The nightmare, 5 More Years of him

Politicalbetting.com report an article in today's Scottish Daily Record that Gordon Brown still believes he can win the next election and if so he will serve a full term. A dark reminder only a week after halloween of what can still happen, 5 more years of him, far scarier than the new Saw film (which is really good by the way.) A sequal of Nightmare on Downing Street, The fourth term, is one horror film too many for my liking.

A reccommended read - Jeff Randall

From Jeff Randall in the telegraph. A fine summary of modern Britian after 12 years of Labour. I agree with most of this article, not quite all, but it is a serious contribution to modern debate and I heartily reccommend it. The article is here.

One year on from history, and a terrible night for Obama

Two under the radar here in the UK elections took place last night. They may have big implications for Barak Obama however. The President who swept to power on a wave of euphoria a year ago, is now a strugglin President finding Governing much harder. He has generally been seen in the US as quite weak on the international stage, buying the Gordon Brown stimulus line on the economy, and being beaten to the punch on several occasions by Russia and China on environmental issues heading into the Copenhagen summit on the issue. Many also believe he has dithered on sending more ground troops to afghanistan when many fear it has given the Taliban a vaccume to take advantage of there.

He has also had problems of his own making at home, particularly his health plans which have allowed Republican opponents to present as a huge extension state run health care, something most Americans, unlike here in Britain, do not support.

The Presidents popularity has over the last 3 months fallen into negative terriroty for the first time after all this. The last Rasmussen tracking poll showed on 29% strongly approved of Obamas record, 39% strongly dissaproved. When you include those who somewhat approve, he had 41%, 12% less than voted for him 12 months ago.

Last night this was put to the test for the first time in terms of real votes. Two Governor races were contested, Virginia and New Jersey. Both states Obama won, last night however, the Republicans won both, Virginia by a huge margin and New Jersey, a state Obama won by 14% last year, the Republicans won that too.

So a year on from Obama's histroic victory, the stardust is wearing off, Rupublican America is rising again, the New Jersey result suggests Obama may be even losing some of his eastern base, Virginia certainly suggests he is losing some of the centre. A year ago that Obama would serve two terms seemed certain, right now, there are many problems ahead for Obama, and re-election is going to take a lot more work that it first appeared. First though will be next years mid-terms where Democrat power in the Congress and Senate could be lost, and a lot of Obama's power with it. For British and European politicans who in the last year have tried so hard to be on Obama's side, maybe he is not such an attractive proposition either.

The EU get's it's way, to the detriment of us all

Today the EU Lisbon Treaty has finally come into force. It paves the way for an EU President, unelected at massive tax payers expense, the surrender of 50 national vetoes over policy and the installation of what in effect is an EU Constitution.

It in effect renders any prospect of a referendum in the UK pointless as David Cameron the Conservative leader has already pointed out. He now has a huge job to rebuild policy on this issue. The EU is a nasty, autocratic, corrupt, anti democratic, nepotism ridden institution that is a disgrace to the modern world. Today is a sad day for all who believe in freedom. The only saving grace is that this line of thought will render the EU increasingly irrelevant in the wider world.

Brown still does not get it

Our Prime Minister, the man who has left us in the biggest debt crisis ever, is planning guess what, that's right, more spending. The man who has left us not far off a trillion pounds in debt, has decided to create even more debt in a pathetic attempt to further paint the Conservatives as the party of 'cuts.'Every recent poll taken accepts the need for public spending cuts. His spending spree has left us the only nation left in recession of all leading nations in Europe and around the world and debt is the reason why. To add to it now is sheer stupidity. Gordon still does not get it, and after this decision can we now please stop this nonsense about how clever Gordon Brown is, there has never been any evidence to back it up and this suggests quite the opposite. What contempt for ordinary people, the man has to be gone soon, Britian cannot afford this fool in power any longer.

An Uncivilised Audience with an Uncivilised Man

This evening Nick Griffin appeared on what will be the most watched Question Time in years. He came across as slimey, evasive and was heavily challenged and shown up again and again by a panel who clearly has a strategy to do so. so, a bad night for Nick Griffin then?

Sadly not. Despite Griffin's poor performance, the show was marred by what has to be the most disgraceful audience I have ever seen. They behaved like a lynch mob, a bunch of nasty, uncivilised football hooligans. Anyone considering the BNP as an option will therfore have been less interested in Griffin's performance and more interested in the biassed way the thing came across and the fact Griffin was able to look like he was bullied. Things the BNP have played on forever, things that increse their vote.

In additon the audience submitted the questions, which included nothing about the big stories of the week, adding to the feeling this was a lynching rather than a debate. Not one question on the postal strike? The audience were pathetic, played into Griffin's hands and let him off the hook. If the BNP vote goes up after this, it will be that Question Time audience who are to blame. Shame on them.

