It's Back...

If you missed it last night make sure you catch the first episode of the new season of the Thick of It while it is

still on iplayer

. Can you see why TB was smirking now?

It is brilliant.

YBF6

Having a great time at Wellington College with the YBFers, follow TB's tweets here, or on the right hand side. Michael Forsyth's speech last night was excellent and congratulations to Emma Carr, this year's winner of the Eric Forth Award for Activism. Emma has done a wonderful job in the North East region and was quite the media darling of conference. Definitely one to keep an eye on.

Off to listen to Hannan, blogging will be light but follow TB's tweets

here

, or on the right hand side.

What is Power?

"You know, power is an interesting thing. I used to think political power was going to a political dinner. And then I thought political power was helping to put on a political dinner. And then I thought it was being invited to stay at the candidate's hotel in convention city. And then I used to stand in the hall outside of Sam Rayburn's suite at the political convention, and I thought that was something. And then I got to go into the living room of the candidate's suite, and I thought that was something. And then I found out there that all the decisions were made in the back in the bedroom. And finally, I was invited in the bedroom with the last eight or ten fellas, and then I knew I was on the inside -until I finally learned that they stepped into the john. In the end, just me and Jimmy Carter and Hamilton Jordan made the final decision in the john."

Robert Strauss
1972-1977 - Democratic National Committee Chairman,
1980 - Chairman of Jimmy Carter's Re-election Campaign

Dr Strange Eye

More

here

.

Busy Bear Berkshire Bound

Blogging hasn't exactly been top notch in the last few days and is only going to get worse as TB is off to Berkshire for the sixth annual

Young Britons' Foundation

Conference. He will be a busy bear for a couple of days, but fingers crossed he will find some time to keep the stories coming. Imagine there will be some gossip too. Oh and wish him luck for tonight.

Ta-ra for now.

Very Sound Video

CFTV

is really warming up:



Also that music is very familier. Any clues?

Quote of the Day

"He was nervous, trembling, acting with exaggerated gestures, grinning at inappropriate moments and at times incoherent."

-

Iain Dale

discussing Nick Griffin.

Errrh remind you of

anyone

?

#bbcqt Live Chat - Nick Griffin Edition

TB is not responsible for any views expressed here other than his own contributions.

Oh and Mods are Gods.

A Scene You Will Never See

You are selecting a candidate...

Imagine for a moment if you will, that you are on the selction panel to choose a PPC for your local seat. You are down to the final three:

Candidate A associates with crooked politicians, and consults with astrologists, had two mistresses, he also chain smokes and drinks eight to ten martinis a day.

Candidate B has been kicked out of office twice, rises from bed at 11am, used opium in college and drinks champagne, brandy, and whiskey to excess every day.

Candidate C is a decorated war hero, vegetarian, doesn't smoke or drink, and hasn't had any extramarital affairs.

Which would you choose? TB will expand in the comments later.

Today and Tonight

TB is all over the place today sorting out his life, he will however be back tonight and hosting a Live Question Time Chat from 10.30. Come join for the shouting, the hysteria, the laughter, the tears, the fascists and the BNP.

Prediction: Griffin is going to look like the utter plank he is and the "Anti" Fascist authoritarian thugs will do their cause no favour. Also money says we will see this man.

Looking forward to hosting the fun and games tonight. You will be able to sync your twitter account to the chat room, if TB can make that work. Also email him if you fancy moderating.

Bring some beers.

He Was the Future Once

Via the excellent

Tory Politico

Quote of the Day

"It seemed incredible that the prime minister should use parliamentary time to congratulate a disgraced home secretary for founding kindergartens when most of us believe this smug professional nag should be in court charged with £100,000 worth of fraud."

-Lloyd Evans in the

Speccie

Donny Bear?

TB isn't sure whether to

laugh or cry

?

Textbook BBC Bias

You would think that a story starting with "Conservative chairman Eric Pickles will apologise..." is going to be a embarrassing, negative situation. But no, it's just

appalling negative framing

by the beeb of what is actually are very positive story.

Not surprised, but come on, try be a little subtle.

+++Student Life Meeting Postponed+++

The question time panel for London Universities that was scheduled to take place tonight has been postponed due to diary clashes.

Guess you'll just have to wait to hear TB's pearls of wisdom.

Chuffed!

