Crossing a picket line

On Tuesday of this week, I crossed a picket line, and didn’t express any solidarity with the picketers.  I walked straight past them, ascended the stairs and went about my business as usual.  I didn’t pay it a moment’s thought, because the business...

There are so many more reasons to vote Conservative

Yesterday, David Cameron announced the proposed response of the Conservative Party to the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty.  He made it clear that that Conservatives would work within Europe, that the party sees no need to leave the EU, but, in line with our long...

Lisbon…

Vote No. They threatened you They treated you like a fool They pretended it was a new document They didn’t listen to you the first time Your sovereignty, and the sovereignty of other nations is eroded by the  treaty Whilst I’ve tried to think of all the...
Brown’s best blarney beggars belief.

Brown’s best blarney beggars belief.

Today, Gordon Brown gave his last conference speech as Leader of the Labour party.   It will not be enough to save his party from defeat, and it is not quite enough to get rid of him in advance of the general election, now widely considered likely to fall on May 6...