Our poll: 'Tory cuts' message backfires on Labour

In our July poll, we asked which economic policy you thought was best for Britain right now: 'investment' or '10% cuts'.

On a very low number of votes, it must be confessed, this blog's readers voted by an exact margin of 2:1 in favour of spending cuts.

It would be interesting to see the same poll continually run with large sample size across all social groups. However, if our straw-poll is anything to go by and two-thirds of the public do think that spending cuts are now more appropriate than 'investment', then it might explain why Gormless and ZaNuLiebour have failed to make any in-roads into the Conservative poll lead.

That, and the fact that most people in Britain now hate everything about ZaNuLiebour and everything they represent anyway...

About the Tamiflu that panic made you rush out for...

This blog is deliberately not expressing an opinion on 'swine flu'. Apart from posting the odd link or two, that will be the position that this blog continues to take.

With that in mind, we did not write this story. It's a Daily Mail report. Not a blog bitch. Not an Alex Jones or David Icke conspiracy story. Judge the Daily Mail as you see fit.

We're just dutifully pointing you to what they have to say. If you don't like what the Daily Mail has to say, take it up with them.

Quote of the Day

"Alan Johnson today launches a wing-and-a-prayer scheme based on the hope that people across the North West will sign up for a glossy ID card, and send a message to their counterparts in other parts of the country that the ID card is the hottest property since Susan Boyle".

- Conservative Shadow Home Secretary Chris Grayling manages to combine a piss-take of the waste of money not-yet compulsory national biometric ID card that nobody wants with a piss-take of Gormless's addiction to crap reality TV shows.

He who swears wins...

Conservative leader David Cameron has swept the headlines today for turning the airwaves Tory Blue in an interview on The Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show on Absolute Radio.

Talking about Twitter, Cameron told O'Connell: "The trouble with Twitter, the instantness of it - too many twits might make a twat".

Moving on to how the electorate feels at the moment, Cameron announced: "The public are rightly, I think, pissed off - sorry, I can't say that in the morning - angry with politicians".

Rather than offending this blog author, we actually give Cameron a +2 on his likeability score for demonstrating that he's a bit more like man on the street than his well-spoken voice might convey.

This all puts us back to the Conservative Party leadership contest and questions about whether Cameron had ever smoked a joint. Rather than damaging Cameron, we remember seeing a TV news clip in which he was approached by a typical South London 'geezer' who dished out lots of 'respect, innit' type compliments to the juxtaposed Tory then-hopeful.

So, well done Cameron for having the dogs' to show that you're a normal guy with a nice accent again.

Now, here's your challenge for the day.

Using as many expletives as you wish, complete the following sentence:

A Conservative leader who doesn't set out his party policy on the Lisbon Treaty and the EU is a twat who is making many people pissed off because...

Or, if you have to think about that one before letting matters rest, feel free to add as many expletives to this sentence as you see fit:

Gordon Brown and Jacqui Smith are...

In the meantime, Mr. Cameron, stop apologising in case the odd twat or two is pissed off at your ability to speak like a normal British person. We reckon that many people will see you more positively. Just remember to stop a tad short of Jeremy Clarkson's colourful vocabulary - no matter how truthful his descriptions!

If you want to see and hear David Cameron turning the airwaves a hue of blue, click here to go to the Absolute Radio page where video clips of his interview are online now.

And still Cameron doesn't want to pick up "hundreds of thousands" more votes...

Interesting though somewhat slightly polemic piece in the Daily Telegraph by Simon Heffer. In a lengthy appraisal of David Cameron - something of an end-of-term report - Heffer states the opinion that Cameron is desperate not to arouse the displeasure of anybody as he plots his course into Number Ten.

Yet Heffer picks up on something that William Hague must surely know, that every Conservative must know, that UKIP must know and be either loving or fearing, and which 'Euro Sceptics' who are still weighting up their voting options certainly are being pre=occupied with. That the Conservatives, under Cameron, still haven't said enough about what they'll do regarding Europe.

As Simon Heffer writes: "The fear that besets the Conservative Party... is of being seen to favour what we used to call the party's core vote. I say 'used to' advisedly, for hundreds of thousands of them are predisposed to vote UKIP if a candidate is available: and in most places at the next general election one will be."

Heffer also raises an eyebrow in criticism at Cameron for failing to: "...stick up for those who fear the effects of the Treaty of Lisbon by offering to repeal that if it is enforced by the time he comes to office, because of the ructions that would cause among the Euro-fanatic minority".

And, frankly, doesn't Simon Heffer hit the nail pretty much on the head? While the LibLabCon might not realise or wish to face up to the fact that a significant number of people want action on the Lisbon Treaty and/or Britain's continuing membership of the European Union, those people know that the Conservatives are on course for Government.

...but many - Simon Heffer's "hundreds of thousands" if not millions - will not vote for the Conservatives unless they give cast iron promises on something a bit more wishy-washy than "we won't let matters rest there".

So, up to the Conservatives. They lost Stuart Wheeler and his millions to UKIP - are they really going to allow millions of voters to seek refuge and hope with UKIP, too?

Quote of the Day

Boris Johnson doesn't let the job get him down. He may have lost the odd deputy here or there (how very careless), but he retains an endearing sense of humour. Speaking at the launch of a website to help graduates find work in London, Boris says:

"There are jobs out there, good jobs. At City Hall, for example, there are ever more vacancies for the post of Deputy Mayor".

Boris Johnson... bless him!

Source: Evening Standard

UKIP vs the BBC: Day Four

The fallout from the BBC's coverage of the Norwich North by-election continues. Following Conservative MEP Dan Hannan's decision to publicly back UKIP's claims of bias against the party, a regional newspaper editor now follows suit.

UKIP, in their war of words with the public broadcaster, need write little on it today.

Instead they leave it to Graham Dines, Political Editor of the East Anglian Daily Times.

His report reveals that UKIP almost filed an injunction against the BBC after they were excluded from a debate on BBC East. The Conservatives, Labour, the LibDems and... the Green Party were invited to participate.

Graham Dines states that UKIP only backed down on legal action after the BBC agreed to a video insert in the programme.

Dines - in a damning article - writes: "...the BBC cannot bear the thought there there are perhaps millions of Brits who want nothing more to do with Europe. If the UKIP vision of withdrawal from the EU ever became a reality, the BBC would have to do what it doesn't like doing and stand up for Britain".

Meanwhile, UKIP's Chairman Paul Nuttall MEP writes of their Norwich North candidate, Glenn Tingle: "His 12% of the vote was the highest vote share achieved by any UKIP candidate at any Parliamentary election" and this marked "one of the most successful days in the history of the UK Independence Party's history".

Nuttall sounds extremely buoyant about the party's 12% vote share - just 735 votes behind the Liberal Democrats - and they are enthusiastic about the forthcoming General Election.

Provided Gormless calls one and doesn't impose martial law in order to cling to office, that is.

Nice work if you can get it, Nigel

Bless Nigel Farage. The UKIP leader is one of very few Brits to get to go into the heart of the European Union den - and Nigel constantly uses it as an opportunity to tell them what we think of their institutions.

Which proud Brit wouldn't like a chance to do the same? And Nigel actually gets paid for the privilege of doing it. Nice work if you can get it, Nigel.

He's just posted an entry up on UKIP's website describing his first week back following the European elections - and boy, does he sound like he's having fun.

Here's just an extract:-

"During the debate, many speakers emphasised the importance of the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty. They really badly want this treaty. I used my time to directly attack Barroso over his refusal to accept the French , Dutch and Irish referendum results saying that he is an enemy of democracy. All of this face-to-face within a few feet of him. He looked very uncomfortable. When I finished, Barroso rose on a point of order, I had never seen this before. He asked the President whether it was allowed for MEPs to display national flags and if it was he would fly his. He then produced an EU flag and put it on his desk. So there we have it – the EU flag is a national flag. Remember, they are not pretending anymore. I got up and strode over to him, amidst much noise. From the look on his face, I think he was worried what I might do. I pointed to the huge EU flag on the wall and said to him: "I think your side is well covered!" This is going to be up close and personal. I'm looking forward to it."

Give 'em what-for for us too, Mr. Farage!

To read the rest of Nigel's diary of his exploits in ripping the European oligarchy a new one, click here.

