An open letter to Comrades Hoon and Hewitt

An open letter to Comrades Hoon and Hewitt

Dear Comrades Hoon and Hewitt, Let me first say that I am shocked, dismayed, disgruntled, flabbergasted, confused, angered, humbled, incensed, overwhelmed, overjoyed, under-impressed, reddened and outraged by your actions of the last few days. Like you, many years ago...

Kaminskigate

I had a protracted Twitter conversation with @ijclark last evening about Micha? Kaminski, the leader of the new anti-federalist European Parliamentary group. The main bone of contention seems to be the allegation that Mr. Kaminski is an anti-semite and, by extension,...

Worst relaunch ever for Brown

I’ve seen a few companies relaunch, and I’ve been through quite a few in the Conservative Party too, in my long career of membership.  But Gordon Brown’s ‘Building Britain’s Future’ is fucking dreadful. In order to establish as a...

Why am I proud to be a Conservative? Part One

Last night I got an email asking me why I’m a Conservative.  I got a series of questions, based around the stereotypes of the party. “Are you English?” Nope, I replied.  I was born and grew up in Northern Ireland.  Same for my parents. “Are you...