David Cameron’s empathy for rebellious youth is striking home. According to a film website, John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten) is considering voting Tory.
quote from Timesonline.
Sunday, July 16, 2006
Friday, July 07, 2006
Answers to May's Polls
How much money is collected from TV licences each year
Answer £3 Billion
(And all I watch is Dr Who & Top Gear.)
If the average price of petrol is 96p. How much of that is Tax !
Answer 62p
(So why are the roads in such a state and traffic so congested Gordon?)
Did you guess correctly?
Answer £3 Billion
(And all I watch is Dr Who & Top Gear.)
If the average price of petrol is 96p. How much of that is Tax !
Answer 62p
(So why are the roads in such a state and traffic so congested Gordon?)
Did you guess correctly?
Thursday, July 06, 2006
Labour's Big Joke
I was thinking what to write on the blog and Prescott turns up again.
Where do I start, let me bring you upto date.
After the revelations of the affair with his secretary. He is now in trouble because he stayed at the ranch of this American billionaire several times and all they discussed was William Wilberforce.
Well it just so happens that this billionaire wants to build a super-casino in the Dome.
Prescott says he didn't discuss this with him, but his old dept the ODPM would have been involved in discussions,but not the man in charge of decisions ( how is that for being'hands on').
Also we are not allowed to mention the other affair this time with an MP(it is a female, before you get to grossed out) in case she sues. No names,but I could be persuaded.
Do I want him to resign .... probably not, he's doing enough damage to labour staying where he is.
Here is Tony's dilemma, Prescott is DPM, but he is also Deputy leader of the labour party, which is an elected position.
So if he is sacked as DPM he can still stay as Deputy Leader.
If he goes as Deputy Leader, there will have to be an election and if you are going to have an election for Deputy you might as well get rid of the Leader at the same time.
The earliest this can be done is at their conference in Sept.
So watch him cling on to then at least.
Oh by the way Prescott's running the country again in August when Tony's away at Cliff's place in Barbados.
Where do I start, let me bring you upto date.
After the revelations of the affair with his secretary. He is now in trouble because he stayed at the ranch of this American billionaire several times and all they discussed was William Wilberforce.
Well it just so happens that this billionaire wants to build a super-casino in the Dome.
Prescott says he didn't discuss this with him, but his old dept the ODPM would have been involved in discussions,but not the man in charge of decisions ( how is that for being'hands on').
Also we are not allowed to mention the other affair this time with an MP(it is a female, before you get to grossed out) in case she sues. No names,but I could be persuaded.
Do I want him to resign .... probably not, he's doing enough damage to labour staying where he is.
Here is Tony's dilemma, Prescott is DPM, but he is also Deputy leader of the labour party, which is an elected position.
So if he is sacked as DPM he can still stay as Deputy Leader.
If he goes as Deputy Leader, there will have to be an election and if you are going to have an election for Deputy you might as well get rid of the Leader at the same time.
The earliest this can be done is at their conference in Sept.
So watch him cling on to then at least.
Oh by the way Prescott's running the country again in August when Tony's away at Cliff's place in Barbados.
Saturday, June 17, 2006
Current Opinion Polls
If there were a General Election tomorrow, what would happen?
Current Prediction: Conservative 19 seats short of majority.
Prediction based on opinion polls from 19 May 06 to 4 Jun 06, sampling 6,602 people.
{ supplied by electoralcalculus.co.uk }
Current Prediction: Conservative 19 seats short of majority.
Prediction based on opinion polls from 19 May 06 to 4 Jun 06, sampling 6,602 people.
{ supplied by electoralcalculus.co.uk }
Saturday, June 10, 2006
BYE BYE Hemel Hospital
Mike Penning MP attended the hospital public meeting in St Albans on Monday night
Essentially:
* The West Herts Hospital trust has a predicted debt of £100 million and hence to clear this debt:
* 90% of Hemel Hospital services will be shut in March 2007
Verulum wing stays and new surgicentre if it is built.
* At present there is no funding for the proposed PFI Hatfield hospital or for improvements at Watford hospital.