Lord Salisbury puts pressure on Cameron over EU

In an interview with the Daily Telegraph, Lord Salisbury has put pressure on David Cameron to start adding more specifics to the Conservative Party's policies regarding the European Union.

Lord Salisbury tells the newspaper: "He has to begin urgently to put a bit of flesh on this rather vague 'we will not let it rest’ policy. What does it mean? Are we going to renegotiate our relationship with the EU? We need a clear idea of where we are going and how we will get there. He knows the EU is a disaster, a great idea that has taken a wrong turn and urgently needs reforming. All of his instincts are pushing him towards doing something and in the end I hope that he is brave".

One of the interesting thoughts Lord Salisbury also reveals concerns the House of Lords. He suggests that the reformed House of Lords should have the power to call referendums on important constitutional or 'irreversible' decisions.

This latter idea chimes well with this blog. We think it's high time that the United Kingdom had a Constitutional Court comprised - not of the judiciary - but of the three estates: the people, the Lords and the Sovereign.

If Germany can have a Constitutional Court that says: 'you ain't taking over our country without our say' to the European Union, why the hell can't a historic country like ours have the same?

Answer? We can. Just not under this appalling Labour Party shower of totalitarian, authoritarian, nationhood betraying idiots.

A thought for the new week

We thought we would start the week with a positive thought. Or a wish-list of sorts, anyway.

William Hague pointed out in the House of Snouts recently that it is a popular myth that our nation does not have a written constitution. He went on to state that we do have a written constitution, it is just written down in a number of different places.

The more we've looked and the more we have researched, the more we understand what it was Mr. Hague was making reference to.

Now, William Hague is a total scholar who understands the functions of Britain and our constitution. He is not alone in that. Another scholarly politician who has great understanding is Boris Johnson. There are quite a number of politicians who do.

So, our positive thought for the start of the week - our wish-list, our daydream, our desire... wouldn't it be lovely if the politicians who do understand our constitution, who do understand the sovereignty of Her Majesty, of Parliament, of the people and of the nation were to join together in a Grand Coalition...

...and rescue this country from the erosions of our constitution and liberties that Labour have presided over?

The author of this blog is a mere working class boy. You'll hear no 'tally ho'-ing or see any ermine around here.

But you do read the words of a proud Brit who wants those who understand the proud history of our nation to restore things to how our forefathers intended them to be.

Tally ho!

Quote of the Day

"I've got... You know 15 different sorts of people can snoop into my house or film me taking my children to school and I'm not in control of this and it makes me mad as it were."

- Conservative leader David Cameron expresses his anger at 'Big Brother Britain' on BBC1's The Andrew Marr Show

This was our winning quote of the day. However, there are one or two close runner-ups on Jeremy Clarkson's forum.

The global appeal of George Galloway..?

It's been an interesting weekend for The Talking Clock. We've registered our most traffic ever. The reason? Mere mention of the name George Galloway.

This blog makes mention of many people in British political life. However, not one politician has ever created as much traffic to this blog as our mention of George Galloway on Thursday evening did. And it's been visitors from all over the world looking at what we have to say about him.

This blog does think, on reflection, that British political life needs more people like George Galloway.

You can agree with him or disagree with him - and this blog author frequently does. On reflection, much of this blog author's dislike of Galloway stemmed from a momentary hypnotism by the stare of Blair. Like most other Brits, we soon woke up.

However, everyone has to surely admit that Galloway says what he thinks. He can not be silenced by anyone, he will not be intimidated by anyone and he stands up for what he believes in.

What a refreshing contrast from the political drones and lobby fodder who traipse through the lobbies of Westminster doing whatever their party Whips have told them to do.

One thing that is certain is that George Galloway cannot be bullied or pushed around by anyone. He is his own man and has his own mind and passionately stands up for what he believes in.

As we say, you can disagree with him - and this blog author frequently does. However, you have to admire a man who - sadly all too rarely in British politics these days - actually does argue passionately from the heart and according to conscience.

We note, too, that George Galloway voted in favour of a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty - a referendum that you were denied by the majority of MPs whose identities you will hopefully remember come the General Election.

Love him or hate him, we want more like Galloway. We're sick to the back teeth of tribal party apparatchiks who do what they are told by their party machines - rather than following the wishes of their constituents.

UKIP vs the BBC: Day Three

The author of The Talking Clock has received a reply from the BBC after we joined UKIP in complaining of bias in their coverage of the Norwich North by-election.

Alas, we suspect we're the recipient of a standardised reply. We seem to remember a very similar text when we complained about Yachtgate - when George Osborne was given a harsh ride over meeting a Russian oligarch whilst Mandelson was let completely off the hook.

The BBC's reply to our complaint concerning UKIP reads:

It's not always possible or practical to reflect all the different opinions on a subject within individual programmes. Editors are charged to ensure that over a reasonable period they reflect the range of significant views, opinions and trends in their subject area. We don't seek to denigrate any view, or to promote any view. We seek rather to identify all significant views, and to test them rigorously and fairly on behalf of the audience. Among other evidence, audience research indicates widespread confidence in the impartiality of the BBC's reporting.

We covered the parties who stood the greatest chance of winning the election at the time, Labour were in the news because it was unlikely they would win the election after the resignation of Dr Gibson. The Tories were the most likely to win the seat and the coverage of these two parties was always going to be more intense than other parties such as UKIP who were unlikely to win the seat as proved by the poll results.

Senior editorial staff, the Executive Committee and the BBC Trust keep a close watch on programmes to ensure that standards of impartiality are maintained.

I note you hold strong views on our political coverage and to this end I can assure you that I've registered your comments on our audience log. This is the internal report of audience feedback which we compile daily for all programme makers and commissioning executives within the BBC, and also their senior management. It ensures that your points, and all other comments we receive, are circulated and considered across the BBC.

Thank you again for taking the time to contact us.

You're very welcome, BBC. We hope you'll be equally as thankful for our contact when we contact you again and make it a stage two complaint.

Sunday Paper Review: 26th July 2009

We reckon the biggest story is in The Observer. We'll just supply the link. We've got enough to be paranoid about, openly slating the European Union and ZaNuLiebour, without passing a comment on this story.

The Sunday Telegraph states that a Parliamentary committee report will heavily criticise the Government over it's handling of the 'swine flu' issue this week. And, whilst the public are being terrified out of their wits by hysteria on the subject, it appears that Andy Burnham is going to have to face senior doctors. The doctors are to make one last ditch effort to get the Government to refuse to implement the European Union Working Time Directive which would bar them from working more than a 48 hour week from Saturday. Great timing! Just as - if the Government and media are to be believed - we're all doomed from the piggy sneezes, in wade the EU and tell our doctors they can't be at work. Could you make it up?

The Independent on Sunday has a refreshingly new take on the 'swine flu' story as it exposes what it dubs 'Swine Flu plc' - highlighting the vast profits being raked in by everyone from drugs manufacturers to internet opportunists as, in our opinion, some people panic in response to the relentless scare stories.

The Mail on Sunday has a story from the forthcoming legal battle between US 'shock jock' Michael Savage and that rather lovely, caring, and liberty loving former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith. We say all that with just a hint of sarcasm. Anyway, the paper claims that Home Office emails show that Savage was only banned from the UK because he is white and not Islamic. According to the report, they were scared of how it might look without the added 'balance'. Hey - we're just repeating what the Mail on Sunday is reporting. But on the subject of Jacqui Smith... what was it Jeremy Clarkson called Gormless recently? Seems to have slipped our mind...

And here's one of her lovely schemes in action. Yup, the Sunday Express has a report on how seven year old kids are now part of the system - grassing folk up to the State and "even ticking off motorists who break the law". A controlling state dispensing with democracy using little children to spy and report on people for minor transgressions. This is all starting to sound vaguely familiar... will our police force pound the streets in brown shirts next? History tells us where this all leads.

Talking of the kids and childhood not being quite what it was anymore, the News of the World reports that BBC bosses are ditching the Blue Peter garden and, when the show is shifted to Manchester, they will have a virtual reality garden instead. Yes, we did look at the calendar but no, this is not April Fool's Day. Anyway, this will probably help the BBC with their left wing guilt over carbon footprints. And it might even mean them paying less in carbon taxes when some B'Stard decides we have to pay those. Watch this space.

