of his physog beaming out of the telly is not an inducement for voting for him.
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Living Death
Ian Huntley attempts suicide - Telegraph
Soham murderer Ian Huntley was being treated in hospital tonight after trying to kill himself with a suspected overdose.
Some of us would think the most suitable treatment would be leave him in a cell with a hook in the ceiling, a length of rope and rickety chair. What are striving to keep him alive for? He is never going to be released, he wants to die, simple. Or do we want to keep him caged up for our public enjoyment so we can sleep easier knowing the bad men are behind bars? It seems a cruel punishment to keep someone alive when they don't want to be.
Patients' 'living wills' will give legal 'right to die' - Telegraph
Doctors who refuse to let incapacitated patients die even though it has been stipulated in their "living wills" could face assault charges under a law to be introduced on Monday.
The Mental Capacity Act will ensure that people's living wills or "advance decisions" will have the force of law when they become incapacitated.
They will be able to insist that they do not want to be resuscitated in the event that they lose the ability to refuse treatment themselves.
So will this apply to prisoners like him?
Posted by The Englishman at 7:06 AM | Comments (2) | TrackBack
September 28, 2007
A big hand for Pewsey
I rarely check my stats but I notice today my stalker from Pewsey is still looking for mentions - see extended entry - no idea why unless it was my mentioning of the incidence of Polydactylism in Pewsey. I went to primary school in Pewsey and learning that twelve pennies make a shilling, and twelve inches to a foot came naturally to the closely related children I shared the classroom with.
2006.02.16 23:05:12 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 86.141.150.235)
2006.02.16 23:06:11 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 216.22.32.116)
2006.02.16 23:16:49 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 62.255.32.14)
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2006.02.17 00:32:25 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 66.249.66.39)
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2006.02.18 08:48:26 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 86.134.167.187)
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2006.02.18 11:39:16 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 172.216.128.249)
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2006.02.18 23:56:46 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 128.194.135.86)
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2006.02.20 00:21:43 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 82.33.132.136)
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2006.02.20 06:05:26 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 71.197.56.228)
2006.02.20 08:12:31 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 86.209.195.9)
2006.02.20 08:39:14 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 193.239.220.249)
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2006.02.21 04:03:32 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 63.241.61.7)
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2006.02.22 13:42:05 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 66.249.65.129)
2006.02.22 23:37:05 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 82.33.132.136)
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2006.02.23 09:54:01 Search: query for 'pewsey' (IP: 65.19.154.20)
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2006.02.23 15:26:21 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 65.55.246.115)
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2006.02.24 01:40:09 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 66.249.65.129)
2006.02.24 02:55:24 Search: query for 'pewsey' (IP: 65.19.154.20)
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2006.02.25 01:46:29 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 66.249.65.129)
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2006.02.26 01:45:13 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 66.249.65.173)
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2006.02.26 08:08:55 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 207.127.235.113)
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2006.02.26 12:12:19 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 72.5.115.37)
2006.03.03 13:12:46 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 64.12.144.141)
2006.03.04 02:57:51 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 66.249.65.178)
2006.03.05 03:51:48 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 66.150.55.230)
2006.03.05 16:25:05 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 66.151.181.4)
2006.03.09 10:00:06 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 70.42.51.10)
2006.03.09 20:59:32 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 210.173.180.159)
2006.03.10 12:04:45 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 66.249.65.179)
2006.03.10 21:23:59 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 64.12.144.141)
2006.03.11 18:52:21 Search: query for 'pewsey' (IP: 86.136.230.40)
2006.03.12 07:03:06 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 193.47.80.38)
2006.03.12 13:21:51 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 87.113.75.249)
2006.03.14 10:57:27 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 67.164.135.213)
2006.03.16 13:14:17 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 66.249.65.178)
2006.03.17 12:09:46 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 143.53.6.30)
2006.03.22 03:40:32 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 66.249.65.178)
2006.03.27 11:25:44 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 64.124.85.77)
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2006.03.29 05:41:33 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 66.249.65.178)
2006.04.02 06:53:02 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 64.233.166.136)
2006.04.03 19:45:33 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 66.150.55.230)
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2006.04.05 10:37:51 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 222.166.160.195)
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2006.04.22 01:12:11 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 66.249.65.178)
2006.04.23 05:58:22 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 208.53.158.58)
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2006.04.23 09:25:56 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 208.53.158.58)
2006.04.23 21:22:51 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 195.93.21.71)
2006.04.24 11:55:29 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 212.158.213.42)
2006.04.28 01:28:49 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 66.249.65.178)
2006.04.29 19:37:28 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 209.249.86.4)
2006.05.03 18:59:55 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 66.249.65.179)
2006.05.04 23:11:28 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 209.128.119.41)
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2006.05.11 13:33:45 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 89.54.8.74)
2006.05.13 17:22:25 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 212.242.203.213)
2006.05.14 08:53:05 Search: query for 'pewsey' (IP: 192.17.11.51)
2006.05.14 08:53:07 Search: query for 'pewsey' (IP: 192.17.11.51)
2006.05.14 10:14:47 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 66.249.66.115)
2006.05.25 01:56:43 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 66.249.66.115)
2006.05.28 05:24:11 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 84.19.184.203)
2006.06.05 04:51:59 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 66.249.65.66)
2006.06.06 20:56:41 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 128.194.135.81)
2006.06.10 23:19:20 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 64.124.85.78)
2006.06.11 13:18:17 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 38.113.234.181)
2006.06.16 01:29:47 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 66.249.66.69)
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2006.06.19 09:10:27 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 128.194.135.81)
2006.06.19 13:45:03 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 209.237.238.233)
2006.06.23 08:18:59 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 64.5.245.26)
2006.06.24 15:42:31 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 66.249.66.116)
2006.06.30 06:57:03 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 141.41.237.194)
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2006.07.06 01:07:13 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 213.40.3.65)
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2006.07.13 09:52:46 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 128.194.135.81)
2006.07.13 14:29:44 Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 62.6.139.13)
2006.07.21 05:08:59 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 66.249.66.115)