* Essentially all the “so called planned” health improvements have been cancelled,
Hemel hospital will be almost closed and Watford Hospital will be expected to cope.
* There will now be a consultation!!!!!
All quite unbelievable.
So Labour and the Bureaucrats have finally achieved their goal of getting rid of our Hospital.
Essentially:
* The West Herts Hospital trust has a predicted debt of £100 million and hence to clear this debt:
* 90% of Hemel Hospital services will be shut in March 2007
Verulum wing stays and new surgicentre if it is built.
* At present there is no funding for the proposed PFI Hatfield hospital or for improvements at Watford hospital.
* Essentially all the “so called planned” health improvements have been cancelled,
Hemel hospital will be almost closed and Watford Hospital will be expected to cope.
* There will now be a consultation!!!!!
All quite unbelievable.
So Labour and the Bureaucrats have finally achieved their goal of getting rid of our Hospital.
Buncefield Aftermath - who's in charge ?
Mike Penning calls for a clear explanation of which Government Secretary of State is responsible for the Buncefield aftermath.
Speaking in the House of Commons yesterday Mike Penning, MP for Hemel Hempstead, called on the Government to clarify which Secretary of State is now in charge of dealing with the aftermath of the Buncefield Oil Depot fire.
Six months have passed since the Buncefield fire, Mike Penning told the House of Commons:
“Since then, 4,000 jobs have been put at risk and our water table has been contaminated, but we have received no money from the Government. Can we have debate in which some Secretary of State makes it clear who is in charge, as the Deputy Prime Minister has been moved from his position?”
Later Mike Penning added:
“At the time the Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott, was quick to make a statement to the House of Commons and quick to visit the scene. He told us that he would be responsible for dealing with the aftermath – but now he has been moved from his position. Now another Government minister should come forward and take on the responsibility.”
Hansard extract:
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead) (Con): On 11 December, just before Christmas last year, the largest explosion that Europe has seen since the second world war took place in my constituency. I praised the Deputy Prime Minister the following day for making a statement before the House. Since then, 4,000 jobs have been put at risk and our water table has been contaminated, but we have received no money from the Government. Can we have debate in which some Secretary of State makes it clear who is in charge, as the Deputy Prime Minister has been moved from his position? I do not mean that in any detrimental way, but this is a very serious matter.
Mr. Straw: Of course I understand the profound seriousness of what happened and the importance of the long-term implications, which are too easily forgotten about once the problem is no longer in the headlines. My right hon. Friend the Deputy Prime Minister was personally concerned about the matter, and continues to be so. I shall certainly raise it with my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for Trade and Industry and for Communities and Local Government. I will get the hon. Gentleman a response.
Saturday, June 03, 2006
Happy Tax Freedom Day !!
Tax Freedom Day 2006 is on 3 June.
How long do we have to spend working for the government, rather than ourselves? The answer is nearly half the year.
The March 2005 Budget moved Tax Freedom Day later by 3 days. The March 2006 Budget means that this year we will have to work yet another three days for the government. These are both historically very large increases in the tax burden.
3 June is the latest that Tax Freedom Day has been since 1988!
How long do we have to spend working for the government, rather than ourselves? The answer is nearly half the year.
The March 2005 Budget moved Tax Freedom Day later by 3 days. The March 2006 Budget means that this year we will have to work yet another three days for the government. These are both historically very large increases in the tax burden.
3 June is the latest that Tax Freedom Day has been since 1988!
Current Opinion Polls
If there were a General Election tomorrow, what would happen?
Current Prediction: Conservative short of majority by 33 seats.
Prediction based on opinion polls from 27 Apr 06 to 25 May 06, sampling 6,729 people.
{ supplied by electoralcalculus.co.uk }
Current Prediction: Conservative short of majority by 33 seats.
Prediction based on opinion polls from 27 Apr 06 to 25 May 06, sampling 6,729 people.
{ supplied by electoralcalculus.co.uk }
Sunday, May 21, 2006
Impact of job change
A passenger tapped the taxi driver on the shoulder to ask him a question.
