CONSTITUTIONAL CLAPTRAP

Cameron still dithers over Constitutional/Reform/Lisbon Treaty, read here.

Contrary to the Telegraph's headline this is anything but a strong signal. I quote:

"If we reach circumstances where the whole Treaty has been not only ratified but implemented, that is not a situation we would be content with. We wouldn't let matters rest there."

PATHETIC!

Cameron has the means to halt the ratification within the UK Parliament with perfect ease should he so choose as I have suggested before.

All that is needed is for him to commit an incoming Conservative Government to legislate to withdraw the pensions of MP's voting against referendum amendments had they been elected in 2005 on a pro-referendum manifesto. This would include MPs from all three main parties and would thus ensure a referendum would be held.

Cameron, of course, being a sister maggot of those Labour/LibDem/Conservative anti-referendum MPs who feed on the corpse of Britain's parliamentary democracy will fight such a proposal for fear a similar weapon might in future be used against him.

The smaller parties have no such fears, they should adopt this idea and force it on the Tories as the Referendum Party achieved in the past.

Arms money from Finland behind Cameron

The report in the Sunday Times, linked here, is headlined as follows:

Vegas casino billionaire bankrolls the Tories

Cameron's New Year Message MESS

At least Brown mentions the looming economic crisis.

Cameron waffles at the start on 60 years of the now clearly lethally poisonous NHS and then proceeds to trot out ever more vague cliches, read it here!

No wonder the Tory lead has begun to shrink in the latest polling.

Vince Cable to lead a Government of national unity perhaps??

Happy New Year.

The Lisbon Treaties Signature - 13th December, 2007

This

Horrendous

EU.


Lies,

Intrigue,

Sedition and

Blackmail

Overpowering

Nationhood.


Tyrannical and

Rotten

Elites,

Acclaim

Totalitarianism

In

Extinguishing

Self-governance.

(Martin Cole, use freely as you wish).

Cameron - illiterate on the Union - innumerate on the economy - silent on the EU

In Scotland yesterday he signed on board a Scottish Constitutional Commission designed to transfer more powers northwards at the further expense of the English, read here.

Even the suddenly rabidly pro-Unionism Daily Telegraph has its commentator admitting surprise by concluding:

Far better, surely, for the Scottish Tories to have bided their time than to have got into bed with Scottish Labour, a party still racked by scandal, and led by someone who says that she never breaks the law; at least not intentionally.

This morning on Radio 4 at 0810 he was opposing nationalisation of Northern Rock, which the Bank of England was reported to be accepting as a necessity only yesterday. How does this incompetent then propose to arrest the huge outflow of taxpayers funds which grows every day and have now exceeded the annual defence budget.

On the substance of the EU Reform Treaty he has been absolutely silent. Today in Parliament his party will have the last chance to draw a line in the sand as far as the EU and this nation's sovereignty is concerned. His spokesman will be watched and reported with interest on our sister blog "Ironies Too"

Party plays public as prats

The shadow housing spokesman has pledged to remove HIPS. Caught out on Radio 4 as planning to continue with the energy certification the Conservative Party again prove their dishonesty.

Energy packs are required by the EU and the Tories will do whatever the EU orders and probably then some, just like every other party represented at Westminster.

The same dishonest idiot is trying the same confidence trick in the Daily Mail, here, but this quote shows the print media is also now highlighting these attempted deceits:

Mr Shapps has said HIPs would be scrapped because they have been an "unmitigated failure".

But the Tories will retain the the energy performance certificate from HIPs, because the EU requires them to be introduced.

Mr Shapps added: "The process should be very straightforward.

Why would Mr Shapps a newcomer to party spokesmanship wish to open his career with such deception? One answer might be that looking at his seniors he has decided that this is the only path for advancement.

Seventeen years down the road of treachery!

There seems little mention of today's important anniversary in the press, but it was indeed seventeen years ago today that the Tories forced Margaret Thatcher's resignation.

Has there been a front bencher of either party since who has put country before self, I am blowed if I can think of one?

Tories shoot their feet again!

So now the party, even today, will not accept candidates who believe that Enoch Powell was correct in even the smallest detail. Good discussion on this absurdity may be read on Blaney's Blarney Blog, from here.

Which leaves the Conservative Party all at sea when it comes to policy or attack when this kind of information is published, as today, in the Daily Mail.

The Greater Good!

An original post just made to Conservative Home for the record. (Had I only done the same for my two earlier comments!):
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HF at 1712 stated "I thought you had held back some figures, well done. Let us hope that the people responsible for the summer shambles such as, Willetts, Letwin. Mercer, Bercow and Ancram have learned their lesson."