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2006.07.21 07:40:28 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 66.249.66.115)
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2006.07.31 18:49:53 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 66.249.66.3)
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2006.08.07 08:53:34 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 64.124.85.75)
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2006.08.07 15:33:26 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 64.124.85.75)
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2006.08.11 03:45:19 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 66.249.65.71)
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2006.08.17 03:16:31 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 70.42.51.10)
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2006.08.21 04:45:38 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 70.42.51.10)
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2006.08.25 15:41:44 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 66.249.65.20)
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2006.08.31 06:12:22 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 208.66.195.10)
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2006.08.31 06:16:34 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 208.66.195.10)
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2006.09.06 15:41:17 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 65.55.213.76)
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2006.09.08 09:29:48 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 66.249.65.20)
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2006.09.09 01:24:53 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 208.53.147.136)
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2006.09.09 15:20:53 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 208.53.147.137)
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2006.09.10 19:50:09 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 66.151.181.4)
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2006.09.11 02:53:20 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 208.53.147.137)
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2006.09.11 02:55:27 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 208.53.147.137)
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2006.09.15 02:50:40 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 38.113.234.181)
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2006.09.16 09:13:46 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 66.151.181.4)
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2006.09.16 21:58:06 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 195.93.21.7)
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2006.09.21 13:47:55 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 208.66.194.167)
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2006.09.21 13:49:14 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 208.66.194.167)
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2006.09.22 14:45:51 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 208.66.194.168)
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2006.09.22 14:47:17 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 208.66.194.168)
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2006.09.23 19:22:25 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 65.55.213.76)
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2006.09.24 09:56:39 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 66.249.65.20)
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2006.09.26 22:13:34 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 66.249.65.20)
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2006.09.30 04:58:14 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 74.52.15.242)
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2006.10.04 10:33:37 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 209.133.64.211)
2006.10.05 19:47:13 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 74.52.13.250)
2006.10.06 07:54:18 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 209.133.64.211)
2006.10.07 03:16:36 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 209.249.11.3)
2006.10.10 06:02:31 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 65.55.213.74)
2006.10.11 19:32:14 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 67.18.36.194)
2006.10.13 06:36:12 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 66.249.65.20)
2006.10.13 13:05:13 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 68.2.218.69)
2006.10.16 03:08:41 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 66.249.65.225)
2006.10.23 02:51:48 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 38.113.234.181)
2006.10.28 21:27:03 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 147.83.153.153)
2006.10.28 21:40:33 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 147.83.153.153)
2006.10.29 22:23:01 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 208.68.136.5)
2006.10.31 05:47:46 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 66.249.66.226)
2006.10.31 22:28:33 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 72.5.173.22)
2006.11.07 19:57:59 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 65.55.213.76)
2006.11.08 12:49:45 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 69.25.71.12)
2006.11.12 12:45:44 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 69.25.71.12)
2006.11.15 01:51:54 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 69.25.71.12)
2006.11.15 21:50:48 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 213.40.3.65)
2006.11.17 12:48:50 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 207.46.98.121)
2006.11.18 19:47:23 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 66.249.65.233)
2006.11.21 21:25:29 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 63.241.61.7)
2006.11.22 16:47:40 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 194.224.199.49)
2006.11.25 06:38:49 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 194.224.199.49)
2006.11.27 14:56:39 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 69.25.71.12)
2006.11.27 21:53:36 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 81.174.209.11)
2006.12.05 03:48:15 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 63.241.61.7)
2006.12.07 18:31:06 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 65.55.213.76)
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2006.12.15 16:55:16 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 207.46.98.120)
2006.12.16 21:04:48 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 66.249.66.212)
2006.12.18 20:12:18 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 205.209.170.221)
2006.12.28 12:12:07 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 65.55.213.74)
2007.01.01 15:09:41 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 66.249.65.71)
2007.01.05 19:20:21 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 65.111.166.108)
2007.01.12 15:01:19 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 65.55.210.18)
2007.01.12 16:13:25 An Englishman's Castle Search: query for 'Pewsey' (IP: 65.55.210.19)
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Thanks Fluff!
Iain Dale's Top 500 and in the charts this week...
No. 41 - a drunk completely fucking it up...
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Leave it to the professionals....
Police attack Jack Straw over ‘irresponsible’ vow on self-defence - Times Online
...But the attack by the Police Federation caused the most surprise, with their warning that any changes must not encourage the public to take the law into their own hands.
Jan Berry, chairman of the federation, expressed surprise at the latest review of self-defence law and said that nothing should be done that encourages vigilantism by the public.
“It is irresponsible for a government, either current or shadow, to use such a potentially dangerous subject to demonstrate a proactive stance on crime – not least the danger of raising public expectation when the reality is not achievable,” she said. “We need commonsense laws that protect the law-abiding public against a minority of offenders but we don’t want this to act as a green light to use excessive force nor to encourage people to take the law into their own hands.”
Sod off Plod, it is not a case of us "taking the law", it is OUR law, you are just a paid upholder of it - as a far greater Policeman than you once said " Police, at all times, should maintain a relationship with the public that gives reality to the historic tradition that the police are the public and the public are the police; the police being only members of the public who are paid to give full-time attention to duties which are incumbent on every citizen in the interests of community welfare and existence." Get off your professional "producer capture" hobby horse and remember we are all in this together.
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Supping with long spoons
recommended that the world would be better off if they became honest drug dealers and arms traders rather than politicians
Thanks Guido! One young Englishman appreciated your speech, and the ASI ISOS seminar whilst I enjoyed a leisurely lunch with The Devil
Thanks to all.