Student Union ideas will not beat the BNP

Before we begin let me make one thing clear, I absolutely loathe the BNP and the fact they have councillors and MEP's in this country. the reality is though though, they do. Labour MP Peter Hain has launched an eleventh hour attempt to stop Nick Griffin, the BNP's leader, appearing on question. The BBC themselves here report that he has failed.

Hain's intervention is of serious concern. Childish student union style 'no platform' policies for such people give them credibility by claiming they are excluded from the mainstream. I agree with the BBC, let's get them on, I look forward to seeing Labour's Jack Straw, Tory peer Baroness Warsi and company tear Griffin and his horrible racialist rabble to pices. It appears Hain has leaned nothing from the BNP's success, his way gives them real credibility, tomorrow night we can see BNP for what they really are.

Labour 23% behind in England

Good news for the End of Labour campaign. The detail of a recent MORI poll puts Labour 17% behind nationwide and 23% behind in England accoridng to analysis done by Mike Smithson of Political Betting. These figures would lead to a big Conservative majority, and the end of Labour. It appears after the conference aftermath has settled, the Conservatives austerity message has triumphed over Labour's pathetic attempts to claim they can carry on spending.

The site also quotes two other polls from ICM and Canadian pollsters Angus Reed also confirming 17% leads for the Tories. This means the 10-14% leads that were being enjoyed prior to the conferences, have gone up afterwards. Given the key messages will be the ones used in the election campaign next year, this is very good news indeed. Gordon and co are looking down the barrell, with little opportunity now to turn it around. What a shame.

Wilders appearence highlights a difficult dilemma

On Friday contreversial Dutch MP Geert Wilders came to the UK. He believes the Islamic holy book the Koran should be banned in his home of the Netherlands and came here to debate why he believes, the Koran and the customs that come from it, are a threat to European culture, including in the UK.

The peer who invited him, Lord Pearson, does not ebleive the Koran should be banned, but wans much more debate around the subject. The two disagreed on this in a civlised manner. That is more than can be said for some of the protesters who showed up to attack the decision to let Widlers here at all. They seem to be determined to prove Wilders has a point.

I don't except the case for banning the Koran either. But the portesters response does beg the question whether actually freedom for some extream groups needs to be restricted to protect the freedoms we value in society. When I refer to extream groups, I do not mean Builders, I mean the proteserts who took the chance to call for Sahriah law (which includes barbaric punishments such as 100 lashes, stoning to death and hand and foot amputation for certain 'immoral crimes' as they put it), and some for Builders himself to be sentenced to death for his views.

Lord Pearson points out such people are a small minority of Muslims, and this is of course true. On the other hand anything to toughen the laws on these people will be seen by many mainstream Muslims as an attack on them. It's a difficult dilemma for anyone who cares about Freedom, does that include the freedom to call for the full imposition against peoples will of Shariah law, or the right to call for someone to be put to death? or is allowing this a step by step approach to accepting an Islamic state and restrictions against people who support an Islamist (the pursuit of a world under Shariah law) agenda a neccersary evil in the short term to route them out, and imprison or send home if they are not from here, people abusing our freedom to pursue this agenda? Could current incitement laws by extended to include such people automatically? Should the next protest that has people calling for others to be put to death be met with the entire protest being shut down by arrests foreveryone holding such placards, as they are inciting hatred and our a threat to our culture by definition?

Wilders appearence creates more question than answers. Many will be baffled however over why so many are so concerned with Wilders coming here, yet those calling for public stonings or people to be sentenced to death for holding a different point of view, are allowed to protest in such away without so much of a flicker of a suggestion that this is not acceptable.

New Tory Women 4 - Jane Ellison

Next up in our round up of key battles that will hopefully propel new talent into the commons is Battersea, home of the Battersea Dogs and Cats home, the Royal accademy of Dance and new Covent Garden Market. Situated on the south bank of the Thames, Battersea is the first of our 'legitimate tory targets.' The three previously mentioned, while won by Labour in 2005, officially begin the battle as Tory utra marginal seats after boundary changes. Battersea is not, it is a geniune Labour seat, if only by a few hundred votes.

The Labour MP is Martin Linton, the woman hoping to see the end of Labour in Battersea is a Bradford born Yorkshire girl Jane Ellison. She currently works for the John Lewis partnership and has fortprevious parliamentary elections in Barnsley and in the Lancashire town of Pendle, itself a Tory Target partly due to Jane's work slashing the Labour majoirty in 2005. True yorkshire grit in Battersea sounds like a fine combination, her website is here.

New Tory Women 3 - Penny Mondaunt

I've decided to add some more of the candidates, in particular the potential new breed of Tory women, that i'll be looking out for in the next election, as current news is dominated by the re-heated expenses affair, which while I found it all facinating at the time, the sequal I am finding rather dull.

