Category Archives: Tories! Tories! Tories!
Six quickies
1. The reason there aren’t more results for the “Which right-wing ‘blogger’ are you?” quiz; the wannabes (who I’ll be kind enough not to list here) all copy the techniques used by Mummy blogger and Daddy blogger, so there’s very … Continue reading
Wipe your chin, David
Telegraph – Conservative expenses row: David Cameron says MPs have to be ‘open and accountable’: David Cameron has pledged to get tough with MPs and MEPs who break the rules over their expenses following a series of Conservative sleaze allegations… … Continue reading
David Davis
So that was the weird shudder I felt on the Underground as I left Westminster early this afternoon; it was a thousand or so people directly above me turning around and saying “WTF?!” in near-unison. It’ll be interesting to see … Continue reading
Nadine Dorries due to erupt in 5, 4, 3…
Ministry of Truth – Exclusive: Dorries to Face Standards Inquiry Liberal Conspiracy – Dorries facing Standards investigation – updated The smart money is on a totally defiant and somewhat bonkers response sometime today on Nadine’s not-a-weblog. (Find out more about … Continue reading
Caroline Spelman gets a free ride from Iain Dale
Watch the publisher of Total Politics show you his understanding of what ‘fair and balanced’ means here and here. Fans of Iain Dale will recognise the ‘baying mob’ line from his reaction to the Conway affair (summed up marvellously here, … Continue reading
Giles Chichester: so much for David Cameron’s ‘enforcer’
Guardian – Tories’ Brussels enforcer quits over half-million in expenses: Giles Chichester, who three months ago was charged by David Cameron with the role of ensuring that Tory MEPs were behaving scrupulously, stood down in Brussels after being found, over … Continue reading