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Bacon Heaven
Australia has more wild pigs than humans - Telegraph
Pig hunting has been popular with rural Australians for decades. The sport even has its own magazines. Bacon Busters has a regular 'Babes and Boars' page, featuring photographs of bikini-clad young women sitting astride dead pigs.
'Babes and Boars' - my subscription is in the post, does it get much better?
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Cameron to repent of youthful dabbling
David Cameron returns to core Tory values - Telegraph
David Cameron is preparing to move to core Tory policies on tax, marriage and crime and style himself as an heir to Margaret Thatcher - not Tony Blair.
In a shift that will see him distance himself from green tax proposals, the Tory leader will use next week's crucial conference to try to reinvigorate his leadership before a possible snap election.
In an interview with The Daily Telegraph today, George Osborne, the shadow chancellor, discloses that proposals that proved unpopular with ordinary Tory voters will be scrapped. They include taxing people for parking at supermarkets and for taking more than one short flight a year.
He also makes clear his intention to reform inheritance tax.
Mr Osborne says Gordon Brown is a "fake" and taunts the Labour leader by saying if he does not call an election now he will have "bottled it".
And after weeks of poor polls - the latest put Labour 11 points ahead - and watching the Prime Minister make direct appeals to Tory voters, Mr Osborne has been forced to fight back and stake Mr Cameron's claim for traditional backing.
Mr Brown used an interview with this paper and his conference speech on Monday to try to woo Middle England. Promises by the Government to review policies on crime and drugs have also been seen as an attempt to stake out traditional Tory ground.
By contrast, recent Conservative green proposals were greeted with astonishment.
Cabinet ministers at Labour's conference in Bournemouth this week could not contain their pleasure at Mr Cameron's clumsy attempts to use the multi-millionaire Zac Goldsmith to come up with green policies for "ordinary people". It threatened to be a millstone round the party's neck.
That will be put right next week when many of the plans are ditched....
Is the Boy growing up, putting behind him those embarrassing teenage trendy policies, will he acknowledge the traditional Tories have more appeal than Zac and Gummer? Time will tell but it is a welcome move, even if it is done under pressure from realising his present policies are as welcome as Granny's tongue in a goodnight kiss.
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Property Porn
English Heritage Images of England: a searchable photograpic archive of the historic buildings of England
Images of England is a ‘point in time’ photographic library of England’s listed buildings, recorded at the turn of the 21st century.
You can view over 300,000 images of England’s built heritage from lamp posts to lavatories, phone boxes to toll booths, mile stones to gravestones, as well as thousands of bridges, historic houses and churches.
Ooh look there's Aunty Mabel's House...
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Mr Benn forgets which costume he is meant to wear
Scotsman.com News - Farmers hit out as Benn devotes just 39 words to twin crises
FARMERS' leaders rounded on Hilary Benn, the Cabinet minister in charge of British farming, last night for neglecting the agricultural industry.
Farmers are under enormous pressure from continuing outbreaks of two virulent livestock diseases: foot-and-mouth and bluetongue.
The Scotsman yesterday highlighted how farming issues have been ignored and sidelined by many in politics and the media, the result of an increasingly urban-centric public debate.
The foot-and-mouth infection has been traced to a government laboratory in Pirbright, Surrey, while, despite repeated appeals, ministers have not made clear on what basis they will declare an official outbreak of bluetongue.
Yet Mr Benn devoted only a single sentence of his keynote speech to the Labour Party conference in Bournemouth to farming. He said he wanted to "thank all those who are working so hard and with such calm purpose" to contain outbreaks.
In all, Mr Benn, a vegetarian, devoted 39 words to farming in his seven-minute, 1,300-word address to Labour members. He devoted the rest of his speech to issues such as climate change and ramblers' rights.
So Defra unleash F&M, have no idea what to do about Bluetongue, basic food commodities have doubled in price, worldwide stocks of grain, and EU stocks in particular, are at record lows and the Minister in charge ignores the problems. Hierarchy of Needs and all that, getting fed beats the right to wander any day.
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September 27, 2007
Gordon stays Shrum
Comment Central - Times Online - Daniel Finkelstein
.....The heavy influence of Bob Shrum on Gordon Brown's speech....
there are plenty of phrases pretty directly lifted from speeches made by Shrum clients, many of which he admits he wrote. Here are just a few, there may well be many more:
Al Gore 2000 nomination acceptance speech: I know my own imperfections. I know that sometimes people say I'm too serious, that I talk too much substance and policy.
Gordon Brown: Sometimes people say I am too serious and I fight too hard and maybe that's true......
Al Gore 2000 nomination acceptance speech: I pledge to you tonight: I will work for you every day and I will never let you down. "
Gordon Brown: This is my pledge to the British people: I will not let you down.
John Kerry 2004 nomination acceptance speech: And what can I say about Teresa? She has the strongest moral compass of anyone I know
Gordon Brown: And this is my moral compass
Bill Clinton's State of the Union 1995: As we move into this next century, everybody matters; we don't have a person to waste.
Gordon Brown: This is the century where our country cannot afford to waste the talents of anyone
Then there's the structure. So many Shrum speeches begin with a story about the candidate's mother and father and what they taught him. So did Brown on Monday. And the pointing out John Smeaton was straight out of a Clinton State of the Union speech.
.....Not an original thought in that carefully coiffured head - imagine just cutting and pasting whole sections of text.....
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Sacrifice your children to the Education Gods
Middle class 'should choose worst schools' - Telegraph
Better-off parents should consider sending their children to struggling state schools, an education minister, Jim Knight, said yesterday.
As a parent your first responsibility is to your children, to subject them unnecessarily to a crap and violent schooling "for the greater good" or to demonstrate your "right-on credentials" is just plain fucking wrong.
