The project does succession planning also

Feeling prophetic today http://tinyurl.com/yjnenwk as Guido http://tinyurl.com/yfs42a8 and Hannan converge on the projects dark plan to put Miliband in office.

MPs second homes

How about using the Tower of London for MPs second homes? It's close, secure, and we could use the river from Westminster to get them in via Traitor's gate.

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Strike !

So were heading fast back to Labour's 1970's with big industrial disputes.

As usual its those away from the great corporations that will suffer the most.

Small businesses going bust as the CWU moves to take advantage of Labour's anti business legislation to stop a company bringing in employees to do the work that others refuse.

And now BA staff being balloted on ruining peoples Christmas. ( I have to declare an interest here - I forked out for tickets to do to a friends wedding in the last weekend before Christmas. We booked early as I would expect availability to disappear closer to the date and have another wedding North of London we are relying on BA getting us to the next day ! )

As ever the main losers are those being held to ransom - the UK public.

The Unions are back spreading their own form of misery , bullying and economic destruction and they own the Labour party ( or at least can stop it going bankrupt before the next election - which is close to the same thing ).

Moments of England

Just back from a weekend's camping in Rutland. Here's two pictures that summed up a rather good weekend. ( Only camera phone snaps, but they can be expanded by clicking on them ).

There must be a public enquiry into whether Labour allowed mass immigration for political purposes

I've just seen reports of this in the Daily Telegraph quoting Andrew Neather, a former adviser to Tony Blair, Jack Straw and David Blunkett.

I have always suspected this has been Labour's policy and its in part why I hold them in such low regard that they are willing to sacrifice the interests of our country just for votes, spite and narrow political advantage.

This looks like the misuse of power and frankly I think criminal charges should result. ( Imagine the uproar from the left over Michael Howard doing anything like this ? Or you don't have to imagine think of the Shirley Porter and the sale of homes for votes scandal. That was just for a few votes - how about letting 2 million people in just for votes ! )

To start with their must be a public inquiry into immigration and the reason's for Labour allowing a flood of millions of people they said wasn't happening into our country.

On the other hand: It does occur to me that this might itself be a dirty trick by Labour to get the Conservatives making immigration noises so Labour can rerun the other great smear and lie they used in 2005 which had every interview with a Conservative spokesperson ( any spokeperson ) drowned out by questions on immigration. Is Mr Neather dropping his former bosses in it or has he been primed to kick this off ? This would fit the strange actions of Peter Hain and using the BNP to frighten people back into voting Labour. The only thing we know for sure is they are capable of anything and have no shame or honour and most certainly always put their political party before the country.

Thoughts on Question Time with Nick Griffin et al

I've tried not to read any of the other commentaries before writing a few notes on what I thought of question time. I think this is one of those occasions where your view on events can become very coloured by the spin someone else puts on it.

Here are a few points:

• This was lynch mob Question Time. All the questions where aimed at Nick Griffin, and the chair didn't even try to have a normal debate. Some of the questions were good - I especially liked the man who asked where do you expect me to go and live.
• Clearly the key panellists and chairman went in armed with their killer facts that their researchers were sure Griffin couldn't answer. That's all well and good, but in many ways very dry.
• On balance Jack Straw had a good night. His voice was quivering at the start and his set point speech at the beginning was a bit cheesy, but in general he did well - except for the attempt to smear the right of centre by accusing the BNP of being right wing and the old Labour tactic to close down all debate of invoking their smears about Enoch Powell. ( It worth remembering that Labour's refusal to allow debate on immigration - and indeed to control it - has lead to the BNP rise in the first place, and mostly from their voters ).
• Baroness Warsi did okay. She was most impressive savaging Jack Straw however.
• Chris Huhne just continues to give the impression that he's a bit of a thug himself.
• Bonnie Greer was very much in charge and seemed to hold a strange sort of authority over Griffin, that I'm sure he will hate himself for. She put her point across very effectively, though I didn't like the US knee jerk response on the KKK which moved to close debate rather than tackle and defeat a point.
• Nick Griffin hardly got a word in. The Audience was over overwhelmingly hostile, as was the panel and the chairman.
• The no platform and fascist anti-free speech mob will be feeling just a little silly this morning. This was no BNP triumph and many people will have been reminded of why we despise the BNP. So you leftie thugs it turns out free speech and democracy can be trusted - I hope you've learnt your lesson.

