Payback.

Adrian McMenamin

is toryparty.net

From

here

.

And here's another piece about

Adrian McMenamin

.

How to piss off voters...

Donal Blaney has a

brilliant story

tonight.

Tax cuts please...

On the plane back up to Scotland Tory Bear was contemplating the horrendous prospect of the Tories being

outflanked

by Labour and the LibDems on tax cuts.

In the post-Obama world the left seemed to have clocked that people really like tax cuts.

Gordo was stupid enough to brief that he was contemplating the idea and it seems CCHQ have got into gear and

beaten him to it

.

The political climate has changed. Tax cuts back on the agenda. Weyhey.

Dizzy confirms TB's speculation...

Yesterday Tory Bear asked whether Derek Draper and the Labour party blog rebuttal unit were anything to do with the anonymous Conservative and Unionist hate blog. This morning Dizzy has done what he does best and confirmed what turned out to be a rather good hunch...

Over to

Dizzy

:
"Tory Bear has been pondering whether the so-called Derek Draper

right-wing blog rebuttal operation

is under way now that an anonymously created site called

toryparty.net

has appeared. The site initially appeared in September around the same time that Draper was being brought back.

I can reveal that this site has indeed been set-up by someone heavily linked with Derek Draper. Adrian McMenamin, a former Downing Street advisor and the man that headed up Labour's rapid rebuttal Excalibur system prior to 1997 appears to be behind the site. What's more, his attempts to hide it were not quite good enough.

You see, they've managed to use a privacy provider for the Whois record to hide the ownership of the toryparty.net domain, unlike when

hatemytory.com

was set up, but a fundamental mistake has then been made you see.

dizzy@dizzy-laptop:~$ host toryparty.net
toryparty.net has address 88.198.44.150
dizzy@dizzy-laptop:~$ host 88.198.44.150
150.44.198.88.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer transpero.net.

dizzy@dizzy-laptop:~$ host www.hatemytory.com
www.hatemytory.com has address 88.198.44.150
dizzy@dizzy-laptop:~$ host 88.198.44.150
150.44.198.88.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer transpero.net.

Yes, that's right, instead of getting it its own IP, the site has simply been pointed to the same named addressed for his other, main Labour site, "

transpero.net

". This is the same as the the set up for "hatemytory.com". Transpero.net, for those who don't know, is a site "devoted to developing internet based resources for Labour Party members and supporters."

Nice try, but they got caught out. I do wonder if those bloggers on the Left who are obsessed and outraged by fake anonymous sites will pass comment on this. Here's the bottom line though, it has been well reported that Derek Draper is heading up some kind of online rebuttal strategy for Brown.

Suddenly an attack blog appears that uses the name "toryparty" around the same time, and it's set-up, hosted, and pointed to the site of one of Draper's former rapid rebuttal colleagues from Millbank. You do the maths. If I was in CCHQ I would be starting domain dispute proceedings with Adrian McMenamin.

If Derek Draper, Adrian McMenamin, and the Labour Party really want to have a war online then they're going to have learn some better tricks about concealing their tracks. Alternatively don't bother concealing your tracks, none of the high traffic right wing blogs that you fear so much are anonymous, why not just be proud of your own arguments and go for it?"


This is hugely embarrassing for the Labour Party especially just days after Hazel Blears went on

the attack

against the right-wing blogsphere. At the same time as a minister is attacking blogging for being cynical and nasty another arm of this morally bankrupt and deceitful government is embodying the very thing being attacked. The toryparty.net site was pathetic and really represents just how low this government is stooping.

So will Hazel Blears apologise?

TB isn't holding his breath.

Dizzee Rascal for PM

If you thought the weekend was nearly over then think again - turn the volume up and get the music pumping...



Incase you missed his stunning Newsnight debute, check out Tory Bear's mash up of Dizzee Rascal explaining why Obama won because of hip-hop and why he might very well run for office..

Remember where you saw the Dizzee4PM campaign first kids!