Can children sue their parents for dereliction of duty?
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Straw to back The Castle Doctrine?
Castle Doctrine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (also known as a Castle Law or a Defense of Habitation Law) is an American legal concept derived from English Common Law, which designates one's place of residence (or, in some states, any place legally occupied, such as one's car or place of work) as a place in which one enjoys protection from illegal trespassing and violent attack. It then goes on to give a person the legal right to use deadly force to defend that place (his/her "castle"), and/or any other innocent persons legally inside it, from violent attack or an intrusion which may lead to violent attack. Within the legal paradigm, therefore, it functions as a type of justifiable homicide.
...English Common Law as it stood in the 1700s. In Book 4, Chapter 16[1] of William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England, he says:
“And the law of England has so particular and tender a regard to the immunity of a man's house, that it stiles it his castle, and will never suffer it to be violated with immunity: agreeing herein with the sentiments of ancient Rome, as expressed in the works of Tully; quid enim sanctius, quid omni religione munitius, quam domus unusquisque civium? For this reason no doors can in general be broken open to execute any civil process; though, in criminal causes, the public safety supersedes the private. Hence also in part arises the animadversion of the law upon eaves-droppers, nusancers, and incendiaries: and to this principal it must be assigned, that a man may assemble people together lawfully without danger of raising a riot, rout, or unlawful assembly, in order to protect and defend his house; which he is not permitted to do in any other case.”
.....Mr Straw will say: "Enforcing the law, securing justice, is not just a matter for 'them' - the courts, the prisons, the probation service, the police - but for all of us.
"The justice system must not only work on the side of the people who do the right thing as good citizens, but also be seen to work on their side."
The review, he will say, is aimed at ensuring that those who seek to protect themselves, their loved ones and their homes as well as other citizens have confidence that law is on their side.
His aides stressed that Mr Straw was not going to go as far as to defend the actions of Tony Martin..
So no he won't, but it is a tiny step in the right direction.
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September 26, 2007
What Gordon Didn't Say
Here's some Politician's Quotes that folksy old Gordon failed to include, and I doubt Dave will either..
"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."
Thomas Jefferson
"No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session."
Judge Gideon J. Tucker
"The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, because it's so rare."
Daniel P. Moynihan
"The power to tax is the power to destroy. A government which lays taxes on
the people not required by urgent public necessity and sound public policy
is not a protector of liberty, but an instrument of tyranny."
--Calvin Coolidge
We have an army of bureaucrats laboring feverishly to convince us of the importance of government. There are few who work to convince us otherwise. The bureaucrats are paid for their work. No one is paid to point out the waste, graft, and corruption that is government.
Tom Gleinser
"When the government's boot is on your throat, whether it is a left boot or a right boot is of no consequence."
Gary Lloyd
"I weep for the liberty of my country when I see at this early day of its “successful experiment” that corruption has been imputed to many members of the House of Representatives, and the rights of the people have been bartered for promises of office."
Andrew Jackson, February 10, 1825
"The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the law of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence."
John Adams
The amount of donations a candidate receives is a direct indication of his level of corruption.
The most corruptible candidates receive the most money.
Tom Gleinser
"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience."
C.S. Lewis
There’s a huge difference between Vegas and Washington. See, in Las Vegas, people gamble with their own money."
Jay Leno
In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress.
- John Adams
"It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that
power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by
other things than power."
David Brin
"Politics is the art of stopping people from minding their own business."
Paul Valery
“I've had a tough time learning how to act like a congressman. Today I accidentally spent some of my own money.”
Joseph P. Kennedy
"Liberty is the only thing you cannot have unless you give it to others."
William Allen White
"For every action, there is an equal and opposite government program. "
Main's Law
"The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments."
William H. Borah
"Everyone wants to live at the expense of the State. They forget that the State wants to live at the expense of everyone."
Fredrick Bastiat
"The only freedom which deserves the name, is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it."
John Stuart Mill
There is no better way to provide for the "common good" that through the preservation of individual liberty.
Tom Gleinser
"We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle."
Sir Winston Churchill
"The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws."
Tacitus
The world is a dangerous place to live... not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it. - Albert Einstein
"There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him."
Robert Heinlein
"Even a dumb free market is far more intelligent then a smart bureaucracy."
Joe Balyeat, in response to the "smart growth" psuedonym used by government regulators
“If you would not confront your neighbor and demand his money at the point of a gun to solve every new
problem that may appear in your life, then you should not ask the government to do it for you."
Once the government becomes the supplier of people's needs, there is no limit to the needs that will be claimed as a basic right."
Lawrence Auster
"The government deficit is the difference between the amount of money the government spends and the amount it has the nerve to collect."
Sam Ewing
Any alleged 'right' of one man, which necessitates the violation of the rights of another, is not and cannot be a right.
-- Ayn Rand
Politicians and diapers need to be regularly changed for the same reason.
Unknown
Only Libertarians obey the Constitution rather than changing it to suit the desires of the special interests they owe.
When governments fear the people there is liberty.
When the people fear the government there is tyranny.
-Thomas Jefferson
"If a government were put in charge of the Sahara Desert, within five years, they'd have a shortage of sand." - Milton Friedman
Now those who seek absolute power, even though they seek it to do what they regard as good, are simply demanding the right to enforce their own version of heaven on earth, and let me remind you they are the very ones who always create the most hellish tyranny."
Barry Goldwater
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Rewriting History
BBC NEWS | Politics | British history 'needs rewrite'
British history should be rewritten to make it "more inclusive", says Trevor Phillips, the head of the new human rights and equality commission.
He said Muslims were also part of the national story and "sometimes we have to go back into the tapestry and insert some threads that were lost".
He quoted the example of the Spanish Armada, which was held up by the Turks at the request of Queen Elizabeth I.
