Posted on January 29, 2010 by toryrascal
There’s not much point in covering the same ground as the MSM. Tony Blair is, of course, appearing before the Chilcot inquiry today. I’m a bit gutted that I missed out on a ticket – but hey ho. I’m sure it’s going to be almost entirely predictable.
Speaking of which, Nick Robinson reveals that Blair [...]
Filed under: Afghanistan, Armed Forces, Defence, Foreign Policy, Iraq | Tagged: Dodgy Dossier, Iraq, Iraq Inquiry, Saddam, Sir John Chilcott, Tony Blair, Weapons of Mass Destruction, WMD | 1 Comment »
Posted on January 27, 2010 by toryrascal
There used to be a name for Britons who urged foreign enemies to attack British forces around the world: traitor. If, say, an influential British imam called on his coreligionists to attack Royal Navy ships in the Middle East, most people in this country would be, quite reasonably, appalled, and our hypothetical imam would be [...]
Filed under: BNP, Citizenship, Politics, Terrorism | Tagged: BNP, Islam, Muslim Council of Britain, English Defence League, Hazel Blears, Daud Abdullah, Pickled Politics | 4 Comments »
Posted on January 22, 2010 by toryrascal
Well, it’s been a terribly frantic week, so I apologise for the lack of blog posts. Between a major report launch at work and BT’s grossly incompetent broadband advisers, there’s been a lot to prevent me from blogging.
So, just to prove I haven’t disappeared, here’s my proof that batshit-insane Libyan dictator Muammar al-Gaddafi is plotting [...]
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Posted on January 14, 2010 by toryrascal
The Indy, among others, reports that Labour is to try to ‘invoke the spirit of 1997′ by producing new pledge cards. Gordon Brown clearly lacks a sense of irony; in 1997 it was the resurgent, popular and charismatic Opposition producing the pledge cards, not the tired, bickering, failing and sleazy Government. Still, I’m all for [...]
Filed under: Elections, General election, Labour, Politics | Tagged: Election, Election Campaign, General election, Gordon Brown, Labour, Pledge Card | 5 Comments »
Posted on January 12, 2010 by toryrascal
The BBC reports about an ECHR ruling which finds that the practice stopping and searching people without grounds for suspicion is illegal. Hurrah.
Three years ago I was stopped and searched in London Bridge station, while wearing CS95 uniform (normal military camouflage uniform, if you’re wondering). Having presented my ID, I asked the PCSO why [...]
Filed under: Citizenship, Justice, Liberty, Terrorism | Tagged: Police, Stop and search | 4 Comments »
Posted on January 10, 2010 by toryrascal
Today, images of life on the front line – grimy, bloody, noisy and fraught with danger – appear on TV and in the newspapers on a daily basis. This makes it hard for the public to ignore what the Armed Forces are doing on the nation’s behalf: Tommy Atkins’ plight can’t be forgotten when his [...]
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Posted on January 10, 2010 by toryrascal
Ever since I set this blog up, I’ve changed the quote below the masthead according to current events, national holidays or what’s on TV, but I’ve seldom taken the time to explain them or attribute them. So, from now on each time I upload a new quote I’ll record it in a blog post to [...]
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Posted on January 6, 2010 by toryrascal
Following this morning’s post on the airbrushed David Cameron poster, I thought I’d offer Labour a hand. Here’s my suggestion for a poster that puts their leader front-and-centre (without airbrushing), and puts across what seems to be their definitive key message to the electorate. In light of the plot by Geoff ‘Buff’ Hoon (the worst [...]
Filed under: Blogging, General election, Gordon Brown, Labour, Politics | Tagged: Airbrushing, David Cameron airbrush, David Cameron airbrushed, Geoff Hoon, Gordon Brown, Labour, Labour leadership, Leadership, Patricia Hewitt, Photoshop, Secret Ballot | 12 Comments »
Posted on January 6, 2010 by toryrascal
The left’s one remaining rag is all atwitter about the use of David Cameron’s apparently airbrushed face for the new NHS poster campaign. You’d think they might have more to worry about, what with Labour’s perilous finances and stubbornly low poll ratings (in spite of the occasional aberration). I’d be tempted to add that while [...]
Filed under: Conservatives, General election, Politics | Tagged: Advertising, Airbrushed, Airbrushing, David Cameron, Election Campaign, General election, NHS | 2 Comments »
Posted on January 5, 2010 by toryrascal
Lord Voldemort, having been asked by a child why he backs Gordon Brown:
Because that’s the only toy I have to play with.
See Rachel Sylvester’s full article in The Times for an interesting take on the ideological battle between Ed Balls and the Dark Lord.
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