Category Archives: Tories! Tories! Tories!
The Glen Jenvey story: closure
Let’s skip right past the producers of the Donal MacIntyre programme on Radio 5 Live (more) asking me very nicely not to publish anything that might spoil or date their story, and the rich reward that followed (a single word … Continue reading
“Are you kidding? NOTHING beats my wife!”
This is my response to an email I received on Thursday night. Yes, it’s real, and yes, both the instigator and the interviewer (assuming they are two different people) are for real. I have not edited or changed any of … Continue reading
Play the new and exciting game NAD-LIBS at home or at work
Hi, kids! Hey, do you want to be the coolest and HIPPEST cat in your playground or office? Then show your grasp of current affairs by playing this GREAT NEW GAME with your friends, family and assorted associates: NAD-LIBS! It … Continue reading
Nadine Dorries is no blogger, and no blogging hero
Nadine Dorries, as it was once put so delicately by Dawn Primarolo:, has recently asserted many things to be facts that are not. While stating as facts things that are not facts, Nadine Dorries has also – by the account … Continue reading
Nadine Dorries: conflicting claims
So first we have this: Nadine Dorries – Clarification Posted Thursday, 21 May 2009 at 11:12 I’ve finished going through all my receipts and thought I had better make some things crystal clear: I do NOT own a home in … Continue reading
Nadine Dorries: enough rope
The woman who lied her way through ‘smeargate’ is back and at her brass-necked best on the subject of expenses and what may or may not be her ‘second’ home: Nadine Dorries – Clarification Posted Thursday, 21 May 2009 at … Continue reading
ACA: Nadine Dorries has clearly broken the rules
This latest fuss involving the fragrant Nadine Dorries began when the Telegraph wrote to her with a series of queries, including this one: Land Registry records show that your former family home in ************* was sold in 2007. You have … Continue reading
Nadine Dorries and one or two stays at The Carlton Club
OK, so there’s this place called The Carlton Club where “only persons of full age who support the Conservative Party shall be eligible for membership” and they offer hotel-style accommodation to their members. From what I can make out from … Continue reading
Elizabeth Smith MSP wishes to sit this one out
For the benefit of newcomers, I’ve timelined this one… watch as Elizabeth Smith is seen to attack survivors of the Dunblane massacre, before standing up for them… and then sitting down again: Sunday 8 March Elizabeth Smith MSP is quoted … Continue reading
So the Tories are pro-SOCPA now?
The Herald – Action urged on Parliament Square protest camp: The protest camp in Parliament Square is a “national embarrassment” that is “permanently disfiguring” London, senior Tories said today. Shadow Commons leader Alan Duncan and Sir Patrick Cormack urged the … Continue reading