"It was the Turks who saved us,"
Why race chief wants to sink our role in the Armada | the Daily Mail
Dr Simon Adams, co-author of England, Spain and the Grand Armada, said the Ottomans were not threatening Spain in the Mediterranean.
"The Turks were not really doing anything (against Spain) in 1588. They were busy in the Near East."
Dr Adams said the Armada failed because it was poorly planned and the English had an effective Navy helped by favourable weather.
The Civitas think-tank, which has republished the authoritative history Our Island Story by Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall, said the claim is "fantasy".
Robert Whelan, of Civitas, said: "Before we start weaving in stories about the Turks and the Armada, dreamt up by people with their own agenda, we should first ensure we get the basics right."
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Exam Balls
New 'dumbed-down' GCSE will be as easy as A, B, or C - Times Online
Pupils taking GCSE exams will be asked multiple choice questions for the first time and be allowed to take unlimited resits.
It has also emerged that, under a planned overhaul of the system, up to half of GCSE English marks would be awarded for basic skills such as punctuation.
The planned reform of the exam system has fuelled accusations that testing standards are being lowered. Bethan Marshall, a senior lecturer in English education at King’s College London, told the Times Educational Supplement: “If you make 50 per cent of the GCSE about doing the basics, you are dumbing down.
“The subject is about so much more than being able to communicate accurately. And if you’re still doing basic skills at GCSE level, Heaven help you. It’s pretty boring.” ....
One suggested question for an English test reportedly asks pupils which word is spelt incorrectly in the sentence: “Be careful, the kettel is hot.”...
Dumbing down fears force exam shake-up - Times Online
The body that regulates examinations is to be made independent in a radical attempt to end the annual row about the dumbing down of school standards, Mr Balls ....will tell Labour delegates that he wants GCSE and A-level students to be able to take pride in their A-grades without facing the continual carping by critics that their results are a devalued currency. The move would enable the QCA independently to monitor school standards, free from political interference, and would distance the government of the day from criticisms of involvement.
Although the QCA theoretically is independent from government at present,
So it is independent, but Ministers keep sticking their oar in, just like the Bank of England! So he is going to make it independent again, and Ministers will still keep sticking their oars in, but with plausible deniability.
Who is going to be the first schools minister to allow exam results to go down on his watch?
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Fisking Gordo Speech - saves me having to wade through it!
PJC Journal :: Gordon Brown's speech to Conference - what was he thinking?
Gordon Brown the Prime Minister said: "My father was a minister of the church, and his favourite story was the parable of the talents because he believed - and I do too - that each and every one of us has a talent and each and every one of us should be able to use that talent."
I tell you, that to every one who has will more be given; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away
Luke 19:12-27
In other words, under Brown - The rich will get richer and the poor will get poorer.
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My top 376 "Right of Centre" Bloggers
Iain Dale's Diary: Guide to Blogging 2007: Top 100 Right of Centre Blogs
You have all seen it so thanks to the others on the voting panel for raising to me to a lofty 24 on top of Theo Spark, probably not the safest place first thing in the morning!
In my voting I put myself at 12 - of the blogs I voted better than myself some aren't actually on my daily read, (I was using some arcane weighting formula akin to the Vatican choosing a new Pope.)
So the positions below may be mine, but not of my favourites....
Dizzy Thinks http://dizzythinks.net
Tim Worstall http://timworstall.typepad.com/timworstall/
Iain Dale http://iaindale.blogspot.com
Samizdata www.samizdata.net/blog
Adam Smith Institute http://www.adamsmith.org/blog
Devil's Kitchen http://devilskitchen.me.uk
PJC Journal http://thejournal.parker-joseph.co.uk/blog
Burning our Money http://burningourmoney.blogspot.com/
Mr Eugenides http://www.mreugenides.blogspot.com/
Neue Arbeit Macht Frei http://neuearbeitmachtfrei.blogspot.com/
An Englishman's Castle http://www.anenglishmanscastle.com/
A Tangled Web http://atangledweb.squarespace.com/ Note Different URL
Boris Johnson http://www.boris-johnson.com/
Nation of Shopkeepers http://nationofshopkeepers.wordpress.com/
EU Referendum http://eureferendum.blogspot.com/
Blognor Regis http://www.blognorregis.blogspot.com/
Scottish Tory Boy http://scottishtoryboy.blogspot.com/
Civitas http://www.civitas.org.uk/blog/
Dodgeblogium http://www.andrewiandodge.com/
Remittance Man http://remittanceman.blogspot.com/
Sinclair's Musings http://sinclairsmusings.blogspot.com/
John Redwood MP http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/
Prodicus http://prodicus.blogspot.com/
Rachel Joyce http://racheljoyce.blogspot.com/