The driver screamed, lost control of the car, nearly hit a bus, went upon the footpath, and stopped centimeters from a shop window.
For a second everything went quiet in the cab, then the driver said:
"Look mate, don't ever do that again. You scared the living daylights out of me!".
The passenger apologized and said, "I didn't realize that a little tap would scare you so much."
The driver replied, "Sorry, it's not really your fault, it's just today is my first day as a cab driver - I've been driving a van carrying dead bodies for the last 25 years. "
The driver screamed, lost control of the car, nearly hit a bus, went upon the footpath, and stopped centimeters from a shop window.
For a second everything went quiet in the cab, then the driver said:
"Look mate, don't ever do that again. You scared the living daylights out of me!".
The passenger apologized and said, "I didn't realize that a little tap would scare you so much."
The driver replied, "Sorry, it's not really your fault, it's just today is my first day as a cab driver - I've been driving a van carrying dead bodies for the last 25 years. "
Saturday, May 20, 2006
Current Opinion Polls
If there were a General Election tomorrow, what would happen?
Current Prediction: Labour short of majority by 38 seats.
Prediction based on opinion polls from 21 Apr 06 to 9 May 06, sampling 6,532 people.
{ supplied by electoralcalculus.co.uk }
Current Prediction: Labour short of majority by 38 seats.
Prediction based on opinion polls from 21 Apr 06 to 9 May 06, sampling 6,532 people.
{ supplied by electoralcalculus.co.uk }
Press Release from Mike Penning MP
MPs call for County Council to maintain free transport for faith based schools.
Hertfordshire’s nine Conservative MPs have joined forces to call for the County Council to maintain free transport for Hertfordshire children attending faith based schools.
The County Council is currently undertaking a review of funding for transport for faith based schools and is considering scrapping the transport subsidy.
David Gauke, MP for South West Hertfordshire, criticised the proposal. “Faith based schools play an important role in our education system providing parents with a wider choice of high quality education. If the transport subsidy is lost, that choice will be lost for many people. That will be bad news for pupils, parents and the schools themselves.”
Mike Penning, MP for Hemel Hempstead, also spoke out against the plans. “If these proposals go through, families who cannot afford the transport costs will be denied the choice of a faith based schools unless they live close by. That is unfair.”
Hertfordshire’s nine Conservative MPs have joined forces to call for the County Council to maintain free transport for Hertfordshire children attending faith based schools.
The County Council is currently undertaking a review of funding for transport for faith based schools and is considering scrapping the transport subsidy.
David Gauke, MP for South West Hertfordshire, criticised the proposal. “Faith based schools play an important role in our education system providing parents with a wider choice of high quality education. If the transport subsidy is lost, that choice will be lost for many people. That will be bad news for pupils, parents and the schools themselves.”
Mike Penning, MP for Hemel Hempstead, also spoke out against the plans. “If these proposals go through, families who cannot afford the transport costs will be denied the choice of a faith based schools unless they live close by. That is unfair.”
Message from our friends up north
Colleagues will be pleased to learn that last night we won the Labour Leaders’ Council seat in a by-election in “Park Ward” in Fleetwood – part of the Wyre Borough Council.
We won with a 30% swing from Labour to Conservative.
The ward is in Fleetwood, North Lancashire and is the strongest Labour Ward.
The by-election was held because of the death of the Labour group leader.
It was one of their safest seats and has not been Conservative for decades.
The Ward is in the new Constituency of Lancaster & Fleetwood which will become our 114th target constituency and the last one we need to form a Government!
Results: 2003: Labour 600 / Conservative 200
By-Election: 2006: Labour 450 / Conservative: 550
We won with a 30% swing from Labour to Conservative.
The ward is in Fleetwood, North Lancashire and is the strongest Labour Ward.
The by-election was held because of the death of the Labour group leader.
It was one of their safest seats and has not been Conservative for decades.
The Ward is in the new Constituency of Lancaster & Fleetwood which will become our 114th target constituency and the last one we need to form a Government!