North Portsmouth is another seat won by Labour in 2005 that boundary changes marginally give to the Tories due to the addition of a 'Baffins' ward which was previous in the south constituency and is a more Tory area. Even so the projected majorit is less than 100, The Tories will need to substantially increase that and safely hold the seat if they are to by the next Government.

The candidate is Penny Mondaunt, taking on the incumbant Labour MP Sarah McCarthy-Fry. She has a wide range of experience including teaching, working in the orphanages of Romania and being an magicians assistant to a former magic circle President. She has a strong communication background with the Freight Transport Association and the National Lottery. Let's hope the combination of magic and lucky numbers remove the Labour MP and take her to the commons. Her local campaign site is here.

Milliband contnues two faced campaign

David Milliband, a man once laughably considered a Labour leadership contender, has once again attacked the new group including UK Conservatives in the European parliament. Certainly I would concur that not all the views of some of those in this new group are not to my taste. Sadly Mr Milliband seems to ignore the extreamist in the socailist group in which his party sits.

The Socialist group includes an Irish MEP who used to be a member of the IRA, A Polish party whose leader has accepted honoury degrees from the Interegional Accademy of Personnel Management, an anti-semetic institution that has an America White Supremacist as an honoury proffessor.

Their group also includes an Italian MEP who denies 9/11 ever happened and was a huge supporter of Russia's gorrila aggression against Georgia. They have also awarded assocaite membership to a Turkish party with links to a terrorist organisation. And then there is who the socialist group do not have in. Asutrian MEP Hans Peter Martin, a devoted pro-European, exposed over 7,000 examples of expenses abusive in the Ruopean parliament, for doing so the socialists sacked him.

Coming from a Labour party who sits with a group with that record, nobody should take lectures from the likes of Mr Milliband. It is a fact of life in the corrupt European Union that due to having to sit with people from other countries, you will have to sit with some not so savoury characters to get your voice heard, If you want to be holier than thou Mr Milliband, how about stop being two faced about it first and deal with the terrorist supporters, 9/11 deniers and those who turn a blind eye to corruption on your own side, before you start lecturing everybody else.

The EU has British blood on it's hands

In August the European Union introduced by force a 48 hour working week restriction which has had a huge impact on the Health Service. The Times report that in the view of the Royal College of Surgeons, the new law is not only damaging patient care, but in some cases is leading unneccersary deaths.

Yesterday Labour Minister Ben Bradshaw attacked David Cameron's distain for big Government, claiming without big Government the Cameron's would not have gotten the best treatment for their disabled Son Ivan. Leaving aside the cheap nature of Bradhsaw's remarks, this is exactly why Bradshaw and Labour are wrong. This is a report from hugely dedicated surgeons who are desperate to give the highest level of care possible, such disire from staff is why the Cameron's got a good experience, INSPITE of not because of Big Government. In this case Big Government, in this case in the form of the EU, is getting in the way of that care. There are many other areas where Labour's big Government is doing the same.

This is merely one example of many, and why Cameron is right to praise NHS staff, while working to remove Big Government. getting in it's way. It also shows why the EU cannot be trusted with social policy and a campign to repatriate such powers is desperately needed.

Far be it for me to defend Tony Blair but...

To use a memorial service to honour war dead, and abuse the fact such a thing is held in a church institution, to a religous leader to make cheap political points, is simply outrageous.

I am not going to criticise those who have lost people in Iraq or Afghanistan, they have every right to respond how they choose given their loss. The Archbishop of Canterbury on the other hand, should know better. To ambush Tony Blair, who is attending a service to honour those who have lost their lives due to incredibly difficult decisions he had to make in office, a hard enough thing to do anyway, is a disgrace. This more evidence we need to keep religion and politics totally seperate, and should be a warning for all politicans. From a supposed leader of the 'moral establishment', the Arhcbishops behaviour was morally reprehensible.

Is this what they meant by Mr 10%?

David Cameron, a few weeks ago dubbed 'Mr 10%' by Gordon Brown concerning the Tories plans to cut public spending by 10% (before Brown had to admit he was planning the same of course) has now given the name a whole new meaning.

The Sun report the in the light of the recent conferences, Cameron's popularity has risen by a whole 10%. now we know what it really meant. The poll also shows the Conservatives now 14% ahead of Labour, more than enough to see Gordon and his uselss rabble gone for good. Another huge set of events nearer the election are passed, and the end of Labour still looks nigh. Very good, but let's not believe it until they are gone.

Tory Conference, the good, the bad and IDS

So the conference season is over, in reality none of the parties had a great conference. The liberals played class war with the mansion tax, Labour were, well, Labour and the Tories have had a mixed bag. My breakdown is here.

