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A week in May…
So unelected ordinary people will tell MPs whether they can claim a loo roll holder on expenses because they can't be trusted themselves. How distasteful is that? The lack of trust, I mean. An independent auditing body will now be asked to hold these purse strings, a...
Reminding Charles Clarke of the Lisbon Treaty
Following a two-page report in the Eastern Daily Press after Charles Clarke announced he was ashamed to be a Labour MP, our Eastern Region MEP Geoffrey Van Orden penned this reply which was published on the EDP's letters' page today reminding Mr Clarke about the...
Why a UKIP vote is a wasted vote
Conservatives must beat UKIP before they beat Brown, says John Flack, one of our ace candidates in the Eastern Region Euro Election. These are his reasons why: When UKIP asks you to “lend them your vote†at the Euro Election please, please, don’t be fooled...
The highs and lows of football and politics
So once again I ask myself, "how on earth did the week fly by so quickly?" One minute I'm in Diss with our fragrant, choir singing Vicky Ford and Andrew Mitchell, the Shadow Secretary for International Development, visiting an Oxfam store as they share their voluntary...
A week on the road
As you can imagine, I have had a busy week working on the Euro election, in fact I was in a different county in the Eastern region almost every day. Conservatives are feeling very positive and looking forward to the grassroots work in the constituency which MEPs and...
Working on the Euro election
I have a very busy few weeks ahead of me as I am working on the Euro election as Conservative Press Officer for the Eastern Region. Getting media coverage will be particularly challenging because the regional press has been slashed with considerable redundancies and...
The charming Sir Clement Freud
I know I shall not be alone in missing the dry and warm wit of the lugubrious Sir Clement Freud, who has just died aged 84. He was always superb on Just a Minute, and I remember hearing him bantering away not so long ago. He was also very charming company and I first...
Defamation and the law of blogging
There could well be a perception that blogging is lawless following the latest "Smeargate" sensation. In fact, that is not the case. Responsible bloggers know that they also have to adhere to the laws of libel and slander, they wouldn't put their neck on the line. A...
Why “Smeargate” will run and run…
Here is one good reason why "Smeargate will run, and run... Just wait till Iain gets his response for FOI information about whether a smear campaign was also being planned against him. This is what he wrote on his blog a few days ago: "Two weeks ago, on 27 March, I...