Results: 2003: Labour 600 / Conservative 200
By-Election: 2006: Labour 450 / Conservative: 550
Friday, May 19, 2006
Sunday, April 30, 2006
Labour 'Sleaze' Scandals
April 2006 Peter Law’s 'peerage'
April 2006 Charles Clarke & the failed deportations
April 2006 John Prescott's Affair(s)
April 2006 Cherie Blair’s hairdressing bill
March 2006 Tessa Jowell & husband
March 2006 Peerages for Cash
March 2006 Prescott pays no Council tax
March 2006 Margaret Beckett’s Royal Flights
October 2005 Blunkett resigns over links to DNA firm
October 2005 Cherie Gets £100,000 for “charity” speaking tour
October 2005 Stephen Byers apologies for lieing over Railtrack
June 2005 Cherie Opens Shopping centre for Malaysian millionaire
June 2005 Labour MSP Ken MacIntosh resigns over non declaration of financial interests
June 2005 Cherie Blair cashes in on Tony’s Washington trip
March 2005 Labour charges £200 for candidate contact details
February 2005 Cherie Blair embarks on lucrative Australian speaking tour
January 2005 Candy Atherton’s researcher digs for gay Tory dirt
December 2004 Oona King offered £10000 to bed Labour Euro MP
May 2004 Lord Drayson’s company wins non competitive tender contract after £50,000 donation to Labour
April 2004 Beverley Hughes resigns over Immigration scandal
February 2004 Labour criticised by Electoral Commission for late tendering of accounts
March 2003 Clive Betts MP employed rent boy in House of Commons office
December 2002 Cherie Blair apologises over links to conman Peter Foster
September 2002 Labour MP Alan Meale in trouble over deportation case linked to donation
July 2002 Carphone Warehouse chairman claims Lord Levy tried to nobble a £1 million donation
May 2002 Stephen Byers resigns from government after various scandals
May 2002 Tessa Jowell criticises Labour for accepting donation from Richard Desmond
March 2002 Lakshmi Mittal
March 2002 Donnygate Doncaster Labour scandal ends in prison for Labour councillors
February 2002 Arthur Andersen & donations to Labour
February 2002 Martin Sixsmith forced to resign by Stephen Byers
February 2002 Jo Moore resigns over ‘burying bad news’ email
January 2002 Enron accused of buying access to Labour after donation
December 2001 Keith Vaz criticised by Standards Commissioner over business links
December 2001 Nigel Griffiths and £40,000 office expenses
November 2001 Henry McLeish resigns as Scottish First Minister after office expense scandal
July 2001 Hindujahs receive passports after Labour donation
January 2001 Buyer of Millennium Dome Robert Bourne accused over donation to Labour
January 2001 Peter Mandelson resigns for the second time
July 2000 David Blunkett fails to declare income from rent on his Wimbledon home
June 2000 Geoffrey Robinson in trouble with Belgian tax authorities
June 2000 Lord Ali in trouble for using House of Lords as business address
April 2000 John Prescott fails to disclose benefit of Union owned flat
January 2000 Geoffrey Robinson faces fraud inquiry over Transtec
January 2000 Gordon Brown faces Inquiry over flat purchased from Maxwell ruins
October 1999 Ron Davies goes badger watching
September 1999 Scottish Labour Party lobbying scandal
December 1998 Geoffrey Robinson resigns over loaning money to Mandelson
December 1998 Peter Mandelson resigns over Geoffrey Robinson loan
October 1998 Ron Davies’s Moment of Madness on Clapham Common
July 1998 Downing Street adviser Roger Liddle investigatedover lobbying links
March 1998 Lord Irvine’s £650,000 of wallpaper
July 1999 Derek Draper & Lobbygate
August 1998 Robin Cook’s affair with Gaynor Regan exposed
November 1997 Bernie Eccleston’s £1 million donation investigated
May 1997 Mohammed Sarwar accused of bribery
Let me know if there are any missing.
