Do SkyNews know something we don't?


The last few times TB has taken money out of a cash machine, nice RBS ones in Edinburgh, he has been given crisp, clean, brand new notes... His flatemates and a couple of others have noticed this as well.
Ok sorry to go into overload with the videos today but this is simply something that cannot be seen without passing comment. Melanie Philips gives a pretty terrifying
Well bear in mind that thought and apply it to this little video that is doing the rounds:‘We're looking for supporters,’ said DeHaven of Hoover, one of the event's organizers. ‘We're not looking for a fight. That will come later, when we have an army.’
TB has beenway too excited about the Armando Iannucci film coming out on the 17th April. The Thick of It was by far the best thing the BBC has put out in years and judging on this clip, the film looks as if it will be a roaring success:
Can't wait!
Hat-Tip -
Just spotted this little video on
TB wasn't going to blog about Jade Goody but there is one point that has stuck out in his mind ever since Gordon "the era of celebrity is over" Brown took time out of saving the world and offered his two cents. Goody didn't have such friends in high places when she was a national hate figure after her racist outbursts and the general embarrassment that was that series of Big Brother. TB was never a fan of Goody but he wouldn't wish such a vile and cruel punishment on anyone.
What really angered him though was Gordon's statement that "the whole country has admired her determination to provide a bright future for her children." Yes we do, and yes that is the basic driving force for most of humanity, and yes Gordon you are a hypocrite. No Prime Minister or Chancellor has done more to wound the chances of being able to do this more so than Gordon. 45% rates of tax, lampooning of bankers or anyone else with a vague capitalistic streak and stealing 40% of people property when they are powerless to stop it - when they are dead.
Gordon jumped on the band wagon but should take a long hard look in the mirror. The left have always hated the family, just as they hate any barrier that comes between the state and the individual, and yet he has the audacity to state that we should be proud of Goody's inherent capitalist streak and and shameless desire to leave her children something behind. Why is Goody allowed to do this and the rest of us are not?
Instead of two bit statements and faux grief in order to win some headlines, actions speak louder than words Mr Brown.
What has really surprised TB about the Liberal Youth elections is just what a bunch of illiberal spinners they really are. It has been
In yet another high profile result for Richard Jackson and the
In the last few days the new
Just incase you fancied a cheeky one while having your passport photos taken:
This little bit of intrigue just pinged into TB's inbox:
Dear Tory Bear,
I’m the creator of the Liberal Youth Downfall video. I’m writing this because of the way that Bagshaw and her lackeys are trying to make Sara take the rap for all the leaks, and are trying to spin the idea that she was the only person to blame for the video, and everything else; even trying to chuck her off the exec before she resigned.
This is straight out of laa-laa fantasy land, and tries to make out that everyone in Liberal Youth is whiter-than-white, and if only Sara hadn’t come along and spoiled it for everyone else. The truth is that half the members and activists and exec are up to their necks in this, and we’re all leaking like the Titanic. Sara may be mentally unbalanced, like Elaine says, but she had nothing to do with the video.
I figure Sara probably did leak her resignation email to you. But as for the other stuff, it’s not like only a select few people know. Half of LY knows all this. Hell, half the bloody party know this stuff. The reason the Downfall video’s been so damaging is that every line is based on some fact – like someone said on the public LY forums, “The worst thing about that video is how stunningly accurate it all is.”
And no, of course I didn’t mean the ‘libellous’ line about Elaine and Clegg literally. Of course that never happened, and I withdraw any suggestion it did. IT WAS A METAPHOR!!! But fuck it, she might as well have been giving him head, since it seems to sum up her toadying, sycophantic attitude towards him. Look at the whole way she’s handled the fees thing (see the video).
LY trying to track me down with an ‘investigation’ is hilarious. They can’t work out simple things like:
If they need things like that spelt out, then good luck to ‘em! Hell, even though I hadn't leaked anything before, I was going to leak Sara’s Saturday night message myself, and was beaten to it by Tory Bear publishing it before I’d even emailed it to him. That gives you an idea of the kind of dynamic we have in LY at the moment.
Oh, and thanks for posting the edited version of the Downfall video – I was about to do that myself!
I've enclosed a picture you can add to your website - enjoy.
I’m close to Elaine. Much closer than she thinks. And I’m keeping my eye on Sara too.
This election’s not over yet.
Vforvendetta256
Oh to be a fly on the wall in the Bagshaw camp today. Can't imagine
Nick Clegg is getting his morning update from his Liberal Youth monitor, but what's the news?
If you haven't already got involved with
Continuing with the current series of guest posts Reeves Eggton, from Skegness Conservative Future tells us why computers will never win an election:
Few will have failed to notice the tragic rehabilitation of former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott from seasoned campaigner into Internet whiz kid. There is something fundamentally disturbing about the self-styled ‘working class and proud’ veteran swapping his roots for wires to take the political battle from the walkways to the web.
Already, in the information age political organisations have in many cases wisely made use of social networking applications to get the Party message across to the public and more importantly, younger voters. But the launch of Prezza 2.0 reveals the unhealthy obsession with Compolitics (computer-politics) whereby the doorstep is switched for they keyboard with little consideration for the long-term impact on prospective voters.
When comparing the time it takes to canvass a street to the time it takes to message the exact same number of people over Facebook, it’s easy to see why Compolitics is capturing the agenda for many seasoned campaigners. Thanks to Labour, money is tight, taxes are high and crime is soaring, voters need support and dialogue on the doorstep - and they need it now.
Organisations like Conservative Future avoid providing Second Life avatars for the campaign trail and instead concentrate on providing real activists in real areas of need. By supporting critical campaigns with hardworking volunteers, the team has already made a huge impact on marginal seats across the
Make no mistake, Compolitics is without doubt an essential tool in any campaign, but it must never be a substitute for activism on the ground. With Labour support crumbling and once loyal activists de-motivated and feeling let down, this is the moment for Conservative Future activists to steal the show.
With an election just around the corner, don’t be fooled by Labour’s desperate attempts to dominate the Internet with online gimmicks. Simply peel back the 2.0 gloss and you’ll see a tired organisation desperate for innovation, but stuck with Gordon Brown.
With the public seeking real change, it’s essential that Conservative Future demonstrates that its activists are committed & dedicated as well as Internet savvy.
Only by convincing voters we are ready for Government both online and in the real world will we seriously be considered to run the country once again.
On that note, to avoid hypocrisy, I’d better get out there now!
In case you were interested in the formalities of Owen Meredith's resignation from the Conservative Future Executive:
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