The good
*William hague promising to ammend the 1972 EU communities act to enshringe in law the right to a referendum for any furth transfer of powers to the EU.
*George Osbourn's brilliant Grim Reaper speech. His pledge to abolish NI for new businesses for two years is hugely welcome. He also rightly stuck to the inheritance tax proposal.
*Boris Johnson's destruction of Jeremy Paxman on Newsnight
*Parts of David Cameron's speech, particularly pointing out the 96% rate of tax for the poorest in society.
*The commitment to doubling the allowances for members of the armed forces.

The bad (or not so good if you prefer)

*Cameron's new obsession with 'community' a concept responsible for many of societies ills.
*The continued obsession with specifcally marraige in the tax system, a complete irrelevance to the real issues.

And then there was one thing I really cannot get excited about. The fact that Iain Duncan Smith, the man the party kicked out from being leader, will be in charge of issues around social breakdown. The religous rigth element of the party will be the Tories greatest threat once in Government in my view, to hand one it's exponents such a huge role is a big mistake.

Overall, The Tories have done enough to justify themselves as an opposition and removing Labour as a worthwhile objective. They have also shown though, the Government of our dreams the will not be either.

Teaching Unions attack 'Segregation'

Today in Machester the Conservative have unvailed plans for 12 high class technical schools to promote specialism in science and engineering, to get those enhusiastic about such things involved from an early age.

So what say the teaching Unions. I bet you can guess. They are against it. They accuse the Conservatives of creating 'Segregation' and 'invidious devides.' Yes the champions of mediocrity that have played key roles in destroying eduction for the lat 40 years are at it again.

Education is the biggest long-term challenge for a new Tory Government. It needs redical reform, and if it is to be the best, it needs some segregation, and lots of elitism, a recognition that some children are frankly not very good at some things, so need a different kind of education to achieve their potential. Yes, that means creating some devides too. The Unions don't like it, because an excellent education system would render their role redundant. The whinging Teaching unions need to be smashed by Cameron's Government, only untilthese defenders of the debased status quo are defeated, will we have an education sytem worth of the name. I'm including this proposal in my reasons to vote Tory list.

Something Harriett Harman knows nothing about... equality before the law

Last week in Brighton Harriett Harman spent most of her time lecutring us on what she said the Sun newspaper knows nothing about, equality. Well it seems Harman thinks she is more equal than others, particularly when it comes to the law. She is under investigation for alledgedly driving off after a car crash while driving using a mobile phone.

Ironically, this is illegal as a result of this Labour Government's policies. Typical Labour all over, dictate to everyone else while doing whatever they like.

Arrogant Brown welcomes Irish Referendum result

Gordon Brown has welcomed the result of the Irish referendum on the Lisbon Treaty. The man who shamefully broke a manifesto pledge to give the UK a referendum, even though polls suggests overwealming opposition, has issued a typically smug statement. The result may lead the way for the treaty to be fully ratified before the next General Election.

The fact the Irish have been asked to vote again after saying 'no' the first time, as Denmark were over Maastrict several years ago, shows yet again the EU is a corrupt institution that has no regard for the democratic wishes of the people of Europe and further relegates the EU to utter irrelevancy in the face of the USA and other growing powers like China and India. By comparison the EU is fast becoming a third rate backwater.

Brown's backing for this shows again he needs kicking out as soon as possible, maybe we should now seriously consider withdrawing from the EU too. A dilemma for David Cameron, and indeed the newly Tory Sun Newspaper, who would have led the anti-Lisbon campaign if we had got a referendum, if the treaty is ratifed before our general Election, surely the choice is accept it or leave. Do they have the guts to finally do it?

The Labour looneys enter the assylum

After Gordon's speech dramatically bombed yesterday, today the looney's took center stage at the labour party conference, which is still going on by the way in case you though yesterday was the end. It appears, they are obsessed with The Sun, wonder why?

First their was our old favourtie, and my personal choice for Labour leader after the next election, Harriett Harman. She wanted to 'talk about something the Sun know nothing about... equality.' She is correct of course. The Sun don't do the banality of equality. They are interested in talent, opportunity, freedom, all the positive things that an ideological commitment to 'equality' destroys. The type of ideology Tony Blair worked night and day to remove from Labour's baggage when they were winning. Equalility is back on the agenda with pride, oh dear.

Then there is one of the leaders of the most horrible organisation's in Britain today, Tony Woodley, the General Secretary of the Unite union (also one of Labour's biggest donors) He tore up a copy of the Sun on stage. That's right, Labour want to talk policy, by making huge play of what a newspaper does. Grown up politics at it's best, I think not. Seems like the Sun has gone out on Labour, and by claiming they don't care, they prove they really do.

The Sun backs the Tories

The result of Brown's speech is now clear. In a hugely significant move, The Sun have decided to back the Tories. A huge boost to anyone who wants to see the end of Labour. Their call is on their website here. This will also kill dead any positive publicity that usually follows a leaders speech, even if temporary. One of Labour's few final chances to change the game has come to a dramatic collapse. Not that I'm celebrating, ok, maybe a little.