Now, if you thought dumbing down on TV was bad enough, here we go again. The Sunday Times reports that English Heritage is to review all of the literature for it's historic monuments and rewrite them so that they can be read by those who have a reading age of 10. Which is probably just as well - apparently both Labour and the Conservatives are proposing hiking University tuition fees to £7,000 per annum. It's all about 'education, education, education'. Still, the latter should help the LibDems wipe up a few more student votes.

Quote of the Day

"Labour's turnout in the Norwich North by-election was so bad that even its candidate didn't turn up".
- Matthew d'Ancona in The Telegraph

UKIP vs the BBC: Day Two

Anecdotal evidence from the internet suggests that UKIP supporters are indeed contacting the BBC to make complaints of BBC bias against UKIP in coverage of the Norwich North by-election.

Having reflected upon the coverage that we saw - which constantly made us believe that the by-election was a race between the Conservatives, Labour and the Green Party - we have, with regret, also contacted the BBC about this matter.

The fact is that UKIP - a party we admit to supporting the policies of - has shown that it can and will carry a large number of votes.

The fact is that the majority of the people of the United Kingdom do not wish to be citizens of a United States of Europe.

We want our country back and we want it back now.

The conspiracy against our nation and it's sovereignty must come to an end. It is treason.

And UKIP are the breakthrough and only mainstream party who promise to get us our sovereignty back.

We continue to state that it is our belief that it was unlawful to sign up to the Lisbon Treaty anyway... and we do not accept that it is now a fait accompli. We know a law that we believe says that the Lisbon Treaty bill is null and void in the United Kingdom and always will be...

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The man we would have as a future Prime Minister - Dan Hannan - has crossed the party divide to give complete support to UKIP. Not only does he back the party up, but he also publicly calls for members of the public to boycott the TV License Fee.

Jeremy Clarkson's new word for the Gormless one...

Jeremy Clarkson is in trouble - again. For saying what he thinks of Gormless - again.

After getting into trouble for describing Gormless as a "one eyed Scottish idiot", Clarkson has now followed that up with a more condensed appraisal of Gormless.

'Cunt' is his new word for the Prime Minister. Which, as you all know, is in the dictionary as 'a contemptible person'. Pretty accurate so far.

The word was apparently used in a warm up for the recording of Top Gear.

While the Daily Mail censor the word Clarkson used, The Guardian have no such problems and report that - while talking about Government policy - Clarkson quipped: "The reason you can't do that is because Gordon Brown is a cunt"... which apparently the studio audience found rather funny indeed.

We find it difficult to disagree with Clarkson on either his earlier or latest comments. But what do you think? Is Gordon Brown a 'cunt'?

Answers on a postcard please to the BBC's "I'm offended" Department, PO Box...

Labour MP quits over whips and UFO enthusiast McKinnon

Labour MP Andrew MacKinlay has decided that he will quit Westminster... and part of his reason for doing so is his disgust at the whip system.

The catalyst for his decision was disillusionment over the case of UFO enthusiast Gary McKinnon who is still fighting extradition to the US.

Andrew McKinlay tells the Daily Mail: "I believe it's the role of backbenchers to probe and criticise. In instances like the McKinnon case, which relate to people's rights and liberties as well as common sense, you should just spurn the diktats and the Whips... when the crunch came, they just went tribal and followed the diktats of the party".

Abs-a-bloody-lutely.

In a democracy, Members of Parliament are meant to represent the views of their CONSTITUENTS, not some bully pulling the strings of their party behind the scenes. Think writing to your MP does any good? No. Because no matter what you write and say, they won't vote according to what YOU think, they vote according to what their whips make them vote.

Now, you could argue that they publish a manifesto and so we know what we're getting.

Oh really? And just how many manifesto pledges have ZaNuLiebour stuck to?

When is that referendum on giving up British sovereignty to the EU exactly? And where in their manifesto did it promise to turn Britain into a fascist police state?

And this is why Labour are going to face an absolute mauling when we all get the chance to do as the people of Norwich North did yesterday - kick Labour OUT!

So, congratulations for making your stand Mr. MacKinlay. Shame you didn't do it when your colleagues committed a treasonable act against the sovereignty of the nation.

Irish Foreign Minister calls for EU rule by dictatorship

With a hat-tip to Open Europe, we were rather shocked to see Irish Foreign Minister Micheál Martin calling for the Irish to live - not under a democracy, but under a dictatorship!

We looked this up.

Here's the original text, as reported by FAZ.net:

„Demokratien sind eben kompliziert“, sagt Martin gequält und fügt sarkastisch an: „Wäre eine Diktatur nicht herrlich einfach?“

And here's the translation:

"Democracies are also complicated," Martin said tortured and adds sarcastically that "wouldn't a dictatorship be simply wonderful?"

So, there you go Ireland. This blog admits to being patriotic and determined to see the continuance of the United Kingdom as a sovereign nation.

What do you want? Democracy or a dictatorship?

Farage and UKIP declare war on BBC

We did wonder how UKIP would respond to their poll result from Norwich North. Having received just under 12% of the votes cast, to say they are publicly delighted would be an understatement.

However, they say their support from the public is despite being excluded from coverage by the BBC. Now UKIP are declaring war on BBC bias.

Nigel Farage says: "There is a clear bias in the BBC against the UK Independence Party and this result shows that they are wrong in freezing us out of key political television and radio programmes. We've shown in Norwich North that we are a major player on the UK political scene and that our performance in the European Elections, where we recorded the second highest percentage of vote among all the parties, was no fluke. We have arrived and the people have shown that they agree with our politics. If the BBC doesn't like that, well tough. I personally will be taking this to the highest echelons of the BBC and finding out who decided we were not to be part of the Norwich North coverage and what is to be done about it".

A strong reaction from Nigel then. But is he surprised that the BBC do not wish to promote anti-EU policies? We're not... However, with a good campaign, UKIP could make the BBC reflect the views of the majority of the British people on the issue.

Labour TROUNCED in Norwich North

The results of the Norwich North by-election are in and the Conservatives have taken the seat from Labour with a majority of almost 7,500 - a huge swing of over 16% from Labour to the Conservatives and an absolute trouncing for the Government.

The votes polled by ZaNuLiebour, the LibDems... and UKIP were very close - the latter just 735 votes behind the LibDems.

It will be interesting to see what UKIP have to say about their vote numbers.

Don't expect ZaNuLiebour to kick Gormless out as a result of this.

But for those of us who have been worn down by ZaNuLiebour's totalitarian, authoritarian police state - never, never, never give up. The end of this reign of hell will soon be upon us.

And we may still get our country back - despite the treasonous act of trying to replace Her Majesty as Head of State by making her a citizen of the European Union.

The percentages for each party (rounded to nearest whole number):
Conservatives 40%
Labour 18%
Lib Dems 14%
UKIP 12%
Greens 10%
Craig Murray (Ind) 3%
BNP 3%

BBC Question Time: 23rd July 2009

Geoff Hoon (ZaNuLiebour) says the by-election in Norwich was a "perfect storm" for a governing party. Was made to squirm by Dumblebee when he pointed out there were issues with Hoon's expenses in the same way as there had been with Ian Gibson's - drawing a round of applause from the studio audience. Denied what many in the audience accused Labour of - sacrificing Ian Gibson because he had the gall to vote against the whips from time to time.
Our verdict: There were the expected ZaNuLiebour apparatchik moments, and others where he seemed to be somewhat embarrassed by his association - particularly when it came to the sacking of Ian Gibson. Made to look really poor by George Galloway. 4/12

Baroness Williams (LibDem) says Ian Gibson was a victim of scapegoating by both the Labour Party and the press. Said the health authorities had handled the swine flu issue well bar the delay to the phone line. Tried being a bit abrupt with Dumblebee when he was asking her a question and that did not come across at all well for her.
Our rating: Nope. She didn't do it for us last time she was on, didn't do it for us this time either. 3/12

Baroness Warsi (Conservative) said that we need a General Election. Criticised the delay in the provision of the 'swine flu' website and phone line. Condemned the shortage of critical beds in the NHS. She speaks very well, but does she convince?
Our rating: Speaks well, didn't annoy or arouse passion. 5/12

Clive James (Broadcaster) said that the idea Gormless is 'doomed' is crazy. Which was a grim thought from the man who blessed Britain with Margarita Pracatan. Said the expenses scandal had given the media the impression that they - the media - were in charge of the country rather than MPs. Which is odd, as we thought the country was being run by unelected bureaucrats in Brussels. However, after input from the audience, he put Geoff Hoon squarely on the spot over the sacking of Ian Gibson.
Our rating: Practan, I love you! 5/12

George Galloway (Respect) described Gormless as a "dead man walking" who will "stagger on" to their "worst election defeat since the 1930's". Very good soundbite when he asked "wouldn't it be good if this Parliament never came back?" and called for a General Election now. Said he is concerned about the "medically unqualified hysteria" in the media over 'swine flu'. Spoke with great passion to note that the gap between rich and poor after twelve years of Labour. Put Geoff Hoon on the spot rather nicely over 'terror' and the sale of arms.
Our rating: We really do not like George Galloway. No. We don't. But... ummm... not for the first time, we have to say he speaks with passion, conviction and great insight. His dig at Geoff Hoon over arms even induced applause in the Clock household. 9/12

This week's official show link:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/question_time/8159009.stm

Have the people of Norwich been brave?