But, but but ....

We didn't learn much. It certainly wasn't fair - if any other party leader had been treated in the way Griffin was their would be uproar this morning ( as a thought experiment put the leader of the Green party in his place and see if it makes sense ).

Also I doubt it has had any impact on the BNPs supporters. The West London audience aren't BNP supporting anyway. They will have seen a monstering by people who never answered the questions that the BNP provides answers for them on*. The story of the establishment all being untied against us will be perpetuated ( I'd like to call it a myth, but quite frankly after last night I can't ).

This was an exercise in exercising democracy and free speech against the forces of oppression ( lead for Labour by Peter Hain ). It has shown Home Office funding for some of the more violent protest groups. But we have learnt little.

Certainly their was no attempt to engage the BNP on policy - or more correctly for question time to allow the BNP to put its policies for issues for comparison against the policies of other parties and commentators. And that's what needs to happen.

So it will all have to be done again, because that's what's needed to take support away from the BNP.

What did you think ? I'm off to read some of the other comments in the blogsphere and press.

* With the exception of immigration, which Baroness Warsi was especially good on.

Update: Here's the question I'm left with. Why did 943,598 people vote BNP at the Euro elections ? Peronally I think you'll find few of them see themselves as racist ( and if they are why vote BNP at only these elections and not the previous ones ).

We - the mainstream parties - need to properly engage with these people and understand the message they are sending by voting for a party that many of them would probably admit is odious.

A few Labour MP's have understood there's an issue - John Cruddas, Margaret Hodge, Frank Field come to mind. But all we get from all three main parities is generalisations and often a flat denial that peoples experiences are genuine or valid. This is a very dangerous situation to leave to fester.

Further Update:

Apparently Question Time got 7.8million viewers last night - three times the usual number. It shows the interests and perhaps concern in the general public. ( Even a few die hard leftie no-platformers were tuned in - yes Tom I mean you ).

Are Labour using the BNP to scare its voters back ?

It occurs to me that there has been far too much protesting about Nick Griffin being on QT. Most of it from the left and their thugs in the various anti fascist organisations ( yes they're as anti democratic and worrying as the BNP is itself ).

Then we had Peter Hain making sure the subject occupied 2-3 days of prime media coverage this week.

Nick Griffin thinks they've all been idiots providing him free publicity, but I see a darker and more sinister explanation - one that the Labour have form for - of negative campaigning combined with trying to frighten and bully people into supporting them.

The Stop the BNP message works well for Labour with the ethnic groups they lost because of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. They can bribe the white working class nearer the election - if they can make it sound credible after so many years of broken promises.

I think Labour are actually finding an aspect of all this very useful indeed and may even have fanned the blames of this debate deliberately ( either that or Griffin is right about Hain et al ). Think about it, Labour the party of the media Grid letting a story build up due to actions of a senior figure of the party - I think thats unlikely to be chance.

Its the sort of deeply irresponsible party before country type of behaviour we have grown used to from Labour.

PS My guess is this will be one of the most watched Question Times ever - largely due to the actions of the Labour party and its anti-free speech allies.

As I've said elsewhere the panellists had better have done their home work because Nick Griffin is a slippery so and so and will be very hard to skewer. Those who think you can just turn out and say your a racist and win the argument are in for a shock.

The stakes are high tonight. Lets hope someone gets Nick Griffin below the water line.

Brown and Obama favour the big banks heavily regulated - I wonder why ?

Nationalisation has until very recently been out, and yet one of the main aims of the socialist has been to control the banks.

Thanks to the mismanagement of Bush and Brown ( with supporting roles from the Middle East and China fuelling the asset bubble all this was built upon ) our banks where challenged in such a way that we could not let them fail.

The socialists ( Obama and Brown via the G20 ) think these means state control of a few large banks that will eventually be instructed what to do ( which is where more regulation will go eventually ).