Gordon's Speech piece by peice

Just listened to it again, making some notes, be warned, this will be a long post.

1. Brown claims the Tory judgement is in question because the 'economic call of the century' was required, and the Tories got it wrong. He also claims the Conservative Party are the only party in the world opposed to the economic stimulas This of course is not true, many parties opposed it. In terms of Govenrments, those who provided cautious stimulus are now better placed to come out of the recesssion The UK is not one of them. They are better plcaed beacuse they ignored Gordon's calls. Gordon also, not content with made up figures regarding 500,000 UK jobs being saved, despite the fact unemployment is now higher than in 1997, now claims the actions aved 15 million jobs world wide. What a load of garbage Mr Brown.

2. Brown talks about the 'lost generation' of the 1980's. What about New Labour's lost generation. educated in poor ideologically driven schools, a generation lost to binge drinking, knife and gun crime, drugs. What planet is Gordon living on if he thinks there is no lost generation today, with less hope than ever.

3. Gordon claims Labour is the party of business and enterprise. Yet he is currently planning an increase in small business corparation tax and extra regulations costing businesses billions, at the time they need help most. On top of all the other measures over 12 years he has put in to crush private enterprise in favour of the unproductive social sector.

4. He talks about middle class values being Labour's values. that will come as news to most middle earners, whom he announces measures which will take more from them later in this speech.

5. He talks about 'two options on public spending.' correct, more tax and spend and debt under Labour, or at least some semblence of fiscal responsiblity under the Tories. Labour of course now have to plan cuts, so awful their economic management has been.

6. He announced he plans to raise the higher rates of tax, this is not new, but will ensure talent leaves the country.The only way for this not to happen of course is to kick the Government out. He also announced plans to raise the NI contribution by 0.5%, this will hit employers and ordinary working people, whose 'values' he piously claims to share. Also, so much for protecting jobs.

7. He announced a quarter of a million child care places for 2 years olds, nice you may think. Oh, it won't happen for 5 years, and it will be paid for by removing chidlcare subsides for others. Another shamful tax that will certainly hit the 'squeezed middle class' Brown now claims to love so much.

8. State run homes for single mothers and AV+, see my previous post.

9. Apparently Tony Blair 'started' the peace process in Northern Ireland. Sorry, I think you will find that was John Major.

10. Apparently countries from every continent look to the NHS for inspiration. A pathetic attempt to tie himself to the US reforms of Barak Obama, who for the record has said and I quote. 'I don't support the Brittish system.' Only really Canada does support it, nowhere else has our system or anything similar, most also have better health care.

11. After teling us the NHS is so great, apparently Pensioners need a new Nation Care service. Hey? If the NHS is so great, why can't they deal with pensioners.

12. He tells us Conservatives have no heart, yes he really said that. What a dispicable little man he is.

13. The final claim 'Since 1997 Labour has gvien Britain back it's future.' A future of hight taxes, reckless spending, the biggest debt in history, higher unemployment than whan they began with more on the dole, anti-social behaviour, knife and gun crime higher than ever with a culture of street gangs that barely existed pre-1997, certainly not to make it a huge issue. A future of more and more state intervention 'for our own good', civil liberties destroyed and the talent of huge numbers totally wasted in a dead wasteland of authoritarian misery. That is the future Labour has given us. For a real future, next year, this nasty man reponsible in huge part for the post 1997 future, simply must be gone.

Superman Gordon is back, in his own mind anyway

So here it was, the big speech for the Labour Conference. Once upon a time Gordon 'saved the world.' Now he claims he will 'Change the world again'. This assumes he has already done so once, which he hasn't, the Government has changed Britain though, for the worse.

So to what he promised, first, a Labour manifesto commitment to a referendum on the AV+ voting system. This is a combination of cheap, dangerous and two-faced. Cheap because he believes PR will keep the left in power for ever, what a terrifying though. Dangerous because he opened the conference pledging to fight the BNP to ensure 'they have no place in the democratic politics of this country.' This measure opens the door to facists in parliament. and two-faced because, well a Labour referendum manifesto commitment, remember the last one on the EU Treaty, they lied about that, why would they not do so again.

Then their are state run shared houses for 16 and 17 year old single mothers. After 12 years of creating broken Britain, it is now Labour offical part policy. Also, after baby P and all that, let's entrust the state with more babies. Idiocy at it's worst. He also waffled about anti-social behaviour and tackling it. I don't recall this being a huge issue in 1997, sure there were problems, but not like now. the fact it needs tackling is a miserable legacy of Labour. Like the recession, we are supposed to believe those who created the mess are the ones to sort it out, worse, they don't have the Guts to acknowledge it was their fault in the first place.