Interesting news from Norwich. Sky News states that the Conservatives are cautiously optimistic about the result, but notes that there has been a strong showing for the Green Party, UKIP and an Independent candidate.

If the people of Norwich have been brave, it will be electric. If they have elected someone from outside the Lib-Lab-Con, it will give people up and down the country more confidence to vote for the party they want - rather than voting to keep out the people they don't. That would be a seismic shift in political thinking - if the people of Norwich show that it can be done. Even a close run thing will give the other parties something to trumpet and reassure the masses that it can be done.

A narrow victory for the Conservatives could also be interesting. If UKIP put in a strong showing, it may just force Cameron and Hague to become even more vocally 'euro-sceptic' before the General Election.

Frustratingly, they do not count until tomorrow morning. Let's hope that they all keep a close eye on those ballot boxes overnight.

Do we need a new British electoral system..?

People in Norwich today get to vote for a new Member of Parliament. Most of the rest of the nation is - or should be - very jealous that they have the rare chance to have their say. We hope they use their vote wisely and vote for their freedoms and future democracy.

Quite deliberately, this blog has never posted anything about the Norwich by-election.

However, it does make us think.

What is clear to anybody with more than a passing interest in politics is that some people resonate with the public and speak up for things that people agree with and believe in.

Yet due to the fact that the country is broken down into constituencies, we seldom get an opportunity to vote for the person we would like to run our national - repeat: national - affairs.

It's probably very clear to anybody who has looked at this blog even once before who we would not vote for.

So, as an example of personalities, let us first start by looking at the Conservative party by way of example.

There are some great minds and visionaries within the Conservative Party and, indeed, some true Statesmen who understand this nation's proud heritage and traditions.

Without listing them all, we're imagining a state of affairs where every member of the public got a say in who would be the Conservative Party leader and, if they were to win a General Election, become Prime Minister.

So, imagine that the contenders were (in alphabetical order) David Cameron, William Hague, Dan Hannan and Boris Johnson.

We would not hesitate in backing Dan Hannan to lead the party and, in doing so, to become Prime Minister.

If whoever came second were to become Deputy Leader and we had to vote for them too... well, we'd go for the most proud of Britain as a nation and the one who has proven most determined to keep British sovereignty.

Though no matter how much we want to vote for Dan Hannan, we cannot. Even if he were standing for Westminster. Which so far, he hasn't. Memo to Hannan - get back to Westminster - your nation needs you.

So then say Hannan won the right to represent the Conservatives. Meanwhile, all the other parties would have leadership contests in the same way, with the general British public choosing the party leader.

Think you've heard this model before..?

It's no secret that we support UKIP. So then in a following election, we might have to choose directly between Dan Hannan and Nigel Farage. Which might cause us a headache, true.

Point is, we would have a choice. Who chose Gordon Brown?

Now, the constituencies would still need to have a local representative and the current system could still be used to send someone or another - that no-one ever heard of, and of whom we had no opinion on their position on issues outside of their tribal party literature.

Some might argue that such a model is akin to electing a President. While this model might mirror the American electoral system in many ways, there is no reason why a model like this could not exist whilst retaining Her Majesty as Head of State.

This is just something that this blog author was thinking over this evening. It's a thought in it's infancy. Would love to hear your views...

In the meantime, here's the aforementioned Dan Hannan unknowingly (?) setting out his candidacy to be a future Prime Minister of a sovereign British nation...

Calling the Spirit of Winston

There's an interesting sentence in a Telegraph article by Benedict Brogan who talks about the holiday reading of both Gormless and Cameron.

And one sentence just makes us have to post a blog.

It says: "Mr Brown is currently obsessed with Winston Churchill".

Really? Now see, we wonder what Churchill would have to say to Gormless.

Tut, tut, tut. Our imagination runs wild.

But if the spirit of Winston Churchill still pops back to this physical dimension from the land of spirit, we hope he has fun and brings some bloody hefty chains to rattle round the corridors of power.

And what would he have said to us? What DID he say to us? Well, as ZaNuLiebour is the party of control, spying, police states and the removal of liberties, we thought this an appropriate quote:

"The day may dawn when fair play, love for one's fellow men, respect for justice and freedom, will enable tormented generations to march forth triumphant from the hideous epoch in which we have to dwell. Meanwhile, never flinch, never weary, never despair."

Quite. And we'd have loved to see them try and stop Churchill from having a cigar!

Did you know: Winston Churchill and Diana, Princess of Wales were distant relatives? True!

Errrr... the European Union is contrary to British law, surely?

Now, we might be quite simple.

However, we've been looking at the Bill of Rights 1689.

This is a key stone of British law and democracy.

It's last two paragraphs quite clearly state that no new statute can EVER unpick what it contains:

II. And be it further declared and enacted by the authority aforesaid, that from and after this present session of Parliament no dispensation by "non obstante" of or to any statute or any part thereof shall be allowed, but that the same shall be held void and of no effect, except a dispensation be allowed of in such statute, and except in such cases as shall be specially provided for by one or more bill or bills to be passed during this present session of Parliament.

III. Provided that no charter or grant or pardon granted before the three and twentieth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred eighty-nine shall be any ways impeached or invalidated by this Act, but that the same shall be and remain of the same force and effect in law and no other than as if this Act had never been made.

So, in order to trump this Bill of Rights, something had to be done about it BEFORE the 23rd October 1689.

Now, the Bill of Rights quite clearly states as follows:

And I do declare that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state or potentate hath or ought to have any jurisdiction, power, superiority, pre-eminence or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm. So help me God.

So, they can take their European Union and take a running jump. As far as we understand it, it has no legitimacy on this island because the Bill of Rights 1689 says so - and the same Bill of Rights states that it can not be amended or changed by any other statute or 'law'.

It also says something very useful to anybody who has ever been given a fixed penalty notice, too. It says quite a few things that are helpful to the poor downtrodden citizen. Read the ruddy thing. That's what our forefathers wrote it for. To protect us.

Here's the full text. Check it is legitimate with the Public Records Office if you like then run it by a solicitor.

So, we don't know what all the fuss is that William Hague, UKIP and Stuart Wheeler make. Quite clearly, from our interpretation at least, the European Union has no legal mandate to make rules and regulations for this nation and any attempt by any political party or individual to give them any authority after the year 1689 is actually null and void.

UKIP, it's over to you...

Whatever you do, don't mention the smoking ban. I did once, I think I got away with it...

Both the BBC and Sky News are reporting on their breakfast news programmes about the demise of the Great British Pub, as the closure of 52 pubs each week threatens to rip the heart out of local communities.

Interestingly, on both TV reports, the recession and competition from supermarkets was cited as the reason that so many of our pubs are going to the wall.

Neither chose to make mention of the smoking ban. Liberal conspiracy?

To be fair, there is a passing mention of the smoking ban in the online report from the BBC and a similarly passing mention on the Sky News website. But not a mention on the TV reports.

However, there are twelve million smokers in the UK. And if you ask them, many will tell you that they only pop out for a quick drink now else they give supermarkets their business... as they want to be able to have a drink and a smoke. Reverse the smoking ban in full or in part and - abracadabra - you halt the decline of the Great British Pub. It's not rocket science.

