Blogs Posts on "Tories"

The police show their true colours by Devil's Kitchen on Nov 20, 2009Via Freedom and Whisky, it seems that the head of Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO)—which, for some reason, is allowed to use the police.uk domain name despite being a private company—is in a bit of a tizzy about Conservative plans to e...

Proof that targeted advertising works? by Skuds' Sister's Brother on Nov 16, 2009I have heard a lot about Eric Pickles putting adverts onto Spotify to promote the Tory party and I listen to a lot of music on Spotify, but I have not heard the Pickles ad at all.  What I have heard many times is the Spotify advert aimed at advertis...

At last, some good news! by Devil's Kitchen on Nov 15, 2009Is it just me, or is this absolutely fucking hilarious?Labour’s cash-strapped party machine is quietly abandoning up to 60 vulnerable seats to divert resources to defend constituencies in its heartlands, according to MPs.It is the first sign that s...

Tories: not practising what they preach by Devil's Kitchen on Nov 14, 2009I think that most reasonable people think that the goverment being allowed to hold inconvenient inquests in secret is a very bad thing indeed.Inquests into some deaths could be held in secret in future after Parliament approved the controversial prop...

IAIN GRAY "GLASGOW NORTH EAST WAS AN ENDORSEMENT FOR GORDON BROWN" UK POLL OUT,TORIES 14% LEAD by Advanced Media Watch on Nov 14, 2009I don't always blog on Saturdays but I just had to publish this!!Scottish Labour leader Iain Gray (Pictured above) said the Glasgow North East by-election was "An Endorsement for Gordon Brown", or was it Jim Murphy who said that? Yet two polls out fo...

Eurosceptic: my fucking arsehole by Devil's Kitchen on Nov 8, 2009As EU Referendum helpfully points out, a number of MSM commenters—including Benedict "Benny" Brogan, Danny "The Fink" Finkelstein1 and Matthew "Fat Tit" D'Ancona2—have all proclaimed Dave's new strategy as a pragmatic and achievable Eurosceptic p...

Pedantry on Cameron by Devil's Kitchen on Nov 6, 2009[This is a guest post by the excellent and sorely missed Pedant General.]Patently Rubbish argues, largely correctly IMVHO, that Cameron's withdrawal from his cast-iron guarantee is essentially reasonable now that the EU Constitution Lisbon is a done...

La politique québécoise un 6 novembre by QuébecPolitique.com on Nov 6, 20096 novembre 2009: Le député de La Peltrie, Éric Caire (ADQ), et le député des Chutes-de-la-Chaudière, Marc Picard (ADQ), annoncent qu’ils quittent le groupe parlementaire de l’Action démocratique du Québec pour siéger comme déput...

Happy Birthday to The Commonwealth: could this be Britain’s future? by Scholars & Rogues on Nov 6, 2009I was surprised to learn that 2009 is the 60th anniversary of The Commonwealth—the association of former British colonies that still, amazingly, continue to work with each and talk to each other on a variety of issues. This would be a cause for cel...

A Tory EU-turn? by Devil's Kitchen on Nov 4, 2009To be honest, one of the best posts on David Cameron's breaking of his "cast-iron guarantee" comes from Stuart Sharpe.So now, with the Lisbon Treaty ratified, David Cameron has ended up a little stuck in the mud. Realistically, he has only two option...