The spin from the Blair camp on Crewe

Alistair Campbell Donald Malcolm in the First post has an interesting take on Crewe.

He suggests that David Cameron does not really want to crush Gordon Brown - ( I have to say if this were true Dave has a strange way of going about it ).

But his real message is to Labour MPs. In short - David Cameron wants Gordon Brown as Labour leader, so you know what to do then boys and girls .....

The Blairite revenge is getting ready for Thursday .....

"It's mean and it's nasty and it sums up Gordon Brown."

The headline is a quote from Eric Pickles on Labour's negative campaigning in Crewe and Nantwich. Good on you Eric...

I would have thought that hypocrisy was the last thing Labour needed to pile on top of their heads for Thurs - by they seem to be intent on grabbing a bumper load.

Where is the government's balance sheet ?

Just spend a few minutes looking for a breakdown of where the UK government gets funded from.

The HM Treasury web site wasn't much initial help - just talks about spending.

Anyone know of any good links ? I'll have to go and look at the treasury's web site in more detail....

Abortion - we should see what we are talking about

I have the TV series "Band of Brothers" on DVD at home. It a harrowing story, though not quite as bad as "Saving private Ryan" to watch - I'm not sure if I could bring myself to watch that film again, but it certainly puts warfare in its personal context.

The TV series follows a group of US Airborne soldiers through their experience of WWII, and appears to convey a realistic image of the effects of war ( is some ways how would I know having never been closer than a firing range to combat ? But its what I have to go on.)

Towards the end of the events the company liberate a concentration camp in some woods, close by a town which claims to have no knowledge of it. Specifically a proud German woman is shown moving from quiet pride as a noble widow ( she appears to have lost her husband in the war ) to utter horror as the company commander make the local population bury the corpses and clear the camp up. They can no longer deny what was being done in their name. ( I believe similar events happened towards the end of the war with the allied military being keen to ensure that the full horror of Nazi state socialism be made known to the population.)

Equally I think its time we saw with our own eyes what is being done in our names with late abortions. The TV companies have no problems with the mechanics of sexual intercourse, operations, etc etc ( just look at your TV schedule ).

So its time to see what so many journalists and media people are desperate that we never see, an abortion near the 24 weeks limit they are so keen to defend as a woman's right to chose. All the stops are being pulled out this week to smear those who are campaigning for a change, to suggest its being done the wrong way, or that lots of people they know are having abortions all the time and think about it less than what dress to wear.

I can see no reason why we shouldn't all see the evidence if we want to make an informed decision.

Why not ?

On the road to No 10

David Cameron is reported by Rosa Prince (!) in today's Telegraph with the following opening words:

Lower taxes on families and an end to "reckless" state spending will be at the heart of the Conservative Party's campaign to oust Labour from power.

This is the best news from the Conservative party in years ! ( We can expect Labour to sheepishly try to copy, after Gordon has had some time for calculating, but they may not be able to carry their party with them and are very damaged in the eyes of the public ).

The odds on David Cameron being the next prime minister should have dramatically shortened today ( win or lose on Thurs - this is a winning formula ).

This is integrity

I have my doubts about the current tactics of the Conservative party. I have my fears that those doubts point towards a deeper and wider problem, a sort of amalgam between the new political class, that in my darker moments I fear may have taken over the Conservative party*, and the analysis of the likes of Peter Hitchens and Simon Heffer.

I cheer myself up with the likes of John Redwood and Nadine Dorries.

Today I am especially thankful that as a young nurse Nadine Dorries has allowed the unpleasant experience of seeing an aborted baby fight for life in a bed pan to trouble her enough to lead to action years latter. She, now an MP, is leading the move to reduce the abortion limit from 24 weeks, hopefully to 20 weeks. See explains why in today's Telegraph.

She is the type of Conservative I most admire - with integrity and a real life experience away from the world of politics. She is addressing something that brings shame on the whole country - the extermination of children later in pregnancy. I fear that one day our children, those we have not killed before birth, will look back and wonder how we allowed such things to go on in much the same way that we wonder about slavery and child labour.

There are not enough like Nadine.

PS Gordon Brown - who wants the murder of unborn children to continue will be addressing the Church of Scotland's general assembly today on the subject of "Morality". He's the sort of politician I despise.

* as well as running Labour ( they were always in charge of the Lib Dems )

Have you been banned from Labour home ?

Letters from a Tory has ....

Man in a Shed occasionally wonders over to Labour home, but finds the level a self delusion a bit to much to take over there as they try to figure out how they sold their souls for Blair, betrayed him, allowed an anti democratic putsch by Brown and are now in such a deep hole as a result.

Who knows perhaps they'll chear up if they scrape home in Crewe. Of course they shouldn't since its perhaps the last chance they're going to get to ditch Brown.

"Labour MPs were slow to catch on..." - the Mole

Apparently more small print has exposed the "Ford Mondeo Tax" ... which Labour MPs have been slow to catch on to. Must be all that First Class travel and taxi's they enjoy.

This is going to be trouble. ( See The First Post's Mole here ).

Essex prepares ....

Busy day today, so I refer you to Jeff Randall in today's Telegraph for an analysis of the news soon to be delivered from Essex man.

As I pointed out earlier in some parts of Essex Labour is being pushed into 4th place behind the English Dems and Lib Dems - with the Conservative vote heading in by the ton.

Essex is the home of the can do attitude in this country. When I brought my then fiancée (now wife) down from Scotland I tried pointing out to her how every house was different on the streets as we approached my old home in Rayleigh. Why ? Because everyone had put their mark on their house - extensions, drives, you name it people did it. The results may look a little chaotic, but they display a strong streak of individual self reliance and personal pride.

Well Essex man is now smelling bullshit - and its coming from No10 - expect an appropriate and forthright response.