The answer is not to use the premises of pubs that have gone to the wall as "alcohol free pubs as an alternative for young people" which was discussed in the House of Snouts on Monday. And no, we're not making that up.

Interestingly, UKIP identified the problems hitting the pub industry several months ago and have a dedicated campaign website at http://www.savethepub.co.uk. Amongst UKIP's policies to halt the decline of the Great British Pub is a partial reversal of the smoking ban. UKIP are the only political party that we're aware of that has a policy of freedom to choose and has long since identified and made an issue out of the Great British Pub and the ongoing saga of permanent last orders being called.

Reverse the smoking ban. Quite simple really. Ask twelve million smokers what will get them into a pub again...

Labour vote to silence the people of Glasgow... until November!

In one of their last acts of sticking two fingers up to democracy before the Parliamentary recess, ZaNuLiebour MPs have voted to silence the people of Glasgow North East... until November.

Frustrated that no date had been set for a by-election in the seat vacated by ex-Speaker Michael Martin, SNP Chief Whip Stewart Hosie MP forced a debate and vote on the matter in the House of Snouts. The motion was heavily defeated.

Now, the author of this blog has no sympathy whatsoever for Parliamentary Whips who are themselves - in our opinion - an affront to democracy.

However, we do concur with the comments of Stewart Hosie MP who says of the defeat of his motion by ZaNuLiebour: "Labour has had every opportunity to call this by-election but they are clearly running scared of people in Glasgow North East... The sight of Labour MPs trooping through the lobbies to deny people in Glasgow the chance to vote for a new MP is simply unforgivable. These Labour MPs should be named and shamed for putting their party interests before the people of Glasgow".

We've just had a look at the Hansard record of the debate and were most impressed by the contributions of Conservative MP Sir Patrick Cormack who spoke passionately for the people of Glasgow North East and set out why, in a democracy, they should not have to wait until November before having a representative in Parliament.

The Herald newspaper has a reasonably balanced report on the events and a fairly even handed editorial - and despite their efforts to be even handed, the newspaper condemns the outcome of the vote to deny the people of Glasgow North East a political voice.

Reprieve for the people as politicans go on holiday

Rejoice and celebrate one and all! For today is a glorious day!

The political class goes on it's very, very, very long holiday!

Okay, we the taxpayer are bankrolling their weeks and weeks and weeks of doing nothing but think about it - it's worth every penny!

For a couple of months now, they can't ban anything!

For a couple of months now, they can't dream up more and more ways of controlling our every thought and action!

For a couple of months now, they can't come up with more ways to abuse technology to enslave us!

For a couple of months now, we don't have to worry about the political class being able to do anything to us at all!

So, rejoice, rejoice fellow citizen... things might be bad, but at least with the political class off on an overlong holiday, they can't get much worse for a couple of months!

And we might even see a bit of summer sunshine again before the week is out!

Boris joins us in our despair

With news of yet another totalitarian state database - that which will see eleven MILLION people having to pay to go on a database just in case anyone fancies accusing them of being a paedophile - it seems that Boris Johnson has reacted with the despair and despondency that this blog does.

Boris - a thoroughly sensible chap who can have the PM job as far as we're concerned - begs: "...please will someone in Westminster have the guts to speak out against this demented scheme".

...but Boris, of course they won't. The overwhelming majority of MPs are lobby fodder. They traipse into the appropriate lobby to cast their vote according to whatever it is their party bullies tell them they must do. Forget constituents and what they want - no... party whips are the people to be obeyed, not the citizen.

We do not count. We are just piffle. We'll submit to an onslaught of pathetically bad and abused 'laws' (which actually are statutes, not laws) and provided we pay our taxes and never question anything, then nobody will put us on another of ZaNuLiebour's databases.

And most of these MPs? Well, how much thinking do they do?

All they ever do is criminalise every thought and deed and ban everything.

Watch what they ban next... we hear a rumour that they are thinking of banning that terrible chemical substance known as 'dihydrogen monoxide'. Most MPs won't investigate 'dihydrogen monoxide'. They'll just get told by their whips that it is evil and agree to ban it.

Probably.

So Boris, we don't hold out any hope that the current crop of MPs will do anything of any sense whatsoever.

We need some sensible people to get elected as MPs to serve the nation. Before they ban 'dihydrogen monoxide' and accuse those who posses any of it of paedophilia or terrorism.

Come on ZaNuLiebour... if you only do one thing, ban 'dihydrogen monoxide' before it does anyone any harm.

Now UKIP open fire on Gormless over Afghanistan

So, leaders of the armed forces are engaged in a war of words with ZaNuLiebour and Gormless over what our troops need to do what they've been asked to do in Afghanistan.

Former Defence Secretary John Hutton is also making headlines with his call for a review of troop numbers.

Conservative leader David Cameron has also intensified pressure on Gormless today by describing it as a 'scandal' that our troops are not being given adequate resources to do their job.

And now UKIP are weighing in heavily, demanding a public inquiry into why Gormless - when at the Treasury as Chief Führer... sorry, Chancellor - was guilty of "vetoing vital equipment".

UKIP's deputy leader David Campbell Bannerman says: "If Treasury short-term thinking has cost brave British lives, then those responsible must go. And if that means Gordon Brown himself going, so be it. We demand a public inquiry to get to the bottom of this shameful episode and to examine what senior military personnel have been saying".

Sunday Paper Review: 19th July 2009

The Sunday Times reports that the Conservative lead over ZaNuLiebour has widened with the Tories on 42% and ZaNuLiebour on 25%. What is most disconcerting with the findings of the latest YouGov poll is that there are still 25% of us British folk who would STILL vote ZaNuLiebour. One in four. Proves that 'education, education, education' was a pile of headline grabbing twaddle. To those of you who would or will vote ZaNuLiebour yet again... just what do ZaNuLiebour have to do to you before you wake up to their tyranny?

The Independent on Sunday runs with a ComRes poll which has the Conservatives on 38%, ZaNuLiebour on 23% and - the percentage they're getting excited about - the LibDems just a point behind the freedom haters with 22%.

Not that all is well with the Conservatives. The Sunday Telegraph reports that there are handbags a-flying and talcum powder flurrying all over the shop in the new EU grouping with Edward McMillan-Scott MEP apparently at the centre of a row with the Polish Law and Justice Party. It's a bit complex to condense into a couple of lines, but there are charges of homophobia flying around all over the place. Oooh, we do love a good drama!

Still, that's nothing compared to the row that ZaNuLiebour find themselves in - as they engage in a war of words with our armed forces over Afghanistan, reports The Observer. How pathetic of ZaNuLiebour. They send our brave young men - good young lads of eighteen years of age - into harms way fighting Labour's war on goodness only knows what... and then they have to have an argument with the heads of our army about troop numbers and equipment? Well, dunno about you fellow Brits, but we're on the side of our brave soldiers. If the Government wants to send them off to do battle with some third world nation, then they could at least give them what they ask for to do the job properly. Penny pinching? After how much they gave to the bankers? And how many bankers lives are at risk from the harm ignoring them might create? Either give the troops what they want or bring them home, we reckon.

Meanwhile, we noticed this paragraph in another Sunday Times report on swine flu in which they state: "The Department of Health said yesterday that Britain would get sufficient swine flu vaccine and it would indemnify drug manufacturers if there were any serious side effects from the vaccine". There's an accompanying back story in the Independent. The Sunday Express carries quotes from a number of GPs - with one saying they would NOT give such a vaccine to their own family.

And finally... the News of the World follows up on Michael Jackson's death with a claim that murder charges will follow in a couple of days from now.

Diana: Hasnat slams the official inquest

The author of this blog will unashamedly continue to praise the wonderful work of Diana, Princess of Wales for all eternity.

Despite efforts to rewrite history about her, she was a true humanitarian.

Today, we get opportunity to praise Hasnat Khan - the surgeon that Diana apparently fell in love with and who has acted with complete respect and dignity towards her - keeping a mainly dignified silence about her since she was unlawfully killed (official jury finding) in 1997.

So, we may not hear much more from Hasnat about Diana but he has an insightful opinion of the inquest which he shares with Diana's journalist confidante Richard Kay.