The free marketer want smaller banks that can go bust without tax payer intervention. ( As argued for by Mervyn King this week )

So its corporatism and socialism vs freedom and the free market. An interesting, if familiar, dividing line ...

Why isn't Harriet threatening the Unions over the lack of female Union bosses ?

We see today Harriet insisting that the dead hand of socialism be extended to company board rooms in the city by insisting that some people are only qualified by the nature of their genetic make up to be on a board.

Just wondering why the Unions aren't being threatened also ?

Could it be because they pay Labour's bills ?

All token shortlists

David Cameron has said in response to questioning today that central office are looking at all token short lists and may well impose them before the next general election.

My guess is this will lead to widespread rebellion and might even cost him the election.

Be warned Mr Cameron - the members of the Conservative party want to appoint their own MPs and elect their own leaders. There have been many rumblings over the hand of central office in recent selections, but most of us have kept quiet. It wouldn't take that much for independent Conservative candidates to start running with the support of the people who provide the foot soldiers in local constituencies.

That won't last if you try to impose socialist token targets on associations.

PS Of course another problem with token shortlists of token candidates is how do you chose the correct token ?

Should there be more plumbers in parliament ?
More undertakers ?
More Engineers ?

When I see those from the those who argue for token shortlists but are themselves from groups that are they argue are over represented resign their seats to help re-balance the house then I'll take them more seriously.

Will David Cameron or George Osborne be standing down to be replaced by token candidates ? I thought not.

Other reactions:

Conservative home - All women shortlists are fundamentally unConservative and they have no place in a party pledged to meritocracy and localism.

Iain Dale - All Women Shortlists: Not In My Name

Nadine Dories MP- Every morning as I walk into westminster, I feel proud and humbled to be here. If I had been elected via an all woman shortlist I wouldn't
Be able to hold my head up as I would know the men I work with would be here on merit but that I had needed a hand. That's not equality.

Petition to stop global warming propaganda to frighten our children

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Stop wasting taxpayer's money on climate change propaganda designed to frighten our children.

If your a UK citizen then go here to sign.

Update I should of course have made it clear that this has been driven by Steve Green over at the Daily Referendum who deserves the credit.

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Tory Bear - right-wing political gossip: Labour Future

Give up you industry, lives and freedom or the puppy gets it

Ok I said I wouldn't be doing much more of this for a while, but I can't resist.

The government doesn't have the money to train our troops (TA) but does for unsubstantiated Warmist political propaganda to scare kids is gearing up to prepare for Brown to sell out our country one more time in Copenhagen.



See Not Evil Just Wrong.

Going to be a bit quiet for a few days

Loads of post conference watching - school hunting ( too long to explain ) - lost work time.

I'll put my twitter feed overhead for a few days and maybe post links to other posts I've like reading in the evening. ( Its time to look around a bit more anyway ).

Normal service resumed next week.

Govt to sell £3billion of English assets to fund UK - but no Scots assets

You could raise a lot of money if you sold the future rights to tax North Sea oil for example.

But no the Scots lead government of the anti-English Labour party instead plans to:

1) Sell the right to Tax the English for a crossing they have already more than paid for at Dartford.
2) Sell the English student loan book ( maybe some Welsh and Irish in there somewhere ).
3) Sell the Channel Tunnel rail link - which will allow ,money to be raised from the English again

Why not sell the rights to future North Sea Oil and Gas revenues ? That would be simple and there would be plenty of buyers, but of course the unelected Scottish prime minister and the Scottish MP who is Chancellor of the exchequer prefer to sell the English into further debt for the state spending in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland that the English fund and Labour won't cut back.

The government can't print Gold

Source BullionVault

Just saying ...

The days pass faster than you think

Scene: 5 minutes after we should have left the house.

Mias:- Where is your fleece ? Come on we're always looking for this at the last minute.

No1 Daughter (aged 8):- I Don't know !

Mias:- Well try looking

No1 Daughter:- ( heads upstairs in special huff mode - extra stomping employed )

MiaS:- I can't see it here are you looking ?

No1 Daughter:- YES

MiaS:- So where is it ? !

No1 Daughter:- I don't know - ....... - hold on perhaps its at school.