Tim Roll Pickering http://timrollpickering.blogspot.com/
Conservative Home http://www.conservativehome.com
Freedom & Whiskey http://freedomandwhisky.blogspot.com/
Not Proud of Britain http://notproudofbritain.blogspot.com/
Edland http://edclarke.blogspot.com/
Guido Fawkes http://5thnovember.blogspot.com
Musings of a Reactionary Snob http://reactionarysnob.blogspot.com/
Nanny Knows Best http://nannyknowsbest.blogspot.com/
Not a Sheep Maybe a Goat http://notasheepmaybeagoat.blogspot.com/
Conservative Party Reptile http://partyreptile.blogspot.com/
Donal Blaney http://donalblaney.blogspot.com/
Free Market Fairytakes http://www.fmft.net/
Liberty's Requiem http://libertysrequiem.blogspot.com/
A Very British Dude http://brackenworld.blogspot.com/
Bird's Eye View http://thoughtsfromtheborders.blogspot.com/
Islington Newmania http://iznewmania.blogspot.com/
Neil Herron http://www.neilherron.blogspot.com/
Taxpayers' Alliance http://www.taxpayersalliance.com/news/blog.php
Tim Dodds http://lightwater.wordpress.com/
Evan Price http://www.evanprice.blogspot.com/
Freemania http://viva-freemania.blogspot.com/
Last Boy Scout http://www.lastboyscoutblog.net/
Matt Wardman http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/
Raedwald http://www.raedwald.blogspot.com/
Angels in Marble http://hatfieldgirl.blogspot.com/
Bewilderness http://thebewilderness.typepad.com/
City Unslicker http://www.cityunslicker.blogspot.com/
Croydonian http://croydonian.blogspot.com
Ellee Seymour http://elleeseymour.com/
I Didn't Quite Catch That http://catchthat.net/
If Sam Tarran Was in Charge http://samtarran.blogspot.com/
Smith Blog http://smithnorth.blogspot.com/
Social Affairs Unit http://www.socialaffairsunit.org.uk/blog/
Thunder Dragon http://thethunderdragon.blogspot.com/
Dylan Jones-Evans http://dylanje.blogspot.com/
Ewan's Blog http://ewanwatt.blogspot.com/
Harrowgate Hill Future http://www.harrowgatehillfuture.co.uk
Laban Tall http://ukcommentators.blogspot.com/
Little Man in a Toque http://www.toque.co.uk/blog/
Martin Kelly http://martinkelly.blogspot.com/
Neil Reddin http://neilreddin.wordpress.com/
Nourishing Obscurity http://nourishingobscurity.blogspot.com/
WebCameron http://www.webcameron.org.uk/
Caroline Hunt http://www.carolinehunt.blogspot.com
Gavin Ayling http://www.gavweb.net/blog/
M Hristov http://mhristov.blogspot.com/
Observations from the Hillside http://observationsfromthehillside.blogspot.com/
Shades of Grey http://iangrey.blogspot.com/
Some Doubts http://somedoubts.blogspot.com/
An Insomniac http://www.aninsomniac.co.uk/
Archbishop Cranmer http://www.archbishop-cranmer.blogspot.com/
Charles Barwell http://blog.charlesbarwell.com/
Daniel Hannan MEP http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/politics/danielhannan/
Deirdre Alden http://www.deirdrealden.blogspot.com/
Man in a Shed http://atoryblog.blogspot.com/
The Difference http://thedifferencemagazine.blogspot.com/
Critical Faculty Dojo http://criticalfacultydojo.blogspot.com/
Electro Kevin http://electro-kevin-electrokevin.blogspot.com/
Joy of Curmudgeonry http://curmudgeonjoy.blogspot.com/
Justified Spinner http://justifiedspinner.blogspot.com/
Kristofer Wilson http://kristoferwilson.blogspot.com/
Linguanaut http://saiminu.blogspot.com/
Pub Philosopher http://pubphilosopher.blogs.com/
R W's Commentary http://www.rwcomment.blogspot.com/
Regalis (KCL Conservatives) http://theregalis.blogspot.com/
Steve Horgan http://www.horgan.co.uk
Tapestry Talks http://tapestrytalks.typepad.com/
Daily Referendum http://dailyreferendum.blogspot.com/
David Jones MP http://davidjonesclwydwest.blogspot.com/
Last Ditch http://lastditch.typepad.com/
Matt T http://www.matthewturner.co.uk/Blog/
Tales from the Riverbank http://watervole.wordpress.com/
Baker's Dozen http://alexanderbaker.org.uk/
Martin Cakebread http://martincakebread.blogspot.com/
Theo Spark http://theospark.blogspot.com
Waendel Journal http://www.tonysharp.blogspot.com/
West Brom Blog http://westbromblog.blogspot.com/
Burke's Corner http://burkescorner.blogspot.com/
Final Redoubt http://thefinalredoubt-hookie.blogspot.com/
Purple Scorpion http://thepurplescorpion.blogspot.com/
The Huntsman http://thehuntsman2007.blogspot.com/
Bloody Scott http://bloodyscott.blogspot.com/
England Expects http://englandexpects.blogspot.com/
Esther McVey http://esther2009.wordpress.com/
Grendel http://grendel-grendel.blogspot.com/
Libertarianuk.net http://www.libertarianuk.net/
Looking for a Voice http://lookingforavoice.blogspot.com/
Make Socialism History http://makesocialismhistory.com/
Matthew Scott http://www.selftitleduk.com/
Mutley the Dog's Day Out http://mutleythedogsdayout.blogspot.com/
Peter C Glover's Wires http://www.petercglover.com/
Strange Stuff http://strange_stuff.blogspot.com/
Thoughts from the Borders http://thoughtsfromtheborders.blogspot.com/
Thoughts of Oscar http://thoughtsofoscar.blogspot.com/
Your Right to Know http://www.yrtk.org/
Blog of Kev http://kevsoft.co.uk/
Depleted Uranium http://depleteduranium.wordpress.com/
Mikey's Tent of Reality http://michaelhoskin.blogspot.com/
Spin Blog http://www.martincurtis.net/blog/blogger.html
Tory Heaven http://toryheaven.blogspot.com/
Weasal's Words http://wrinkledweasels.blogspot.com
Corporate Presenter http://corporatepresenter.blogspot.com/
For a http://cricketandcivilisation.blogspot.com/
Public Interest http://www.publicinterest.blogspot.com/
Terry Watch http://terrywatch.blogspot.com/