This is my immiedate thoughts after just hearing the speech for the first time, I may post more later, probably after deciding this speech was even worse than I first though.

The Labour fight Club

Told you, the word in Brighton at the Labour conference is 'fight' Gordon Brown is ready for 'The fight of our lives.' Peter mandleson wants 'Fighters not quitters' Yvette Cooper states there is 'More to fight for' Delegate after delegate wants to fight. If they win the fight, 5 more years of higher taxes, reckless spending, anti-freedom measures, surrender overseas, state control of everything. This is what they are fighting for, these people are scary, the only good thing about it is if they were to lose, now that, would be fun.

New Tory Women Series - number 2 Angie Bray

Another battleground seat which due to boundary changes takes us into the unknown somewhat is Ealing Central and Action. It used to include Labour supporting Shepherd's Bush which ahs been lost to the new Hammersmith seat. It also takes in some of the old Ealing Southall seat. The notional projection makes this an ultra marginal between all 3 parties.

The Tory candidate is Angie Bray, currently a member of the London Assembley who regularly used to get stuck in Ken Livingstone while he was Mayor. She was previously a radio presnter for the Armed Forces based in Gibraltar.

Having held the economic brief within her role as Assembley member, her experience of economic matters would make her a fine addition as a new Government would try to sort out the mess they inherit. There are large Tory, Labour and Lib Dem votes here so a tough 3 way battle is under way. Angie's website is here, good luck, let's hope the people of Ealing and Acton get the right choice.

Reasons to vote Tory - Business Tax

I continue the search for positive reasons to vote Tory, and not just out of my dislike for New Labour, a good enough reason to vote Tory that is in itself right now. The opportunity for tax cuts will be limited due to the mess Labour have put the finances in, however the Tories have pledged to cut the main rate of corparation tax, this measure will give companies more rome for manouver and enable them to concentrate on protecting jobs. As a Libertarian, anything to free companies from the state is welcome and cutting tax means businesses and people can spend more of their money, rather than give it to the state, something anyone who shares my view would support in principal.

In addition, Labour have currently proposed an increase in small business corparation tax. Punishing the hardest hit companies in this way makes a mockery of Gordon Brown's own claim to be protecting jobs, as they need the help most. The Tories have pledged to abolish this, another good reason to vote for the Tories.

New Tory Women series - number 1, Esther McVey

One of the interesting new developments should the Tories win next year, is that a whole range of Conservative female MP's will be elected. These candidates are also in the battlegrounds that will determine the election outcome. One absolute must win is former TV presnter Esther McVey who is stadning in Wirral West.

Since the last election many constituencies have had boundary changes, Wirral West was won narrowly by Labour last time, the projection is this seat falls Tory on the boundary changes alone, past experince however has brought question marks over the accuracy of some of the 'notional' projections. Never the less, if the Tories are to win a majoity, this one has to be won.

Former Tory minister David Hunt was the former MP for this consituency before being defeated by current Labour MP Stephen Hesford, the man who recently resigned over the baroness Scotland affair. McVey Vs Hesford is one I will be watching, with McVey being the first ofour Tory women, this blog is backing all the way. McVey's own blog can be found here. I'll also be putting a link up.

Early signs, Labour will at least fight

Day one of Labour's last conference before the election. These are of course the most important conferences of the political cycle, the equivalent of the US conventions if you like, the final chance of a full week of uninterupted coverage for both parties to kick off their campaign and put thir case.

The Labour message seems clear, the word is fight. They want to fight for what they call 'The achievements of our Labour Government.' A phrase that will com up again and again. This conference is going to be facinating to watch, a combination of defeatists who believe the game is up, as opposed to those whose absolute terror about the idea of another Conservative Government means they will be desperately fighting to the bitter end.

As far as this blog is concerned, this week is all about the enemy, those who want another 5 years of this Government. Every attack on the Tories, every vision they have of a long term plan, every reference to their values which has ruined so much of this country being the countries values will send a shiver down the spine and raise the ire.

Watching those who want to defend what you hope will be destroyed, watching those who are terrified of what you hope is to come, watching those who you think have a dellusional sense of what is going and listenening to them for a full week is both terrifying and exciting at the same time. It is all about why I have decided to write this blog, another term, or the end of Labour is how this blog will end, this week these people will build themselves up, by the end the same people will hopefully have been knocked down to election defeat, and the end the Labour Government, for which they are going to fight.

Move over for Darling

They are all at it, now Alaistair Darling does an interview for the Observer, appearently Labour have 'Lost the will to live' according to him. That's what 12 years of Labour rule does for you.

