At times of international tension and crisis it is vitally important that men and women of goodwill do everything in their power to nuke the enemy before they get us to reach out with the hand of friendship to pluck the flower of peace from the nettles of despair. To help this essential task, Conservative […]
In an interview with ePolitix.com, Francis Maude has compared the Conservative Party’s ‘Built to last’ document to the Ten Commandments and the Lord’s Prayer, saying brevity did not equal a lack of substance. I thought we should have a go at rewriting David Cameron’s major announcements in the form of the Ten Commandments. Here are […]
Ken Livingstone has just been interviewed on the Today programme and faced the inevitable question about his choice of successor to Tony Blair. It’s not often I agree with Red Ken but like him I’m bored stupid by the endless speculation about Blair’s successor and the thought that it might go on for at least […]
This graphic appears in this morning’s Observer. It appears that Old Tories read The Telegraph and New Tories read conservativehome.com. So far, so good. New Tories also ride bicycles. Tick. Drink New World wines. Tick. But I’m not so sure about the rest. I certainly prefer hearty eating to humble pie.
This week has seen the LibDem Conference in Brighton, that time of year when the UK traditionally takes a holiday from having any newsworthy events. So, to fill the gap, the Editor asked me to monitor what is going on overseas using the sophisticated high technology listening devices concealed within the secret dungeon below 18 […]
It seems unfair to have some fun at MPs raising money for a good cause but… ***PS Iain Dale has a good Ming caption competition on his site.
William Norton: "Following press reports that the current party logo was to be replaced, Conservative Home last week launched its own campaign to suggest an alternative. We wished to demonstrate the wealth of creative talent to be found among the wider conservative movement, and to rescue this story from the sneering clutches of the BBC […]
Earlier this week The Times misread an A-lister’s employment at CCHQ and announced that a former employee of the government’s GCHQ spy centre was on the priority list. The Telegraph announced that Pauline Latham was the first female A-lister to be selected for a seat – the seat of Mid Beds. Ms Latham had actually […]
This photo comes from this morning’s Mail on Sunday. Gordon Brown invited Simon Walters and other MoS reporters to join him in watching Thursday’s Trinidad & Tobago match. Your captions please…
Perhaps the most interesting news item this week was the auction of property belonging to the late Princess Margaret, organised by her children to raise funds to pay off their Inheritance Tax bill. In today’s egalitarian society, it seems even the proceeds of death have to be shared. Go on, admit it – wasn’t it […]
Zoo makes Loaded look upmarket and I am not a regular reader but I did part with £1.30 this morning after I heard that Margaret Thatcher had bested Carol Vorderman in a readers’ vote. The most shocking finding was that some readers of Zoo must watch Newsnight as they made Kirsty Wark runner up in […]
The Conservative Home Design A New Logo competition has been inundated with literally several entries. We intend to run the competition for a week or so (or until we all get bored with it) at which point our panel of impressive judges will select the final three for a knock-out poll among our readers. We’re […]
That, according to James Naughtie, is the current Conservative logo, the Flame of Freedom in an item this morning on the proposals to change the party logo. The Today Programme is suggesting that people email them with ideas as to which animal best represents the modern Conservative Party. How helpful of them. Iain Dale trailed […]
IL POSTINO Heart-warming lyrical fantasy. A minor, humble postman has a round which includes the country mansion of a Great Statesman. Gradually their friendship blossoms and Alan, the postman, teaches the Great Statesman to read, write and speak proper. But eventually Alan forms the view that he could do the Great Statesman’s job far better […]
CROQUET-DILE DUNDEE Loveable comedy. A roughneck poacher is discovered by journalists and brought to the big city so that people can laugh at him. Hilarious scenes ensue as he tries to acclimatise to the difference between civilisation and Hull. He’s survived the most hostile and primitive land known to man. Now all he’s got to […]