The England Project http://www.theenglandproject.net/wordpress/
Young Unionists http://www.youngunionists.org.uk/
Bath Conservative Future http://www.bathcf.co.uk/
Boris Watch http://www.boriswatch.com/
Ghost Cabinet http://www.ghostcabinet.blogspot.com/
Spontaneous Monotny http://www.davidarussell.co.uk/
Tax the Fish http://www.taxthefish.com/
Tory Radio http://www.toryradio.com
Blaby Conservative Future http://www.conservative-future.blogspot.com/
Calthorpe's Corner http://calthorpe.wordpress.com/
Cornerstone http://cornerstonegroup.wordpress.com/
Daily Propaganda http://www.dailypropaganda.co.uk/
Dan Hassett http://danhassett.blogspot.com/
Fulham Reactionary http://fulhamreactionary.blogspot.com/
John Moorcraft http://johnmoorcraft.blogspot.com/
Nigel Hastilow http://nigelhastilow.blogspot.com/
One London http://onelondon.blogspot.com/
Pint of Unionist Lite http://www.unionistlite.blogspot.com/
Real Power to the People http://realpowertothepeople.blogspot.com/
SELblog http://selbloggers.blogspot.com/
Speak Out http://www.speakout.co.uk/blog.aspx
Welfare State We're In http://thewelfarestatewerein.com
YBF Activists http://ybfblog.wordpress.com
Britain & America http://britainandamerica.typepad.com/
Cascittuni http://cascittuni.blogspot.com/
Chap Sticks http://nicodemus-chap.blogspot.com/
Tommy English http://in-ger-land.blogspot.com/
Anastasia Beaumont-Bott http://anastasiabeaumontbott.blogspot.com/
Brentwood, Essex, England http://brentwooduk.blogspot.com/
Charlotte Leslie http://www.charlotteleslie.blogspot.com/
Contra Tory http://www.contratory.co.uk/
Cross of St George http://crossofstgeorge.net/news/blog.php
Iain Lindley http://blog.iainlindley.com/
Ian Lewis http://www.ianlewis.org.uk/
Is there more to life than shoes? http://more-to-life-than-shoes.blogspot.com/
Istanbul Tory http://istanbultory.blogspot.com/
Marcus Wood http://www.marcuswood.blogspot.com/
Matt Dean Southampton http://mattdeansoton.blogspot.com/
Nicolas Webb http://www.nicolaswebb.com/
Ranting Stan http://rantingstan.blogspot.com/
Roger Evans MLA (City Hall) http://www.city-hall.blogspot.com/
Thoughts of a Thatcherite http://djodoherty.wordpress.com/
UK Daily Pundit http://the-daily-pundit.blogspot.com/
Very British Subjects http://www.verybritishsubjects.blogspot.com/
It's a Disgrace http://itsadisgrace.blogspot.com/
Tory Reform Group http://toryreformgroup.wordpress.com/
A Conservative's Blog http://aconservatives.blogspot.com/
A View From the Right http://stevenbainbridge.blogspot.com/
David Gold http://www.davidgold4eltham.com/
Winchester Whisperer http://winchesterwhisperer.blogspot.com/
House of Dumb http://www.houseofdumb.blogspot.com/
Kevin Davis http://kevindavis.wordpress.com/
Chris Whiteside http://chris4copeland.blogspot.com/
Conservative History Group http://conservativehistory.blogspot.com
David Lindsay http://davidaslindsay.blogspot.com/
Right Thinking http://www.rightthinking.co.uk/
The Bristow Blog http://thebristowblog.typepad.com/
Vicky Ford http://vickyford.blogspot.com/
Bel is Thinking http://beltoday.com/
Bexley Conservative Future http://www.bexleycf.com/
Britain Fights Back http://timaker.blogspot.com
Debateable Land http://debatableland.typepad.com/
James Cleverly http://jamescleverly.blogspot.com
Mike Rouse http://www.mikerouse.net/
Richard Booth http://richard4wimborne.blogspot.com
Tired Tory http://www.thetiredtory.blogspot.com/
Claire Palmer http://clairepalmer.blogspot.com/
George Hollingbery http://georgehollingbery.blogspot.com/
Random Jottings of Paul Donnelley http://pauldonnelley.blogspot.com/
Watlington http://www.socialaffairsunit.org.uk/blog/archives/cat_watlington.php
A Young Conservative http://www.a-young-conservative.blogspot.com/
Ben Sherreard http://www.bensherreard.blogspot.com/
Daniel Hayward http://www.d-hayward.blogspot.com/
David Torrance http://davidtorrance.blogspot.com/
Hunter & Shooter http://www.hunterandshooter.blogspot.com/
Independence Home http://www.independencehome.org/
James Burdett http://jamesburdett.blogspot.com/
Roger Helmer MEP http://rogerhelmermep.wordpress.com/
Stephen Metcalfe http://www.vote4metcalfe.com/
Alun Cairns AM http://www.blog.aluncairns.co.uk/
James Duddridge MP http://www.jamesduddridge.com/jamesBlogs.asp?start=1
Paul Scully http://www.paulscully.blogspot.com/
Richard Spring MP http://richardspring.mpblogs.com/
Right for Scotland http://rightforscotland.blogspot.com/
Trevor Ivory http://www.trevor-ivory.blogspot.com/
Unenlightened Commentary http://fountain.blogspot.com/
Nigel Fletcher http://www.nigelfletcher.blogspot.com/
Maida Vale Conservatives http://www.maidavaleconservatives.blogspot.com/
Rosemont Loving http://jonnyrosemont.wordpress.com/
Glyn Davies http://glyndaviesam.blogspot.com/
Brandon Lewis http://www.brandonlewis.org/blog.php
E-Shotgun http://eshotgun.blogspot.com/
Onyx Stone http://onyxstone.blogspot.com/
Quentin Langley http://www.quentinlangley.net/
Brussels Journal http://www.brusselsjournal.com/
Darker Side of Bridget Jones http://www.darkersideofbridgetjones.blogspot.com/
Paul Uppal http://pauluppal.wordpress.com/
Phil Taylor http://www.philtaylor.org.uk/
Stephen Manion http://www.readmyday.co.uk/stephen-manion
Amazing Toad http://theamazingtoad.blogspot.com/
Anyone but Ken http://www.anyonebutken.blogspot.com/
Big Tommy Speaks Out http://bigtommygspeaks.blogspot.com/
Brian Coleman http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/brian-coleman