TB is very chuffed to have been nominated for the

Eric Forth Award for Activism

:

"Eric Forth was one of the true characters of British politics. A House of Commons man to his core, Eric not only knew parliamentary procedure inside out but he knew how – and when- to use the rules to maximum advantage. Eric was a committed Thatcherite and an admirer of Ronald Reagan. As Chairman of Conservative Way Forward and an advisor and friend of The Young Britons’ Foundation, Eric championed limited government, traditional values, freedom and the Trans-Atlantic Special Relationship. A man of principle, determination and courage, Eric Forth knew how important it was to be an effective activist and advocate for radical change.

On Eric’s premature death in 2006, The Young Britons’ Foundation inaugurated an annual award to be given to the young conservative activist whose attitude, ethos and effectiveness best mirrors the values, beliefs and achievements of Eric – The Eric Forth Award for Activism"

There is

stiff competition

too.

TB's money is on a certain northern rose.

Those heading down to

YBF6

will also get to hear TB speaking after dinner on the Saturday night at the 6th Annual Margaret Thatcher Banquet. One liners and anecdotes in the comments please.

#PMQs

Blogging and tweeting will be light given TB is there this week.

Well exciting.

Dictators, Murderers and Labour

Labour’s online sheep certainly didn’t like it when their line of attack over who the Tories sit with in Europe was fired straight back at them on Sunday.

Dan Hamilton over at CentreRight

has exposed even more scum who Labour choose to sit with in the Party of European Socialists. Once again how can they dare attack the Conservatives when they are in bed with this lot:

The first is the Social Democratic Party of Croatia, a party which enthusiastically endorsed the Presidential campaign of Stjepan "Stipe" Mesic - a man who in many former eastern-blok EU member states would be constitutionally banned from holding office as a result of the positions he held during Yugoslavia's communist dictatorship. A former Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement of the United Nations, Mesic's predecessors in this role include Fidel Castro, Josip Broz Tito, Robert Mugabe and General Suharto.

Secondly, the Labour Party enjoys formal links with the Social Democratic Parties of Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Both parties were formed in 1991 from the remnants of the two country's Communist Leagues which ruled with an iron-fist under the centralised leadership of Yugoslav "President for life" Josip Broz Tito from 1936 to 1980. At one point, Tito's favourite method of suppressing political enemies (there were, at one point, some 7,000 of them) was to exile them to the island of Goli Otok. Nobody will ever know how many thousands of malnutritioned and exhausted political prisoners died on Goli Otok, battered by the island's chilling winter winds and summer temperatures of more than forty degrees.

Inside the Party of the European Socialists, Labour is also tied to the Socialist Party of Albania. The party was formed in 1991 following the establishment of democracy in the country, yet is viewed as the successor party to Enver Halil Hoxha's Party of Labour. As First Secretary of the party, Hoxha presided over one of the bloodiest regimes in modern history and enforced the closure of each of Albania's 2,000 places of worship. On a lighter note, Hoxha also appeared to share eccentric former Turkmen dictator Saparmurat "Turkmenbashi" Niyazov's irrational hatred of beards, banning them outright.

Last but not least, we come to the Viktor Yanukovych's Party of the Regions (yes, he of vote-rigging, pro-Krelmin, anti-Orange Revolution fame). I do not need to remind ConHome readers that the tactics of Yanukovych's party during the disputed Presidential election were widely criticised by the British government with then Labour Foreign Secretary Jack Straw heaping criticism on their attempts to subvert the "democratic will of the Ukrainian people".

The line that “Oh it’s fine because we didn’t leave one moderate grouping to sit with extremists” is bullshit and frankly not good enough. Firstly the grouping that the Tories left were no saints and secondly Labour have very much choosen to sit with PES and continue to strengthen their relationships with it’s various unsavoury members. Spin and mud.

Obviously there is a simple solution to this problem. How do we avoid having to deal with fringe movements and unwanted European alliances? What can we all agree on?

Yep you guessed it correctly. We’d be better off out.

National Union of Labour

When David Lammy, the government's hilarious Higher Education spokesman, opens an envelope the NUS send out a press release congratulating him with Pyongyang style praise for his most excellent of ideas. They are also dangerously quick to bash the Tories for being meanies and drowning kittens in wells. Given that this chaotic and semi-redundant Labour controlled organisation could potentially be cut adrift under an incoming Conservative government that will have bigger things to worry about than pacifying their training corp, some might suggest it could be wise if they start strengthening their relationship with the blue team.

David Willets yesterday put out some fantastic ideas about

university access

:

"Shadow Universities Secretary David Willetts wants to see a government-sponsored website which will enable current students to help inform prospective students making decisions about university applications."

And yet last time TB checked the

NUS website

:

Yep. Not a squeak. Just dustballs and crickets.

Don't let anyone ever tell you the NUS is a non-partisan organisation.