Are Labour trying to silence John Redwood ?

Today in his blog John Redwood outlines the Labour spin operation over Rover and how successful it has been in diverting attention form government failures over Rover.

He also points out that this is only possible due to the considerable influence New Labour still has over journalists and editors. ( I would say especially at the BBC. )

He then goes on to say how he had been put on standby to appear on Newsnight, and asked not to accept any other offers for media appearances, but then his appearance was cancelled due to orders from higher up.

Could it be that there's a view on the credit crunch that the BBC wishes to suppress ?

This just goes to show that the BBC is hopelessly politically compromised and must be disbanded by an incoming Conservative Govt.

Dan Hannan is innocent - unlike Labour's health policy and smears

Which is more than can be said for the BBC and left wing spin and smear machine that's swinging into action for its traditional Tory Witch hunt.

He makes his case about what he actually said here..

The NHS is not beyond criticism and those who claim it isn't are looking to gain political advantage out of the suffering of the people they refuse to help by making the NHS better ( which requires open political debate ).

Its Labour who are the enemy of the sick and dying with their refusal to do the things to improve our health service that would have an impact because of narrow political advantage and the personal finances of their rich life bleeding the public sector dry.

Labour con of the day

Now I know you might think that when I mention con I mean convict and by implication Labour MPs, but I think the following action by the government itself constitutes a con.

Apparently only 2% of the "Apprenticeships" being offered by the civil service ( and surely to appear on the long list of tractor production statistics that Gordon Brown loves sapping peoples will to live with ) are given to people who aren't already civil servants.

Its the old re badging con again !