It appears he missed Cameron's name from the list, or does the leader of the Tory's now only take kudos and never carry the can.

After this deliberate censorship can Conservative Home at least rename itself 'Conservative Party Home' or do they believe genuine conservatives now will now regularly tolerate deceit?

What an incredible admission!! Made so that you can boast of the past month's turnaround one presumes.

My previous two comments to this blog were edited, if this is treated similarly I will post the two versions on one of my own blogs, perhaps a new one altogether titled Conservative Home Spin! Or why not lets be honest for a change and use the correct term - Conservative Home Deception?

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The reply:

There was no "statistical manipulation or deceit", Martin. We chose to delay one element of the survey for the greater good, and that's at our discretion.

Conservatism wouldn't have been advanced by kicking the party when it was down in such a way.

We never edit comments unless they are abusive or unsubstantiated. Occasionally they will be overridden for irrelevance.

Posted by: Deputy Editor | October 29, 2007 at 19:38

Cameron in Berlin

A quote from the Conservative Party web site, linked here:

David also talked about his belief that "international co-operation should take place between like-minded political parties, as well as countries," and highlighted the co-operation between his Conservatives and Angela Merkel's Christian Democrat Party.

Vapid Cameron once again proves he has little grasp of matters of substance. The essence of Foreign Affairs is, of course, to achieve entirely the opposite by reaching agreement between nations and power blocks which have other systems and beliefs. Who is the real enemy Dave?

The witless and shifty Tory Leader was presumably in Berlin receiving his instructions regarding there being no referendum on the EU Reform Treaty once it has been forced through parliament. His minder on the trip, as made clear from the Saturday Sky News coverage but not the Bolton interview on Sunday, was the former Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee, Baroness Neville-Jones of Hutton Roof in the County of Cumbria, Shadow Security Minister and National Security Adviser to the Leader of the Opposition. Not his Foreign Affairs Shadow, nor the Shadow Europe Minister but the former head of the British intelligence services.

Pity the pictures of Cameron being briefed on the plane then shadowed around Berlin by Dame Pauline were not included by Sky, nor indeed were the brief moments of his being seated beside Merkel before becoming once again swamped by the suits. Well done Sky News for at least being there to get the shots and showing them more than once on Saturday, no wonder young Dave looked scared witless.

Cameron is breaking EU promises AGAIN!!!!

From the most recent Straight Talking e-mail from Roger Helmer MEP comes this:

Cameron's cast-iron guarantee

Writing in the Sun on Sept 26th, David Cameron wrote: "Today, I will give you this cast-iron guarantee. If I become PM, a Conservative government will hold a referendum on any EU Treaty that emerges from these negotiations". No ifs. No buts. No "provided it's not in place by then". David has given his word, and he deserves our congratulations.

Cameron to rat on post-Treaty Referendum

The report is in The Independent, linked here, from which comes this quote:

Nearly 40 Tory MPs have signed a Commons motion tabled by Bill Cash, the arch-Eurosceptic and MP for Stone, which calls for a referendum "before or after ratification" by Parliament. Signatories include the former ministers John Redwood and Michael Ancram.

Speaking at his monthly press conference yesterday, Mr Cameron said such a commitment would depend on "six ifs" – if the opponents of the treaty failed to defeat the Government in the Commons; if they failed in the Lords; if the Prime Minister did not change his mind; if there was not an early election; if every other country ratified the accord; and if no other EU state held a referendum on the issue.

"We simply don't know all of those things," he said. "I am not going to do anything that undermines the focus we have on getting that referendum now."

Must the BNP be the only real opposition?

Church Gresley Ward - By-Election 18 October 2007

Church Gresley Ward

Candidate Description Number of Votes

Jana Beatrice Eaton The Conservative Party Candidate 304
Richard Charles Fallows British National Party 516 (35.4%)
Gordon Edgar Rhind The Labour Party Candidate 639

Bottler Brown gives Tories time to dump Cameron

The commitment by Brown to hold no election either this year or next, although anything that man says should never be fully believed, gives the Tory's ample time to find a Comservative Leader.

In a way an early election would have guaranteed the minimum possible period of a Brown premiership. Now we have the prospect of the Lib-Dems changing to a more youthful leader and all three parties offering more corporatist, state interfering socialism at the next election.

While the tax cuts in Cameron's Blackpool speech were welcome, the whole performance was about as far from conservatism as it is possible to get.