Conservatives in Northern Ireland http://www.conservativesni.org/blog.php?sectionid=9&contentid=252
Jim Millar http://jimmillar.blogspot.com/
Keir Gravil http://keirgravil.blogspot.com/
Libertarian Alliance http://libertarianalliance.wordpress.com/
Nick Bourne AM http://blog.nickbourne.org.uk/
Nick King (Cllr) http://nick4littledown.blogspot.com/
Andrew Bridgen http://www.andrewbridgen.com/andrews-blog
Andrew Percy http://andypercy.blogspot.com/
Mimi Harker http://www.mimiharker.co.uk/
David Leaf http://www.davidleaf.net/
Princes Park Conservatives http://www.princesparkconservatives.blogspot.com/
Priti Patel http://priti4witham.wordpress.com/
UCL Conservatives http://uclconservatives.co.uk/
Adrian Yalland http://adrianyalland.blogspot.com/
Andrea Leadsom http://www.andrealeadsom.com/
Birmingham University CF http://bucf.wordpress.com/
Havering CF http://www.haveringcf.blogspot.com/
New Welsh Right http://newwelshright.blogspot.com/
Select Society http://theselectsociety.com/blog/
Conservative Medical Society http://conservativemedicalsociety.blogspot.com/
Curly's Corner Shop http://curly15.wordpress.com
Gill Cartwright http://harrowgatehillfuture.co.uk/gill/
Moreton & Saughall Massie Matters http://chrisblakeley.com/
Moronic Quotes http://moronic-quotes.blogspot.com/
Phillip Lee http://www.phillip-lee.com/
Tommy G http://bigtommygspeaks.blogspot.com/
Chris Huhne Watch http://huhnewatch.blogspot.com/
Cigars & Chocolate Ale http://cigars-chocolateale.blogspot.com/
Islington Conservatives http://islingtonconservatives.blogspot.com/
Richard Weider http://richardfweider.blogspot.com/
Tracey Crouch http://traceycrouch.blogspot.com/
UK Events http://uk-events.blogspot.com/
Lord Hanningfield http://lordhanningfield.essexcc.gov.uk/roller/
P J's Politics http://pjpolitics.blogspot.com/
Aberystwyth CF http://abercf.blogspot.com/
Arthurian Legend http://swordinthelake.blogspot.com/
Natalie Solent http://nataliesolent.blogspot.com/
Allan Andrews http://www.allanandrews.co.uk/wp2/index.php
Anyone but Gordon http://anyonebutgordon.blogspot.com/
Brickhill http://brickhill.blogspot.com/
Darlington Tory http://darlingtontory.blogspot.com/
Longbridge Conservatives http://longbridgeconservativebranch.blogspot.com/
Lord Lucas http://lordlucas.blogspot.com/
Andrew Allison http://andrew-allison.blogspot.com/
Antony Little http://antonylittle.blogspot.com
David Davies MP http://daviddaviesam.blogspot.com/
James Hellyer http://beliefinbritain.blogspot.com/
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Rockall Times
BBC ON THIS DAY | 21 | 1955: Britain claims Rockall
The UK formally claimed uninhabited Rockall, which is just 70ft (21m) high, on 18 September 1955 at 1016 GMT.
Two Royal Marines and a civilian naturalist, led by Royal Navy officer Lieutenant Commander Desmond Scott, raised a Union flag on the island and cemented a plaque into the rock.
The islet is within reach of the planned guided missile range in the Hebrides ...
Queen Elizabeth authorised the annexation on 14 September.
Her orders stated: "On arrival at Rockall you will effect a landing and hoist the Union flag on whatever spot appears most suitable or practicable and you will then take possession of the island on our behalf."
End of story so WTF is this about?
Iceland talks to resolve rival claims to Rockall - Telegraph
The long-running dispute over the ownership of Rockall, the inaccessible lump of granite rising out of the Atlantic, will come to a head when the rival nations that lay claim to its territorial boundaries meet for talks in Iceland.
For decades Britain and Ireland have been unable to agree who owns the outcrop and, more importantly, the surrounding seabed, which is rich in oil and gas.
Representatives from Britain, Ireland, Denmark (acting for the Faroe Islands) and Iceland will attempt to resolve the issue at talks in Reykjavik.
Tell the bog trotters, whalers and cod botherers where to go, and that is not Rockall.
More from the late and much missed incomparable Rockall Times
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September 25, 2007
Andrew Robathan MP - Prick
Andrew Robathan MP is getting shafted by the comments on his blog after embedding a picture from another server - which has been tweaked!
http://conservative-future.blogspot.com/2006/06/subscription-rate.html
Click on the coin picture and you'll see that it says "Vote Labour" in the shadow.
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The European Brown Takeover
There is one way in which Britain has become much more European in the past year or two that has nothing to do with either the EU constitution being smuggled back or the goal tally in the Premier League. It’s shoes; men’s shoes.
It’s now positively fashionable to wear brown leather shoes with business suits. Until a few years ago that was a style tic restricted to Mediterranean countries.
I must say I think brown leather much more handsome than black. But I suspect that most people think this continental trend is a lowering of standards. I’d be interested to be proved wrong.
Wrong, wrong, wrong, it is just plain wrong - even the Germans know the rules: Die Engländer, den Irrungen und Wirrungen schnelllebiger Trends seit je abhold, sagen nach wie vor: "no brown in town" und "no brown after six".
And talking of which I'm in London on Thursday with no appointment for lunch -