Nick Clegg strong again on MP infringements

Nick Clegg strong again on MP infringements

Nick Clegg, leader of the Liberal Democrats (the UK’s third party) today issued a call for all MPs to be shot once in the leg, in order to prevent them from considering ever doing anything bad ever again. “The time has come to be tough to these...

Why am I proud to be a Conservative? Part Two

The State, Britishness and Community In my previous post I covered why I liked what Conservatives stand for in Health, Education and Defence, and above all, in terms of Freedom, and what that means to me. In this post, I’m going to cover what it means to me to...

No need to protest vote. Vote Conservative.

These are tough times for the world economy, tough times for the EU and very tough times for the British political system. Politicians of almost all stripes have acquitted themselves poorly in the recent expenses fiasco, and faith in Gordon Brown’s government,...

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...

Libertas – An unfortunate shower of cretins

Just posted this over on the Libertas.eu website blog, guessing it won’t see the light of day. To put this in context, I’m responding to the ‘historic opportunity to vote for the ‘exciting and positive vision’ put forward by Libertas:...