By delaying the whole election topic the campaign for an EU Referendum becomes the most compelling and critical item on the political agenda, as well it should.

Common Sense from Norman Tebbit

The article is in this week's The Spectator, linked here.

Another chilling quote from Fraser Nelson in the same magazine:

One party agent told me that twice the number of people are coming to Blackpool from her constituency — not to prepare for battle against Labour, but, astonishingly, ‘because they hate Cameron and want to see him take a kicking’. They come with the same macabre curiosity that led mediaeval villagers to a hanging.

Samizdata says it better!

The principled-stand-of-the-week by Dave Cameron

Perry de Havilland (London) UK affairs

Dave Cameron is actually a very funny guy. His faux sincerity and Forceful Leader hand gestures (no doubt practised in front of a mirror for best effect), combined with crassly obvious weathervane-like changes of political position, are the perfect stuff of parody. I expect most politicians to be insincere as it is more or less a job requirement, but I find the combination of mannered earnestness and whore-like opinion poll based ideology-of-the-week strangely compelling viewing.

In truth the principle-free pursuit of power he represents is so toxic that I want to have an endless series of Two Minute Hates at the mere mention of his name... but then when I see that phoney baloney shtick of his in full televisual motion and pimple enhancing digital hi-rez colour, I find myself grinning from ear to ear at the sheer absurdity of the man (and indeed the party that voted for this bozo to be its boss). He changes direction faster than a startled fish and the fact anyone believes anything that comes out of his mouth is a source of morbid fascination to me.

Where is Vapid?

At the cleaners it would appear. The excruciatingly sycophantic (and now heavily censored website) Conservative Home had reports he was at a posh fund-raiser at the Dorchester last evening. The editor should be aware that ten pence less than five quid for a small pot of tea is nothing out of the ordinary for the likes of 'call me Dave'

It appears Vapid is in hiding, the only report I can find of any activity whatsoever comes from "Laundry and Cleaning News ' linked here.

The tories are fretting about the opinion polls, up to last week they liked to quote last May's local election results as evidence all was well, with the BNP having come second in three Nuneaton by-elections this year and having lost control of Worcester they should now be considering re-selecting the candidates in their Shadow Cabinet's constituencies if their party is to have any hope of survival, not fretting about A listers and vacant seats.

No cash for Traditional Tory Seats?

There is an amazing report in this morning's Sunday Telegraph here, from which comes this quote:

In a suite of offices at Conservative campaign headquarters in Victoria, London, Lord Ashcroft presides over a list of expectations drawn up by polling huge samples of 10,000 people at a time.

The list is divided into three categories: "development seats", which might just be won and are given £3,000 and include places such as Tooting (majority 5,190); "battleground seats" which are on the edge of what is currently possible for the Tories and which are awarded £25,000, such as Pendle (majority 2,180); and "early gains" which the party thinks it will definitely win and are given £3,000, such as Battersea (majority 336).

In addition, Lord Ashcroft is using his inspections to decide who deserves more money than the formula, and who will get less.

Any observer of the present political scene must be aware, however, that if the Tories really are to fight the next general election under the ineffective team of Cameron, Osborne, Letwin and Zac it is retaining their traditional votes that will be the toughest task. Out in the shires safe Tory seats will be a struggle to hold in the face of massive traditional Tory voting abstentions.

Mission Impossible

The Times of London, 1st September, 2007, linked here:

David Cameron has authorised a poster campaign next week amid Tory fears that Gordon Brown is preparing to announce an election this autumn.

The new advertising will seek to neutralise Labour claims that Mr Cameron has no substance and does not believe in anything, according to allies of the Tory leader.

Cameron ruins Redwood's reasoned Tax Strategy

On Radio 4 this morning the Tory leader was twice if not three times presented with the chance to regain some traditional support. In ducking it he not only lost tens of thousands of potential votes he also finally proved that he lacks the ability of reasoning.

The question posed was why not go for the lower tax strategy of Ireland which has been proven to increase tax revenues rather than lower them. It was quite clear that Vapid's empty mind was incapable of grasping this concept for he kept waffling about stability, by which one assumed he actually meant sustainability!

If Cameron cannot grasp this simple and proven concept there is no excuse for one of his team not drilling some relevant responses into his head. If lower tax rates increase revenues in one year, they are likely to do so for all the years that then follow - stability or sustainability cannot therefore be a probelm!

A computerised dummy would be preferable to this leader, for with modern technology it could not only be produced to look the most appealing for mindless TV watchers, it could also be programmed with voice synthesizers to offer considered responses to predictable questions for the more informed and therefore most likely actual voter.