We all know one...

TB sadly knows far too many people like this - maybe he can be the one to mobilise this army.

Now for that catchy slogan...

Hat-Tip - Three Line Whip

May the battle commence...

There are 17 people in the blogsphere who matter and

Derek Draper

isn't one of them. A while back there was talk of Mandy's former assistant and lobbying sleazebag-in-chief leading

Labour's assault

against the right-wing bloggers. Well Tory Bear can't help but think this assault might well have begun. There was talk

this week

of a meeting of Draper's attack squad that included some lefty bloggers.

Draper and an unknown female blogger.

The papers today were full of little snippets from comments left on

ConservativeHome

, especially in the Mail's piece on George Osborne (which sadly isn't available online.) TB couldn't help notice a certain Tory hater used exactly the same quote from ConHome on

his blog

yesterday-

Is there some sort of Labour press officer pushing this quote around in the last 24 hours?

Is the Draper attack team up and running?

The crap Conservative and Unionist attack blog, hosted at

toryparty.net

emerged in late September at exactly the same time it emerged that disgraced Draper was being bought back. Whoever is behind it seems to be very good at picking up irrelevant stories from minor local papers - just the sort of thing the Labour party press office would have to monitor.

Of course this is all speculation on the part of Tory Bear but he wouldn't be the least bit surprised if the toryparty.net blog was linked to this supposed fightback by Labour on the blogsphere. Have a read of it for yourself and see if you agree, it just doesn't flow like an independent and free-thinking blogger but instead reads as the work of someone having a party line whispered in their ear.

Only time will tell, but TB is confident that the first shots of the Labour blog coup may well have been fired this week.

Glenrothes hits the cyber nats hard...

Just spotted this on the

Scottish Unionist

blog. It's been lifted from a newspaper comments section and is a fair reflection of the lunacy you find in cyber-nationalist forums, which make for comical reading..

It was the last line that really tickled Tory Bear! These idiots just don't get it, this ridiculous attempt to link their half-arsed idea of separation to the American War of Independence highlights just how stupid the Nationalists are. What next - No taxation without representation!? Well last time TB checked the Scots paid less tax and got more bang for their buck, and they even have their own shiny Parliament. Hardly a battle against a cruel and repressive occupier.

This evocation of the ultimate libertarian freedom campaign is insulting and pathetic. To suggest that violent insurrection is an option to the nationalist cause proves just how desperate this small, sad bunch of nutters really are. Check out some of these forums if you fancy a laugh.

TB will see you on the barricades my crazy Caledonian chums...

...flying a very different flag.

CF blog stat porn...

TB often wondered if anyone actually reads the Conservative Future Executive

blog

...

...and now he knows.

Update: The perfect dog for Obama

Seems the perfect on message dog is out there for Barack Obama:



Brian Obama has a certain ring to it too...

DC on/in Scotland

Dave said to ITN today that this was his tenth visit since becoming leader to Scotland and that he is strong fighter for the Union wherever candidates need him etc.



He says it's always hard work for Conservatives in Scotland and he is committed, but how committed is he? While it was good news that we are moving into the third party position in Scotland there is still a hell of a lot more to be done. Scotland represents one tenth of the United Kingdom in terms of population and thus DC should spend one tenth of his time here. Or at the very least a couple of days every month. It's going to be a very sticky situation if the Tories are elected to Westminster with very little representation north of the border.

It's not too late to sort this out...

A dog is for life, not just for soundbites...

So the esteemed President Elect spent longer talking about puppies than he did about Iraq in his first

press conference

...

TB feels it's time to hold a proper competition... real prizes and actual winners this time.

If you would like to have a post-inauguration dinner with Tory Bear then you just have to tell him A) what will Barack and co name their doggy or if no-one gets it right B) what sort of dog will they get...

Answers to editor@torybear.com by the time the First Dog is unveiled to the nation...

New Glenrothes MP goes off message...