Don't forget Harriett, if only we could

Not to be outdone by the other's, Harriett Harman wants more women in the boardroom because men have been a disaster. Standard anti men stuff from Harriett, even suggesting if the Lehman brothers has been the Lehman sisters, they would not have collapsed. In addition she thinks equality is the key to the next General Election. We also learn she is off to Stockholm the week after next to discuss 'Diversity in the boardroom.' Good luck with that... Stockholm, you'll need it. Let's hope we see lots of Harriett in the campagin next year, she is sure to lose Labour lots of votes.

Meanwhile

While Gordon brown is suffering from memory loss, Peter Mandleson is considering his future. He tells the Times he is ready to work with a Conservative government. Clearly one member of the 'squeezed middle class' that is not impressed by Mr Brown's overtures.

Gordon's memory loss

In an interview with the Telegraph on the eve of Labour's last conference before the next election, Gordon Brown talks about the 'Squeezed middle classes' He goes on to talk about how these are the people he identifies with. That will be news to those who have been squeezed, their taxes raised through the roof, their freedoms trampled all over, the values treated with utter contempt, their aspirations and dreams smashed to pieces by a rotten Government for the last 12 years.

'Squeezed middle classes'? Yes they are. By whom? Gordon seems to have forgotten, by the very Government he leads. He may have forgotten, let's hope the electorate don't. Looks like their camapign to keep hold on power will be shown to have two faces this week if this interview is a pre cursor.

More phoney history

Today the United Nation council backed a resolution called for the disarmament of nuclear weapons. Barak Obama was quick too all it 'historic' So what? In a world wear you can put a bomb in a shoe and blow up lots of people, or subtely use chamical or biological weapons in a much easier way, this grandstanding nonsense on nuclear weapons is irrelevant.

This agreement and the overblown garbage that has already greeted it, shows a shallowness of todays leaders. I say let Iran and North korea have nuclear if they want, they won't use them as weapons, if they really wanted to get after us, there are plenty of better ways to do so. Would this resolution have stopped 9/11, or the London or Madrid bombings, no. This is just more meaningless internationl drivel from the same leaders who gave us the scharade of the G20 'agreement.' If you want a safer world on nuclear, let everybody have it, then there is no chance anyone will ever use it.

Could the Czech's derail the plan for President Blair?

While all signs are that the Irish referendum on the EU Lisbon Treaty will be a yes vote, clearing the way for Ireland to ratify the treaty, a new threat has emerged in the form of senators from the Czech Republic. They want a review which would delay Czech ratification for several months. As all countries have to ratify it, it would delay Lisbon becoming EU Law.

Meanwhile in the UK, Rumours abound that Peter Mandleson's role in the cabinet is to prop up Gordon Brown to survive long enough in hope Lisbon is ratified. If not and the Tories win, the UK will have a referendum that would probably kill the treaty dead. The plan is that if the UK avoids this allowing the treaty to become law, the Blairite wing of the party would find enough favour across Europe to propel fromer Prime Minster Tony Blair (Remember him) to the newly created post of President of Europe.

The Czech move may just kill this plan dead, as if the UK then destroys the treaty in it's referendum, the chances of a British President of Europe will be zero, indeed the post will probably not even be created at all as the treaty has to become law for it to do so.

Ed Balls does something right, shock!!!

Ed Balls has upset the teaching unions by announcing £2 billion of potential cuts in the education budget. What's more, his proposals appear quite sensible, which has doubly worried the unions. Well done Ed.

A Tax claim that will hurt, whatever the truth

Conservative Shadow Chancellor George Osbourne has accused the Government of hiding a £14 billion tax rise, the equivalent of a 3% rise in income tax from the public. This comes from an estimate of tax receipts that Mr osbourne claims cannot add up any other way.

The Government claim this is a lie and the increase comes from predicted economic growth. If so, they look very optinmistic, but from Gordon we are well used to that.

Whether they are just figures based on growth that will probably have to be ammended in time, or a genuine tax rise plan, who knows. The Conservatives will repeat however, again and again, to give the impression people who have suffered enough will suffer some more if Labour get re-elected.

Personally I didn't need a tax claim to tell me that. Indeed the Governments response may well be geinuine. It's tough to feel sorry for Gordon though even if it is the case. In the last election he spent the whole campaign repeating a deliberate lie about £35 bn spending cuts the Tories would make if they got into power, it stuck and did great damage to the Tories. This too will stick and do damage to Labour, whatever the truth. As wise people often say, what goes around, comes around.

Childish Clegg heads to the baron land to the left

This week we have the always strange specitcal of the Liberal Democrat party conference. For those who don't know, there leader is called Nick Clegg. At a time when the Conservatives are on the up, you would think the Liberal Democrats would be jumping on the anti-Labour bandwagon for maximum mileage themselves.

