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The eve of the election
I was feeling half elated and half deflated at news of Gordon Brown's Cabinet meltdown; my delight was measured by concern that it would alienate voters even more on the eve of the Euro and council elections. The mass resignations were surely a cunning plan on the...
Counting the minutes to E-Day
Here is a video I made of the Shadow Minister for Europe Mark Francois talking about The Sun's support for the Conservative Party for the first time in 12 years for tomorrow's Euro Election. In the past, this kind of endorsement has been priceless for political...
Simon Heffer needs to go to charm classes
Please do read our Euro candidate Vicky Ford's very amusing post and find out why Simon Heffer needs to go to charm classes. What a grump. Would you want to vote for him if he stands as an Independent candidate? Now our Vicky, a mum of three who got up at...
Susan’s dream has inspired so many
This is my get well letter to Susan Boyle: Dear Susan, you have achieved far more than you could possibly realise. I regard you as an iconic figurehead who has inspired plump and frumpy women in middle age to believe that their dreams can also come true. You have...
Meeting the folks of Brussels Way
As you can imagine, trying to get the local media interested in writing about the Euro elections has been as easy as persuading Gordon Brown to audition for Britain's Got Talent. But now and again journalists come up trumps with their creativity on this very dry - if...
Another jungle celebrity wants to be an MP
Whereas Esther Rantzen could be regarded as a credible political candidate, the same can't be said for former Dollar singer David Van Day, who has apparently expressed an interest in standing as a parliamentary candidate. He is particularly keen on contesting mid-Beds...
A fact finding coastal erosion visit to North Norfolk
I joined Conservative Eastern Region Euro election candidates Vicky Ford and John Flack on a coastal erosion fact finding visit to Overstrand, Cromer yesterday. On this video, you will hear local campaigners from the Overstrand Shoreline Management Committee...
Do celebrities run our country?
There is a great Mac cartoon in the Daily Mail today which brilliantly encapsulates the mood of the moment. It shows Gordon Brown taking a phone call and then turning to his wife who is sitting on the sofa reading the Gurkhas story : "Bad news, Sarah. Joanna Lumley...
Political candidates are only human, you know
If there were 50 hours in the day, it still wouldn't be enough for our Conservative European parliamentary candidates to visit everywhere and do everything they wanted covering the six counties in the East of England during the election campaign. To me, their daily...