Mias:- Sigh

No1 Daughter:- Daaad - where you up late last night ?

Mias:- Well .. yes as a matter of fact I was #.

No1 Daughter:- *That's why your grumpy*.

When did the tables get turned like this ?

# (( Watching David Cameron's speech on iPlayer of course, not that I tell her that. ))

Weep for science in schools under Labour

I have a difficult task ahead of me. That's trying to see through the image the local secondary schools present to see what they are actually like, how and what they teach and whether to entrust my children to them.

I have made a reasonable living of my schooling in science and subsequent education and training as an Engineer. Some of my school colleagues went into the city ( I'm guessing they are very rich by now ), but I had a strange affinity with the idea of producing something.

It hasn't paid fantastically, but its paid okay ( although loads of public servants now seem to get paid stacks more cash and get gold plated pensions for reasons that aren't apparent to me on first inspection. )

So I'd like my kids to have that opportunity.

The only problem is that science has closed for business in state schools.

I went on a tour of one this week and had a look through the AQA curriculum books. All highly entertaining - and yes in had science in there somewhere - interspaced with what can only be described as entertainment.

Take a look at the speed kills task to the left. I'm afraid the picture wasn't too good, but what it suggests is that

A local radio station wants your help to make a thirty second road safety slot aimed at car drivers. The idea is to repeat the slot every hour. With the help of your friends decide what message to put across then plan and record it. You could put the message across as a newsflash or a catchy jingle.

So F=ma doesn't get much of a look in then ?

What was clearly missing from the book and the class room was any indication of the basic discipline that make up science.

The concern is all to entertain and make relevant, but in doing so the basics seem to be missed.

Science is no longer taught as an progressive discovery, with experiments backing each phase, but as some sort of government propaganda indoctrination scheme.

Michael Gove cited a few examples from Science GCSE papers in his speech today - and there's plenty more where that came from !

Private schools are giving up on the government's favoured dumbed down propaganda heavy qualifications ( will you get your Physics GCSE if you argue - and most sceptical scientists do these days that the world is getting colder and humans aren't forcing climate change - its good science, but poor politics ) and turning to the international GCSE or even 'O' Level ( and it still does exist ).

Indeed I looked over the O level sample papers that exist and the tasks and thinking involved are by far closer to the real world of work than the touchy feely "what do you think" group therapy that passes for a science GCSE.

In my tour of the maths dept of one school I spotted things like a display of the 9 planets in the Milky Way ( come on Sir ! ). No wonder their Ofsted report kept going on about their problems with Maths - and quite frankly how can you be a technology college without maths the language of science functioning well ?

In the science department of course the compulsory Ed Miliband approved - Al Gore believing, Global Warming propaganda. See below:

There were even biology posters that I know are out of date on the wall - just by watching the evening news ! ( The Lab technicians were allowed a half naked man on their door - imagine the outcry if it had been a woman. Clearly no one is in charge of this department. )

No wonder top Universities find that hard science and engineering places are increasingly dominated by privately educated children. ( Note this was not always so - but its got much worse under Labour and they take their strategy of deceitful falsehoods to try and create a fantasy narrative about education ). This goes on to mean many professions will be closed of to many children because of Labour's campaign of fantasy education.

My great fear is that as exchange rates change and the Chinese decide to enjoy the fruits of their labours we will have none of the skills required to build phones, microchips, TV's ( last plant closed this year ) or even Piano's ( last UK manufacture closes this year ).

Despite what some of our socialist friends might have deluded themselves to think we can't all work in public services pushing paper round in circles and attending diversity awareness training sessions.

I can see a day coming when those who live in the East will consider the sort of economic sanctions against us, to coerce our policies, that we once used against them.

Sir James Dyson sees the importance of this. He's spent a lot of time trying to convince the Labour government as has now given up on them to come and talk to the Conservative conference in Manchester.

And Michael Gove is absolutely spot on with his instincts here. ( He gets a lot of stick - perhaps due to things beyond his control - but often people like that have developed steely determination and I hope its the case with him ).

Only a Conservative government can save science education in England from its terminal decline under Labour and give every young citizen their fair chance at making their way in this world.