Oh no, not the Lib Dems. There leader has decided to launch his fire on the Conservatives. He describes those the Tories have joined with in the European Parliament who are not totally convinced of the science on amn amde global warming as 'Climate change deniers.' Very student union language with an undertone of likening them to facists who the term 'holocaust deniers' is often applied. A very nasty way to conduct a legitiamate debate, especially aimed at Eastern Europeans who have experinced such regimes first hand. He also attacks the Conservatives for not being a defender of every aspect of the Human Rights Act that so often protects convicted criminals.

Sadly it seems the signs are Clegg has decided to March his troops left when he had the chance to be more inventive, this will doubtless delight many of their activists. It is oftens said many would vote for the Lib Dems if they thought they could win, we are now seeing why it is right that they can't win, they cannot be trusted.

£6000 a second

That's what the Government are borrowing.

By the time you finish reading this sentance, Gordon will have borrowed another £30,000. Nice, but not for us.

A reason to vote Tory

It's easy to dislike this current Governement, but will the Conservatives be any better? They certainly will not be the Governemnt of most peoples dream, that is for sure. The economic scenario will limit a lot of good things they can do, the religious element of the party will try and re-invent policies no longer applicable to todays world.

For me here is a first good reason to vote Tory. The removal of the nasty ID database scheme. An important first step in the scaling back of state power. An early sign that for the conservatives, Orwell's ninteen eighty four was a warning, while for Labour, it has appeared to be a blueprint. The Tories has already also announced they would abolish the ID card scheme. 2 reasons to vote Tory, maybe by the time we reach the election, we will have plenty more too.

Who said this almost exactly 2 years ago?

“This new jobs pledge today sees leading employers in Britain stepping up to that responsibility, aiming to help 250,000 more people into jobs within three years.”
That's right, the then newly crowned top man, Gordon Brown. A pledge to judge on it's record, I think so.

The Stimulas is saving jobs you say?

Yesterday Gordon Brown told us the stimulas package which saved the banks, the economy, the world, the universe and whatever else our superhero Prime Minister has time to do, was also saving jobs.

So today's unemployment count is coming down right? Er, no. It's up to 2.4 million, up 210,000 on 3 months ago. Not only that, unemployment is now higher than when Labour came to office. Not a great record for a man who only a couple of years ago was talking about full employment.

Authoritarian Watch - High heels

Today's comedy story from the TUC comes as they pass a motion to attempt to ban women from wearing high heels at work. This is the left at it's best, at first glance it seems comedic, but when you think it through, the TUC basically think women are stupid and cannot decide for themselves what they wear. A story worth remembering the next time the unions babble on about sexism in the workplace, when it comes to sexism, I guess the shoes on the other foot.

Labour cuts, sort of

I've just watched Gordon Brown's speech to the TUC. The conference, ironically being held in Liverpool, one of the real homes socialism, has hearalded the left's pitch to take back the Labour Party should Labour lose, while at the same time refusing to accept defeat will happen.

Accoridng to Gordon, he was right on the recession and everybody else was wrong. The world followed his lead on the economy, even though many didn't. He thinks his actions have saved hundreds of thousands of jobs, that's presumably why unemployment is so high. He told us he wanted to go to the upcoming G20 and EU summits to argue for more stimulus, even though the economies that created less of one are in a far better position coming out of the economic downturn the the UK is.

Most wonderfully of all, his choices he keeps telling us, are those of the British people, that's must be why he is so far ahead in the polls, oh hang on a minute, that's not right is it. We also had choices to mkake in the future, stick with him and don't put any recovery at risk, or you get those nasty Tories who will cut, cut and cut services some more. Oh, sorry, hang on a moment again, he admitted he would in the end have to do so, well sort of anyway. Not front line services, whatever that means and not until we were growing again, presumably while the UK piles up mountains more debt.

He wrapped up his feeble speech to hugely enthusiastic applause from the delegates, but only if you compare to a night in a graveyard. If he can't impress the few left who actually want him to win, who can he?

The TUC start the game

I've set up this blog to document the upcoming General Election of 2010. I don't envisage this blog lasting any longer than a couple of days longer than the next General elction.

For what will be by the election 13 years we will have had to put up with a Labour Government. The end of this Government is something I have looked forward to for a very long time. Now we may be nearing the end game, I hope this documents the end of Labour, and the election of a new Conservative Government. It is not certain fo course, it may not happen. There is no guarantee the blog will have a happy ending. That makes this upcoming period all the more facinating.

This blog will be shamelessly biassed, although I am a Libertarian and I will criticise the Conservatives when I don't agree with them. For some you of course, may hope this blog ends in failure and to me at least, the terifying prospect of 5 more years of Labour. In a democracy this is your right, but accept from the off you will not like much what is written here.

As this week starts the TUC conference, which is the begginning of this, the final politcal season in effect before the election. This is a good time to start. I'll comment on the TUC later, but for now we are underway. The countdown clock has begun to the election, and just maybe the end of Labour.