April 2006 Charles Clarke & the failed deportations
April 2006 John Prescott's Affair(s)
April 2006 Cherie Blair’s hairdressing bill
March 2006 Tessa Jowell & husband
March 2006 Peerages for Cash
March 2006 Prescott pays no Council tax
March 2006 Margaret Beckett’s Royal Flights
October 2005 Blunkett resigns over links to DNA firm
October 2005 Cherie Gets £100,000 for “charity” speaking tour
October 2005 Stephen Byers apologies for lieing over Railtrack
June 2005 Cherie Opens Shopping centre for Malaysian millionaire
June 2005 Labour MSP Ken MacIntosh resigns over non declaration of financial interests
June 2005 Cherie Blair cashes in on Tony’s Washington trip
March 2005 Labour charges £200 for candidate contact details
February 2005 Cherie Blair embarks on lucrative Australian speaking tour
January 2005 Candy Atherton’s researcher digs for gay Tory dirt
December 2004 Oona King offered £10000 to bed Labour Euro MP
May 2004 Lord Drayson’s company wins non competitive tender contract after £50,000 donation to Labour
April 2004 Beverley Hughes resigns over Immigration scandal
February 2004 Labour criticised by Electoral Commission for late tendering of accounts
March 2003 Clive Betts MP employed rent boy in House of Commons office
December 2002 Cherie Blair apologises over links to conman Peter Foster
September 2002 Labour MP Alan Meale in trouble over deportation case linked to donation
July 2002 Carphone Warehouse chairman claims Lord Levy tried to nobble a £1 million donation
May 2002 Stephen Byers resigns from government after various scandals
May 2002 Tessa Jowell criticises Labour for accepting donation from Richard Desmond
March 2002 Lakshmi Mittal
March 2002 Donnygate Doncaster Labour scandal ends in prison for Labour councillors
February 2002 Arthur Andersen & donations to Labour
February 2002 Martin Sixsmith forced to resign by Stephen Byers
February 2002 Jo Moore resigns over ‘burying bad news’ email
January 2002 Enron accused of buying access to Labour after donation
December 2001 Keith Vaz criticised by Standards Commissioner over business links
December 2001 Nigel Griffiths and £40,000 office expenses
November 2001 Henry McLeish resigns as Scottish First Minister after office expense scandal
July 2001 Hindujahs receive passports after Labour donation
January 2001 Buyer of Millennium Dome Robert Bourne accused over donation to Labour
January 2001 Peter Mandelson resigns for the second time
July 2000 David Blunkett fails to declare income from rent on his Wimbledon home
June 2000 Geoffrey Robinson in trouble with Belgian tax authorities
June 2000 Lord Ali in trouble for using House of Lords as business address
April 2000 John Prescott fails to disclose benefit of Union owned flat
January 2000 Geoffrey Robinson faces fraud inquiry over Transtec
January 2000 Gordon Brown faces Inquiry over flat purchased from Maxwell ruins
October 1999 Ron Davies goes badger watching
September 1999 Scottish Labour Party lobbying scandal
December 1998 Geoffrey Robinson resigns over loaning money to Mandelson
December 1998 Peter Mandelson resigns over Geoffrey Robinson loan
October 1998 Ron Davies’s Moment of Madness on Clapham Common
July 1998 Downing Street adviser Roger Liddle investigatedover lobbying links
March 1998 Lord Irvine’s £650,000 of wallpaper
July 1999 Derek Draper & Lobbygate
August 1998 Robin Cook’s affair with Gaynor Regan exposed
November 1997 Bernie Eccleston’s £1 million donation investigated
May 1997 Mohammed Sarwar accused of bribery
Let me know if there are any missing.
Friday, April 28, 2006
Worst week ever Again !!
You may be wondering why I haven't commented on the government's self inflicted misfortune this week. Well.. to be honest there is just too much to write, plus I'm still trying to get Prescott images out of my head!!!
Which shocks you more. The Home Office incompetent handling of criminals..and these are the ones they know about.
Or Prescott.
Oh please Lord when will you rid us of these fools.
Which shocks you more. The Home Office incompetent handling of criminals..and these are the ones they know about.
Or Prescott.
Oh please Lord when will you rid us of these fools.
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