Other opinion: Channel 4 ( which means left wing ) have done one of their fact check exercises on Michael Groves statements which is worth a read as it include EdExcel's repsonses on the points raided. They also provide a link to Michael Gove's speech here.

There argument is essentially that Science GCSE's need to cover a wide range of ability and there was more to the questions than Michael stated.

However having just lost an hour or two reading International O level question papers over at the University of Cmabridge's international examinations site here I am just trying to work out how I can get my kids to take and pass them. Becuase they contain the basis that a profession can be built on in the physical sciences. I am very unimpressed by the GCSE material I've come across with respect to state schools.

Yes people will go on about the need to cover the ability range - but that's where the dumbing down accusation hits Labour like a Exocet missile just above the water line.

Why can't my taxes pay for my children to be educated in way that is actually useful for their futures ?

Boris vs Paxo on Newsnight last night

Paxo was playing the BBC game of "manufacture the Euro split" with Boris.

Watch how many ways Boris comes up with for batting the question away.

Fantastic stuff Boris !



PS Beware of the Leftie Trolls on Youtube - a few comments need voting on if you go to the Youtube version..

The United Kingdom Sovereignty Bill (2010) - solution to the Lisbon ratified issue

The BBC are repeating their 2005 line with immigration in every interview right now, except its the Lisbon Constitution ( obligatory reminder here of how Labour sold the country out and lied in their 2005 manifesto due to the cowardice of the leadership and preference for deceiving people and distorting the truth instead of holding a referendum. Lets never forget Labour were the traitors and the liars who sold their country out.)

However the what to do if the Poles and Czechs can't hold out is still a very real question. ( Though perhaps the BBC should note that it is one that would be answered in a Conservative manifesto once the election is called and unlike Labour we would stick to it ).

So here's my answer, which borrows a little from ideas I heard before from other Conservative politicians.

Her Majesty's Government (and won't it be great to hear those words again after all the years of Labour's stealth republicanism ) should bring forward a bill which will declare that UK sovereignty as invested by our sovereign in the UK Parliament can never be permanently transferred to other bodies without a referendum and then only for a period of 15 years after which such permission will need to be renewed. ( This would force a referendum on EU membership, NATO membership, maybe even the UN every 15 years ).

Shorter term agreements would only remain legally enforceable whilst the Parliament that had voted to lend the sovereignty was sitting and would expire automatically every general election.

Labour have sort to sell out out country on the sly, and no government of any political complexion should ever be allowed to use it temporary authority in such a way again.

That would make the subject of a great referendum !

We should all be very grateful to Egypt

The Economist runs an article this week about the Egyptian campaign against Swine-Flu, that looks vastly more effective than that run in the UK, where the government has in effect given up. ( Note the Egyptian measures - eg staggering playgrounds & isolation rooms- in schools could be repeated in the UK to at least change the profile of the coming outbreak, which is the biggest threat to us right now ie a peak that we don't have the resources in hospitals to deal with like respirator beds - but it seems to be too much trouble here ).

Its true the Egyptians made a decision that seems more based on their desire to oppress their Christian minority early on of killing pigs, which has lead to its own problem is alternative food waste disposal.

But what the article misses is what the world is really afraid of. H5N1 - bird flue - has made the transition from animal to human in a number of cases in Egypt, and if it mixes inside a human with the easy to spread but currently mostly mild H1N1 swine flue then the deadly pandemic strain could be let lose on the world.

Hence the actions of the Egyptian government and people matter far more than those else where.

Prevention rarely has an obvious reward, but we may all have had reasons we will now never know about to be grateful to Egypt.

Back to school

This week I, along with many parents in England, made visits to secondary schools to try and decide on the school we will apply for on behalf of our son.

I visited a slightly run down looking school beyond Woking - ( this is Surrey - the money went North to Labour heartlands, though it was raised here ) and tried to dig through the good show the school was putting on. So I asked the two pupils showing us round what was the best and the worse thing about the school, thinking that the worse thing would be the most informative.