In a Daily Mail article, Hasnat says of the inquest: "I've read all the transcripts from the witnesses on the internet and, to me, it was more about delving into her private life than getting at the facts of her death. They didn't even call the paparazzi who were chasing her car. I'm glad I wasn't part of the circus".

Could not agree with you more Hasnat. Even when the inquest threw up shockingly outrageous facts about what happened to our Princess and about how she had been treated by people, the British media - and most media around the world - chose to highlight salacious, sensational utter tosh... of which, the inquest gave them plenty of material and opinion to play with.

But no paparazzi. No people responsible for some of the blood work apparently from the body of Henri Paul.

It was, on reflection, mostly about tarnishing Diana's name through yet more unsubstantiated opinions and conjecture.

Good on you for not being roped into it, Hasnat. We hope her boys, William and Harry, will find a way to thank you for your loyalty and respect towards their wonderful mother when William becomes King.

To those who wonder whether this blog post has a place on a mostly political blog... think about it.

Freedom-hating former Home Secretary 'hopes' she did a good job

The thoroughly unloved former Home Secretary - the shamed and disgraced Jacqui Smith - tells Iain Dale in an interview for Total Politics: "When I became Home Secretary, I'd never run a major organisation. I hope I did a good job but if I did it was more by luck..."

Well now, Jacqui. Yes, you did do a good job. A good job of smashing centuries of British civil liberties and values. A good job of turning the police force and the British public on each other. A good job of making everyone paranoid that they were (are) being spied on by a wicked Government machine around the clock.

Yes, you did a good job. Dictatorships past, present and future would have been or will be full of admiration for the vile and wicked statutes that you consistently abused the British public with.

Shall we start listing the utterly despicable acts you inflicted on the British public? We'll be here a very long time. It will certainly take longer to list them all than to watch one of those porn films that the British taxpayer has coughed up for on your hubby's behalf.

A good job? Have a look at the nasty little police state with no personal freedom or liberty that you have created. Yes, you and your cronies. Then hang your head in shame at the "good job" you did in destroying all that was once good about being British.

You did more to destroy the British way of life than any idiot in a cave in some third world nation could manage.

But don't worry, Jacqui. You and your relentless tyranny against the British public is what the entire ZaNuLiebour party will be judged upon come the next General Election. We'll get our own back on you and your utterly nasty party then.

In the meantime, shame on you for all you did.

And this was the polite version of this blog post.

Know a child? Get ready to be put on a database! (along with ELEVEN MILLION others)

Just when you thought they couldn't get any worse, ZaNuLiebour have done it again.

The Independent reports that ELEVEN MILLION people who ever come into contact with children as part of the work - paid or voluntary - will have to fork out £65 to register on a database which will be mandatory by November next year.

This is what lies behind the decision of some of Britain's talented authors deciding not to go anywhere near a school and introduce our children to the wonderful world of literature.

Damian Green is not amused.

Let's see how amused the 'nothing to hide, nothing to fear' brigade will be when they have to pay to go on a compulsory database.

Maybe everyone should go gay, never have children, and then that would be one less thing to stick us on a database for. Though, for some reason, we suspect that they'll be bringing back the pink triangle next - knowing this evil lot, anyway.

How much longer do we have to wait to get this ZaNuLiebour lot out..?

Word of the day...

Yes. We know that much of what we write about politics and politicians is negative and cynical. Though is that really surprising? We do TRY To find something positive to write about them all from time to time.

However, that's a bit difficult when you live in a kakistocracy - and that is our word of the day.

BBC Question Time: 16th July 2009

This week's show should be dubbed the 'Tony Blair's testicles' edition'. Anyway, the official show link:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/question_time/8148110.stm

Chris Bryant (ZaNuLiebour) said he did not think our troops are dying because of a lack of helicopters, but that we need to make sure our troops are properly equipped to do their job. Praised the NHS in the context of 'swine flu' which garnered audience applause. Used a really poor and tacky jibe to attack Conservative policy on anti-social youth.
Our Rating: Showed himself at a surprisingly human best when calling for a review of mental health issues to understand how the mind, heart and body interconnect. 5/12

Margot James (Conservative) got applauded when questioning the way our troops are being led by political leaders. Came out with a line trying to link what happened in London on 7/7 with Afghanistan and said if we had not gone into Afghanistan, there would have been a lot more events like that in the UK (at which point, The Talking Clock groaned and shouted something rather naughty at the screen). A young member of the studio audience criticised her for using "the rhetoric of fear" - and we could not have agreed with him more. Questioned the timetable of structures of roll-out for 'swine flu' responses.
Our Rating: Never heard of her. Guess all the Tories with any serious gravitas are already off on the summer recess. Poor. And we've rated her lower than a ZaNuLiebour politician. 2/12

Lembit Opik (LibDem) said we have the best armed forces in the world but they are being let down in an un-winnable war. Threw a sucker punch when he said that if the West wanted to beat terrorism, they should not have trained Osama bin Laden in the first place. Praised the Government for being "honest" about 'swine flu'. Suggested Paddy Ashdown would be a better EU President than Tony Blair and gave his metaphorical pro-EU flag a flutter. Said Chris Grayling "will get a 21st century punch in the face" if the Conservatives get into power and try to enforce action against anti-social behaviour amongst youth.
Our Rating: Loved his bit on Osama, hated his decision to share his love of the EU with us - which made this blog author vomit. 5/12

Lionel Barber (Financial Times) spoke passionately to describe how our armed forces are being let down but argued we must stay in Afghanistan. Was the bearer of grim tidings warning of the prospects of death that a second wave of 'swine flu' could bring. Said Tony Blair was a "great celebrity Prime Minister compared to dour old Gordon Brown". Accused Chris Grayling and the Conservatives of "soundbite politics" for proposals on anti-social behaviour.
Our rating: Really failed to register with us. 3/12

Trisha Goddard (Presenter) said that Afghanistan is an un-winnable war and that many British people - especially of younger generations - do not understand what we are doing in Afghanistan. Passionately attacked the use of more and more laws to attempt to tackle problems in society rather than addressing the root cause of problems in society.
Our rating: We raised an eyebrow at Trisha being on. We thought her talk show for chavs was so very 1995 and that she'd retired or something. Anyway, she was the best of a very weak panel tonight - a double edged glory. 7/12

£6.5billion..? That'll do nicely, thank EU...

During the European Elections, you may have heard UKIP talking about how much we - the British taxpayer - have to stump up to pay for membership of the European Union.

UKIP electioneering or fact?

Well, let's look no further than Hansard which reveals that, on Tuesday, The Economic Secretary to the Treasury confirmed in Parliament that the net cost of membership to the British taxpayer is a colossal £6.5billion. For one year.

Don't take our word for it.

Here's the link:

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmhansrd/cm090714/debtext/90714-0003.htm#09071451000030

And here's the text:

Net Contribution to the EU

Mr. Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con): What is his most recent estimate of the UK’s net contribution to the EU in 2010-11. [286204]

The Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Ian Pearson): As the hon. Gentleman knows, the Government’s latest forecast of UK net contributions to the European Community budget was published in table C9 on page 238 of the 2009 Budget Red Book. I can tell him, however, that the forecast is for a net contribution of £6.5 billion in 2010-11.

Mr. Bone: I am grateful to the Minister for his reply, but he forgot to mention that the UK’s contribution is £3.5 billion—117 per cent.—more than it was last year. We could buy 70 more Chinook helicopters for that. Does the Minister believe that the British people would rather see billions of pounds given to European farmers or spent on extra helicopters to support the brave servicemen and women who are fighting in Afghanistan?

Ian Pearson: As the hon. Gentleman well knows, our contributions to the EC budget have been set as a result of negotiations. He will be aware of the negotiations that took place in 2005. Only recently, he had an exchange with the Prime Minister in which the Prime Minister made clear our belief that it is right for us to share the burden of membership of the European Union with the new accession countries so that every part of the European Union can look forward to prosperity in the future. As the hon. Gentleman knows very well, that remains our position.

Dr. William McCrea (South Antrim) (DUP): Does the Minister accept, at a time of recession, the importance of spending as much of our money as possible in the United Kingdom rather than feeding the bottomless pit of the EU?

