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 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...

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...
Milking this for all it’s worth

Milking this for all it’s worth

Guido provided the blogging constituency with its first scalp, and now it’s time to get laid in. The dreadful attempt to smear members of the Conservative Party in the run up to the next general election has backfired, and the useless bastard at the heart of the...