But I had a surprise. They two girls replied that the best thing was the new discipline system. Classes are no longer ruined by those pupils ( sorry students ) who can't control themselves. The school operates a sin bin system where disruptive pupils spend the rest of the day, and being sent there is suitable unpopular. In addition the school tries to help those pupils lacking self control by letting them leave classes to go to a holding area where they contrinue their work and get help with "anger management".

The result has been rapidly improving results - most appreciated by the majority of the students who can finally get on with learning.

It sounds so simple, but how long it has taken to get here. Teachers are back in charge, students learn and achieve.

The school has had a poor reputation, the thing that our guides identified as the worse aspect of the school - and how angry they were that people thought of the school like that given it was far better than the reputation suggested. I think its about to improve a lot.

Like synthetic phonics your immediate response on seeing how well it works is why doesn't this happen everywhere ?

Take a look at the #LabourLost campaign

There's a campaign to help bring together all those putting evidence for Labour's failures forward on twitter so its easier for people (& esp voters) to follow.

Its all explained here.

I can see a few problems with the idea, espeically screening referals to cull troll tweets, as if trolls could fly ;-) . Still intresting to see how it works out.

The LabourLost web site is here and its twitter feed ( the most intresting part ) here.

However, I'm all for attacking the other side with listing their failures etc, the only thing I don't like is trying to look like one of their sites ( which the web site does ). Other parties do this and it fools no one, but actually damages the integrity of the message.

Labour praying for a Yes vote in Ireland so they don't have to face a vote in the UK

I've just seen this tweet from Claire Hazelgrove a London based Labour candidate for Skipton & Ripon:

Rooting for a 'Yes' vote from Ireland today... #lisbontreaty

I bet you are Claire. After all your party betrayed its election manifesto to give the UK a referendum, and doesn't want the people of Britain getting is democratic rights from an incoming Conservative administration. ( Yes we've heard all the weasel worlds about treaties not constitution, but even the Labour MP who helped form the constitution admits they are the same ).

Labour are running scared of any votes they can't fix.

Action this day

On a discussion on Conservative home about the Woking primary I noted that the Lib Dems have dumped three leaflets through my door since the local elections.

This point was also made by our new candidate Jonathan Law, who promised that if elected he'd be meeting senior local party members the next day to start the campaign.

The next morning, after the primary, through my door came the first Conservative leaflet.

That's more like it - action this day.

( Before you ask - I do my share of deliveries. )

Note to the Irish

I know advice from the Brits isn't that popular over with you.

But think long and hard before you get bullied into signing away your sovereignty and getting Tony Blair as president.

It took us over 10 years to get rid of him.

And imagine Cherie Blair as first lady of Europe in your papers every day !

You have to vote what's best in the long term for your country. If we didn't have a lying cheating prime minister and cowardly Labour party then we too would have had a chance to vote - and we would have voted no, as many times as they asked us.

Remember - vote yes and they'll never need your permission again .....

Watch David Starkey - Man on fire

I got back from an evening's trip out to a school open evening ( more on which later ) to see Question Time just starting. Like watching footballers come out you look at the line up.

Ben Bradshaw - Labour loyalist, but usually a safe pair of hands.
Somebody sitting next to him I haven't heard of ( Dambisa Moyo ) - who surprises with measured comments and intelligence - only beacuse sitting next to Ben Bradshaw I assume she'd been added as another leftie.
Chat show Charlie - who is always happiest laying into the Tories
Tereasa May ( oh no - why do the BBC keep wheeling here out, oh hold on I understand ).
David Starkey (Standard issue slightly mad conservative to remind the audience, I imagine the BBC editors thinking, what a Tory administration would really be like.)


But hold on one minute - David Starkey caught the mood. ( Even though as ever the audience was packed with the usual Socialist Worker Green revolutionary over Tattooed stereo types ).

Surely they will tire of his habit of taking far too much time to answer the question I thought ? But not tonight - the public wants blood and David Starkey is just the man to make sure its Labour's and Ben Bradshaw's they're going to get.

It was a tour de force and well worth watching again here.

He accuses the Gordon Brown of having a childish temper, No 10 of being all about spin and lies and being just straight unbelievable ( about 17 mins in ) and it just gets better.