Ian Pearson: It is easy to engage in Euro-bashing, but the simple fact is that the UK Government have been trying to recognise the contributions that we are required to make to the European Community budget, while at the same time ensuring that we negotiate hard, which we were doing on Friday in Brussels and we will continue to do until we agree the budget in November this year for 2010. At the same time, we ensure rigorous value for money, and the UK will continue to press strongly on that, as we always do.

2010: visions of the death of democracy..?

One of the main stories in politics today is that ZaNuLiebour's (unelected) Europe Minister, Glenys Kinnock, has let it slip that the Government - led by (unelected) Gormless Brown - is backing Tony Blair (no longer elected) to be the President (unelected) of the European Union after the implementation of the Lisbon Treaty (which we have not voted upon or consented to).

Isn't this all rather outrageous? You thought you lived under a democracy? You thought you had a say via the ballot box? Well, there's your evidence.

Members of the public? Wanting democracy? Tsk! Thought criminal! Lock 'em up for 600 years without charge!!

Good grief. Tyranny really is here.

Just as we thought it was all rather depressing, we were heartened to see Conservative Shadow Foreign Secretary William Hague saying the exact same thing - in, unsurprisingly, a far more eloquent fashion than we managed.

Hague says of the state of affairs: "Rather than secret stitch-ups by unelected politicians for unelected politicians voters should have their say on the future of Europe. Appointing Tony Blair as a President in Europe would be the perfect symbol of this stale Labour Government’s arrogant disregard for democracy".

We nipped over to the UKIP website to see what Nigel Farage had to say on the matter and found - surprisingly - no reaction as yet.

However, Nigel is not letting the side down. To nick a suitably Eurovision line from Scooch, Nigel has been 'flying the flag for you' from within the nest of all that is undemocratic. You can see it in the clip below from the UKIP YouTube video channel.

Pay particular attention to how this clip starts - we found this disconcerting enough when we read about it yesterday...

Euro troops salute the EU superstate flag

Would you really Adam and Eve it? You've heard Nigel Farage and Dan Hannan and probably some of you thought they were exaggerating.

How does a report in The Times grab you as a reliable source?

If you think The Times is credible, then you might want to check out their report of TROOPS from the new European Army standing to attention and saluting the flag of the European superstate at the opening of the Parliament in Strasbourg yesterday.

Now, just in case some of you are too lazy to click news links, let's cite from David Charter's article:

"Accompanied by a militaristic flag-raising ceremony and the strains of Beethoven’s Ode to Joy — the European anthem — the new members of the most Eurosceptic European Parliament gathered in Strasbourg yesterday to begin work".

Now, if that wasn't freaky enough, we come to a man named Hans-Gert Pöttering. You've probably never heard of him. But he's the outgoing President of the European Parliament.

His parting words to his European Superstate federalist chums is to unite and freeze out anyone who doesn't subscribe to their New World Order (European Branch) masterplan. That's right. Know all those Conservative, UKIP and the two BNP MEPS we just elected? Elections - democracy - that kind of thing.

Well, just as the European superstate dictators ignore the odd referendum 'no' here and there... just as they make Ireland keep on voting until they vote the way they're told to... now apparently pro-Superstate MEPS have to unite to ignore and freeze out any democratically elected MEP who does not agree with them.

And, as is evident in this photograph from The Telegraph, they have troops backing up this federal take over.

They're arguing about keeping our British troops in Afghanistan. Well, how about we bring our brave boys back from Afghanistan, give them a rest, and then get them to defend our country from this European invasion?

Far more scary than anything Afghanistan can offer. Hell, they're even heading TOWARDS democracy in Afghanistan. Meanwhile, back in Europe...

A public service announcement... David Icke style.

After twelve years of living under ZaNuLiebour's totalitarian freedom-hating regime, we would hereby like to confess to doing everything we are told, like a well programmed drone. So, when we were on YouTube and saw a page which read: "Post this anywhere and everywhere," we obviously have been well trained by now and just had to follow the order.

Putting a serious head on for a moment, there are quite a few conspiracy stories surrounding population reduction and swine flu. If swine flu is as bad as the media is making us believe, them some people could see their wishes granted...

Or it could just be overblown hysteria. What's your view?

Anyway, if we - the public - get offered a 'swine flu' vaccine, it is up to you whether or not to have it. Research what the pros and cons are and listen to more than one argument. Unless they bring in a compulsion law.

And if in doubt for now, pop down to your local branch of Holland & Barrett and ask the manager about echinacea, vitamin C and garlic.

We'll leave you with a mini history lesson. But go do your own reading.

Swine Flu 1976 & Propaganda

Atishoo, atishoo, we all fall down...

Sky News is reporting that Gormless's senior advisor on climate change has gone down with 'swine flu'.

Climate change and swine flu in the same news report - nothing for anyone to get hysterical about there, then.

We were surprised to find that it is swine flu afflicting a Government advisor.

We just assumed that the inhabitants of Downing Street were suffering from Mad Cow Disease.

Dunno what gave us that idea. Just shows how wrong you can be with assumptions, huh?

Sunday Paper Review: 12th July 2009

Dr. David Kelly returns to haunt ZaNuLiebour. One only has to look at posts on mainstream newspaper forums to know what the British public think of his death. Now, according to the Mail on Sunday, twelve doctors are launching a legal bid to challenge the official line of suicide. It could be very interesting. We'll refrain from an opinion...

Conspiracy theories look set to build around the death of Michael Jackson - with sister La Toya Jackson vowing to prove her belief that her brother was murdered in a plot to get hold of the money - supposedly worth a billion dollars - that his publishing rights were worth. She tells all to the News of the World.

The Sunday Times has a plethora of interesting stories worth reading. First up is Lord Malloch-Brown who accuses Gormless Buffoon's regime of being "chaotic" - well, tell us something we don't know. While one of their former number attacks ZaNuLiebour, not content with their attacks on the Conservatives over Andy Coulson, it seems the Government want to attack the head of the army - General Sir Richard Dannatt - after he went public with the need for more troops and more helicopters in Afghanistan. And while ZaNuLiebour are fighting amongst themselves and having a row with our armed forces, they're still making plans for Joe Public... yes, every single one of us is supposedly going to be getting vaccinated for the flu that has never been anywhere near a pig. Whatever would Alex Jones have to say on the matter?

The Sunday Telegraph has another take on the Afghanistan story, reporting how parents of soldiers who have lost their lives in the conflict are now starting to criticise the Government over the lack of equipment that our troops have at their disposal. There is also a report that will make Gormless squirm as the IMF states that Britain is the only nation in the G20 that cannot afford another fiscal stimulus if the poo-poo hits the fan again...

According to The Observer, we ARE about to send an extra 2,000 troops to Afghanistan - that should stop the Opposition, the army, and the families of our troops criticising Gormless in public. It also reports that Ministers are being warned that the UK will grind to a halt under a "swine flu" epidemic. Well, we better all get vaccinated then...

The Independent on Sunday also has an Afghanistan story as it claims that Gormless has a secret plan to REDUCE the number of our troops by 1,500. In their editorial comment, the IoS is starting to make the case for bringing our troops home. The Talking Clock absolutely does not agree with that. Afghanistan is apparently over-run with people who put their bin out on the wrong day and try to give false addresses to get their kids into better schools. What's that word beginning with 'T' which we're all accused of being these days? Trainspotters, innit? Anyway, we know they keep saying they've got a lot of them in Afghanistan. Better crack down on that a bit more.

They've been spying on the spies? How dare they!

There's a great big furore today over claims that private investigators working for a British newspaper illegally intercepted mobile phone messages of thousands of politicians and celebrities. Former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott is demanding that the Met step in and sort it all out. Former Home Secretary Charles Clarke is also throwing his weight into the argument, demanding answers to what's been going on.

The controversy has emerged in a report in The Guardian and is judged to be so important that it is the main news item on the BBC.

Poor politicians. Isn't it terrible that people might have been spying on them?

Oh, but hang on a minute... aren't these the same politicians who have no such worries about the public being spied on by countless agencies including local councils and their private investigators? For things like putting their rubbish out on the wrong day?

So, when the public are spied upon, that's fair and proportionate. When the political class are spied upon, the police get called in.

And one final thing. The ability to intercept mobile phone messages is something that private investigators have had for a number of years then, is it?

So, what security is there in mobile telephony, then?

Absolutely none, it appears.