Ah to be a fly in the wall in Alex Salmond's office today...

TB wonders if the Grinner of the North had that horrible little smirk wiped off his face today. Despite the spin being put out by Downing Street and the Labour goons today, that the Glenrothes result was a vote of confidence in Gordon Brown and the economic plan etc, the victorious candidate - who is fast becoming a spin doctors nightmare told it

how it really is

:

“It’s not a referendum on Gordon Brown at all. What we’ve done is put forward key polices in this area. It’s about the policies that have been presented to the people.”

He described his campaign as a “by-election fought on local issues, but there were obviously macro issues.”

Asked whether Prime Minister had called to congratulate him he said, “He’s tried to phone me three times this morning, but I’ve been elsewhere.”

Good lad.

TB is famous... ish.

From the Evening Standard tonight:

Exeter election results in...

After another close fought campus battle TB can reveal those who emerged victorious to form the new branch committee for

Exeter University Conservative Future

:

Chairman: Ben Corbridge
Deputy Chairman: Andrew Glover
General Secretary: Tarasyn Whitehead-Patey
Treasurer: Dan Griffin
Press Officer: Timothy Jenkins
Campaigns Officer: William Ashbee
Social Secretary: Sophie Kelk
Freshers' Rep: Charlotte Markey

If you were wondering...

+++STOP PRESS+++

As the dust settles around the Glenrothes result, beyond Gordo's bounce or the SNP reality check, a far bigger story is breaking in the political world...

It seems as if

PoliticsHome

have actually predicted an election result correctly!

Stephan Shakespeare, Tim Montgomerie and staff celebrate tonight at 18 Doughty Street

Well almost.. The poll of the 100 insider British political experts said it would be a squeak of a victory for Gordon Brown but it seems Labour have sailed home with a 6000 majority.

An improvement any how... almost there guys.

Labour win something...

Labour have managed to hold a seat that used to be held by Communist Party with a 6000 majority.

Apparently this is a "stunning victory". Errrrm.

Tories beat Lib Dems into fourth with 1381 to 947. We also moved into third in tonight's Edinburgh council by-election. BBC only gave Maurice twenty seconds of airtime.. had time to thank God though and talk about getting married. He even managed to get a cheer for dissing Alex Salmond. Nice one.

TB is loving this.. the Nats look ridiculous having already declared victory here a few weeks back and Labour are ecstatic about defending a majority of 10k. Well done guys... a real "victory".

Incidentally there is a very hot blonde Labour press officer loitering behind the cameras... any one know who she is?

+++SNP defeated+++

TB's mate at the count is already on the booze - the nats have taken a kicking. Lest we forget this is a Labout seat and it seems they are about to have their majority slashed by at least half. This is neither a victory for Labour or the SNP - they both have egg on their faces.

Yes TB called this one wrong but oh well. Seems the Tories are coming in third... with the deposit fingers crossed.

Salmond is going to look like a tit tomorrow morning.. and to think he even had banners saying "yes we can" at a rally yesterday. Gordo is going to be grinning all day. Ugh.

Cringeworthy!

Just wondering...

As TB gears up for the Glenrothes result he is watching Question Time.

Already 20 minutes in someone has called Nigel Farage a racist for absolutely no reason and David Dimbleby has confused a man and a woman. DD has to go soon- after his poor performance over election night the other day he surly can't be allowed to do the British elections ever again.

TB has one question though. What is with the ridiculous idea of having a "celebrity" each week on QT? TB is fairly sure that no one in this country gives a damn about what Brian bloody Eno has to say about Obama, Bush or the Swiftboat Veterans for Justice.

Why does anyone care what this washed up ageing hipster has to say. Why should we pay tax to listen to this idiot spouting his views that have been warped by years on drugs.

It used to be fun to watch Question Time to shout at the telly...

These days it's just unwatchable...


UPDATE 23.30: David Dimbleby just asked Germaine Greer what she thought. Germaine Greer is not on the panel.