Wednesday, 28 April 2010
Bigoted?
Mrs Duffy said:
"You can't say anything about the immigrants because you're saying that you're... all these Eastern Europeans - where are they flocking from"
Doesn't sound very bigoted. More confused. She was asking her leader a question to which he says he couldn't respond. Why not? Instead he smeared her to his staff and the world.
GordonON/GordOFF
Gordon's Last Gasp Gaffe
And this is the conversation we heard. Imagine all those chats the microphones have missed.
Brand Extension
Loved this picture that was sent in by a reader:
Sadly those limited edition bags are sold out now...
Tuesday, 27 April 2010
Where Will You Be Next Thursday?
A message from
This election is the closest in living memory
It could go either way...
Where will you watch all the action unfold?
THE BIG ELECTION NIGHT PARTY
The Sports Cafe - Haymarket
May 6th from 9pm
Why not join hundreds of people, 60 big screens, WiFI, projectors and all the channels.
Don't miss a moment of the election night action through the night with food offers and drinks deals while you cheer on your team.
Not only will there be a party but the BBC and Sky will be there, some of the UKs top bloggers and pundits as well as constant updates on what the betting markets are doing. The iBank will have charging facilities for iPhones and Blackberries. The first drink is even on the house...
Tickets to this all night event are just £25, and food and drink served all night, literally all night. Just off Trafalgar Square so there are great transport connections. Sadly we are only able to invite over 18s only.
*** TICKETS MUST BE BOUGHT ONLINE BEFORE THE NIGHT***
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Monday, 26 April 2010
Fake Change
The Lib Dems have faked up photos of three public sector workers in the last week:
Sunday, 25 April 2010
The Wheels to Come Off the Clegg Bus?
Might have taken a hit at his chances of becoming Cameron's Home Secretary...
Labour PPC in Second Internet Scandal
The Telegraph, with a little help it must be said, have landed what must surely be the knock out blow on Cowan by revealing his anti Muslim, sexually explicit and offensive online comments under a veil of attempted annoymity on various chat room forums. You can read the whole story
This story seems far darker and deeper than the Stuart MacLennan Twitter
Goodbye Cowan, or was it Racingdude009?
Saturday, 24 April 2010
A New Poll Method
Seems it was a strange day elsewhere. What exactly was with the Elvis impersonator? Good news that Labour saw sense and have
Polls looking good tonight, back to stuffing envelopes.
Vince's Bad Week
After his disastrous Chancellor's Debate on Wednesday, Vince capped off a dreadful week with this:
Via
Friday, 23 April 2010
The Morning After the Night Before
The Liberal Democrats want to rip up the rule book in terms of the electoral system, and frankly if Brown is returned despite taking a thumping from the people, TB will be inclined to agree with them.
Thursday, 22 April 2010
Lies On His Own Leaflet
Gordon Brown said he hadn't authorised leaflets telling lies about pensioners bus passes being threatened. So why does his very
A complete lie. It is not being cut at all.
First Thoughts
Brown was better than last week but that really isn't saying much. The novelty of Clegg has worn off and he flounders when given the level of scutiny his apparent poll position deserves. Clegg tried hard to keep up the "I'm different" line but frankly it just wasn't effective like last week. He was lucky with the closing statement slot as he got to push his effective line very well.
A much better performance from Cameron, he showed that passion and anger that was so devoid from last week's performance. However he still missed a couple of open goals. He had the chance to tell Brown he was liar over the inheritance tax cuts. Brown lied over the 3000 number and Cameron took it on the chin rather than slamming him and closing down the line of attack forever.
Who won? Well let the spin begin. A draw? Not sure... but there were potshots taken by everyone. No wonder Brown has been so quiet for the last few days. He was busy nailing those lines.
In terms of fighting Clegg, a resurgent Brown could put him back in his box. TB will blog again in an hour or so once the dust has settled.
UPDATE: + YouGov Rapid Poll calls it for Cameron - though stress this happened last week +
Labour's New Low
There will be apologies and serious rowing back from this. How insulting to every single disabled person in Britain. A future fair for all?
UPDATE: Just occurred to TB that Cameron's son spent all of his short life in a wheelchair. Is this really appropriate? The sooner Labour retract and apologise the better. Who approved this? McBride?
The Debate Live
Straight after the debate he will be blogging reaction from his cabin on the London to Edinburgh sleeper.
Farage Opens Fire on Bercow
TB is donating and backing Farage to the hilt... so are many other Tories. Parliament would be a much more exciting place with Farage on the benches. Get involved and Ban the Bercow.
Six Reasons Not to Vote Clegg
So perhaps the Mail went a little too far on Britain's next Home Secretary,his speech does show an interesting mindset of someone asking to lead a country he is clearly ashamed of though. The Telegraph's sleaze allegations are a lot more valid. The Liberals are whining that it is personal attack, but frankly it pales in comparison to many of the punches laid on both Brown and Cameron in the last three years. If you can't take the heat...
Via an excellent comment from regular Hughes, lets take a look at some of those policy points.
1) Wanting to piss away our seat at the top table in the UN security council by dumping our nuclear deterrent.
2) Wanting to distance us from our strongest ally, America. Which coupled with the former would leave the UK about as globally relevant as Austria.
3) Wanting our business flexibility to be bound by arbitrary, homogenised rules designed for vast swathes of continental Europe, with vastly different economies and workforces.
4) For us to be financially and legally subsumed in a sovereignty destroying, anti-democratic, cronyistic, unaccountable Euro-superstate.
5) Wanting to levy a huge tax on people who, have no more money than they did before, and through no fault of their own find themselves in homes driven into a so-called "mansion" tax-bracket by irresponsible house-buyers, irresponsible lenders and an irresponsible treasury who let the housing market race out of control. People who have already endured huge rate and council tax increases for the same reason.
6) Supporting the switch to an electoral mechanism which make it impossible to not give at least one vote to a party infatuated with the tax & spend, big government, success-punishment idiocy that landed this country in the shit in the first place.
And don't forget all the nutjob whacky stuff their core base demands...