However, please do not get intelligent enough to pause for three seconds and think of poor Princess Diana. Nobody was ever interested in her enough to want to intercept her telephone calls, were they? Nobody was ever interested in her enough to want to bug her private apartments. She was not intelligent enough to know what was going on. Oh no. She was suffering from the 'advanced stages of paranoia'... of course!

...or maybe the wonderful humanitarian who had the power to unite all the peoples of the world - Princess Diana - was right about people spying on her and was right in thinking that this was not being done in her best interests?

So, dear Mr. Prescott... when you've finished spitting feathers over people spying on you and your political pals, how about getting your Gormless ZaNuLiebour chums to stop spying on the British public and curtailing our civil liberties?

And then - when you've got ZaNuLiebour off the British people's backs - please can you demand another public inquiry into who exactly was spying on Diana, Princess of Wales and why they were doing that... let's have in public the questions that were not asked in the rather dubious inquest into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales (which ended with the jury deciding she'd been unlawfully killed, anyway)...

Fly solo, Frank... or phone a friend

Did you notice Frank Field MP trying to do the best by those who lost out with the abolition of the 10p tax rate?

He and a small number of Labour rebels were challenging the Budget unless those who were short after the scrapping of the 10p tax rate were fully compensated.

Alas, the endeavours of Frank Field and his merry bunch of men (and women) came to nothing as the sinister ZaNuLiebour machine made kittens out of a few of Field's floppiest of faint-hearted followers. The rebellion was easily defeated in the House of Snouts.

The sinister stories that the floppies followed and bowed obediently down to were described by Diane Abbott, who said: "There has been some talk in the past 48 hours that... the Government will not be able to collect taxes, the markets will crash and Government will grind to a halt... these are tales to frighten children".

But - as ever - not enough people on the ZaNuLiebour benches backed the nucleus of proper Labour MPs who still have a moral compass.

So, we call on Frank Field - a very decent man if ever there was one - to do the right thing. Leave ZaNuLiebour. Set up a party called OldLabour. There are probably far more votes in it than there are going down on the bad ship Gormless.

Decent Labour MPs stuck inside the ZaNuLiebour machine could join Frank Field in an exodus. We'd start by suggesting Kate Hoey and the aforementioned Diane Abbott follow him.

If ZaNuLiebour win the next General Election, Spain will have an even more huge immigration problem - as millions more of the British people get the hell out of here.

Of course ZaNuLiebour will lose. Duh... who'd vote for them? Who haven't ZaNuLiebour alienated yet?

And so once Gormless calls the election (provided we don't end up under ZaNuLiebour martial law) and once the glorious day comes when ZaNuLiebour get kicked out of office, a phoenix has the chance to rise from the ashes.

Let Frank Field lead the way, with Hoey and Abbott his colonels - three out of roughly six or seven MPs on the Government benches worthy of their seat and who will all surely be re-elected.

Let them decontaminate themselves from their association with the ZaNuLiebour brand. They are good politicians who deserve better than to be judged negatively by association - an association that by now, they ought to have the courage to end.

Were they to be brave enough, these three could start to rebuild what the freedom-hating ZaNuLiebour project has destroyed.

Leave the ZaNuLiebour clones, apparatchiks and lobby fodder faceless behind. Drag the remnants of the Labour Party out with you. Fly away home ladybird and rebuild from your position of principle and value and give natural Labour supporters something worth supporting again.

Don't fear Big Brother... he just wants to look after your health

Oh dear. Just as the Conservatives takes two steps forward by promising to give ZaNuLiebour's Orwellian nightmare a kick in the kahoonies, they have to go and take another two steps back - if a report in The Times is true.

It reports that there might be a plan for National Health medical records to be passed to Google or Microsoft in the event of a Conservative election victory.

So, should we believe that this is something sinister or do we believe that this is just the somewhat scary Big Brother nation trying to look after us?

Really, need you ask what we think? Still, they could give us microchip implants at the same time as snaffling our medical records - it would at least be a one-stop shop and save time, we guess.

Can't wait to see what David Icke has to say on the matter...

At least the public aren't the only folk having to suffer. According to The Independent, the Met Police are to issue their officers with a personal GPS tracking device, so their bosses will know where officers are at every single moment. Except when a member of the public gets clobbered, obviously, as the things will conveniently not be working then.

The Guardian has a new development in the latter context.

And we shouldn't laugh too much. You know that we'll all have to wear them eventually... unless we vote someone with some common sense into power - which given the choices...

Sunday Paper Review: 05 July 2009

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The Sunday Times reports that senior civil servants are threatening to quit unless Shaun Woodward - Gormless's political tactics man - is booted out. The newspaper reports that there is a great deal of concern over the state of public finances and civil servants are - far from 'investment' or '10% cuts' - having to draw up plans to cut public spending by a colossal 20%. The Sunday Times also claims that Peter Mandelson thinks the role of Shaun Woodward as Buffoon's adviser has led to a tactical mistake on the economy and that he was so irritated that he refused to attend a strategy meeting if Woodward was going to be present - and, indeed, also wants Woodward gone.

The Mail on Sunday reports that Labour are planning on whacking up the cost of National Insurance after the General Election - apparently in order to pay for care of the elderly. Hmmmm. Well, nobody has got any money after the endless taxes, the huge cost of food, domestic energy... blah, blah, blah. Feel free. Tax us some more. But please remember to leave a little of everything you take from us to open a network of soup kitchens and bread queues. Looks like that's where we're all headed.

Another ZaNuLiebour rift story dominates in the Sunday Telegraph which reports that the announcement of the cancellation of compulsory biometric identity cards stunned Downing Street - because new Home Secretary Alan Johnson did it off his own back without consulting his Government colleagues. The lone operation has - according to the Sunday Telegraph - caused a row between Johnson and Gormless. The Talking Clock would like to publicly thank Alan Johnson and give him our sympathy if he has got into grief... but he has taken a tiny footstep towards stalling the totalitarianism of the wicked ZaNuLiebour machine. If he genuinely wants to come over all civil liberties defender as part of a solo mission, he can have our support. However, we're not convinced by any of it. We're pleased Alan Johnson has slowed the onslaught, but the biometric identity card scheme has NOT been scrapped. It's been toned down this side of an election and can soon be cranked up again afterwards. We want the ID card scheme - and, more importantly, the sinister database that is still being built and which hides behind the cards - completely scrapped and chucked in the bin, never to be revived again. Nasty, nasty controlling and freedom-hating ZaNuLiebour...

Talking of control, the Independent on Sunday is reporting that - not content with using batons against non-protesters, assaulting peaceful protesters, searching anybody they fancy, locking folk up for nine-hundred years without charge (or whatever it currently is) and tasering people who are face down on the ground - the next wonderful thing that anybody who wants to protest or step out of line might have to face is a lovely water cannon. Yup, the IoS says it has seen documents showing how plans are afoot to bring water cannon to Britain - yet another tool to control us all with. We have to laugh now. We have a control freak Government and a public that dare not think outside of the authorised thought patterns else something dreadful might happen to us. All in the name of public service, naturally. Oh Mr. Orwell, do stop rolling round in that coffin... ickle man-on-the-street is a member of the public and therefore evil - we deserve to be coshed at the will of our 'public servants', obviously. All part of the service. Now see, if you'd been a banker or a politician, you could have just been given money - billions even, but as you're a member of the public, you just get stamped on for wrong thinking.

If all this State oppression of the individual is a bit gloomy, then there is a 'David and Goliath' story in The Observer. It reports how a HIV positive man - Paul Thorn - from Sussex who campaigns on health issues has virtually single-handedly shamed the US into overturning a two decade long travel ban into the States for those living with the virus. The individual concerned is to be applauded for his stance and bravery - and the US is to be congratulated for finally ending a one-sided, judgemental and discriminatory policy. Princess Diana shaking hands with an HIV positive man was a very long time ago...

And finally... the News of the World has a story in which it is suggested that the President of Real Madrid football club wants to end the English Premier League by snaffling the top four clubs to play in a permanent European Super League. Oh, go ahead. Most footie fans can't afford to get into the grounds of most Premier League clubs anyway. Take the big four clubs. Take them all. We'll all save the money from not going to pay those huge rises in National Insurance that we were looking at earlier.

Sigh!