TB and the BBC

Having been on Radio5 this morning and now running into Nick Robinson...

... and Andrew Neil at lunch -

TB is beginning to feel a bit bad about laying into Justin Webb quite so harshly the other day...

Just hope the coverage is as charming...

+++TB the networker+++

Mr Gove was charming... As was Mr Pickles:

Just spotted the higher powers of the BBC lunching together...

Pictures to follow...

Saturday Conference roundup

TB has just got back from the YBF fringe event... a few too many pints for his early start tomorrow. 

Your Country needs you...

Haven't seen a nightclub so full with tories.. joking apart there really is a hell of a lot of young members here this year and pretty ones at that! This years Saturday night turnout puts the Blackpool Walkabout 2007 posse to shame. 

Was a busy day... Starting with early flight, TV training, seeing DC (video to follow!) and copious amounts of booze tonight...

Even ran into the ever charming Jonathon Isaby from the Telegraph and soon to be co-editor of ConservativeHome.

Up at six for Radio 5 interview.... ugh.

Radio ga ga

Tory Bear will be on Radio 5 Live tomorrow at 7am talking about Dave etc.

Live Blogging.

For the next few days TB will give you live updates from Conference...

Landed... Checked in....

Off to YBF/CF training day...

17:00 - Just heard speech from Douglas Carswell MP about his new book - "The Plan" 

Sound!

Biased BBC

Here follows the live blog commentary from Justin Webb the BBC Washington correspondent. This man is meant to uphold some element of neutrality toward the GOP and Democrat candidates. However as the following blog posts reveal, Mr Webb can’t help but reveal his true political colours:

2010 BBC North America editor Justin Webb: When McCain said "I haven't been feeling too good recently" it certainly got my attention - but he meant about the country.

2012 Obama says "for years the reigning economic ideology has been what's good for Wall Street, not what's good for Main Street". Obama revives McCain's much-derided recent statement that the fundamentals of the American economy are sound.

2039 Another clash as Obama refers to Bush's "orgy of spending". He tries to hang McCain's congressional voting record, which he claims has been with Bush 90% of the time, as a political albatross around his opponent's neck and saying it proves he cannot bring change to Washington

This is the most appalling case of BBC bias TB has ever seen.

2042 BBC North America editor Justin Webb: Now Mr Obama is on the attack with the idea that Mr McCain is a Bush clone and must take responsibility for the Bush years. Mr McCain parries successfully with the fact - and it is a fact - that he and the president have not seen eye to eye on some pretty important questions. Stale. Boring.

2043 Obama says the first question on Iraq is whether they should have gone to war, he points out he opposed it six years ago at huge political risk to himself and says US hadn't finished the job in Afghanistan and caught Bin Laden when it went to war with Iraq

This man is inherently biased toward Obama and should resign.

+++update - the debate+++

So far Obama has said "John is right" - Twice!

Without his autocue and his screaming crowds, Barack Obama is all over the place. 

McCain is up....

Watch this space...

Update 02:38am: Obama just called McCain - "Jim!"     wtf?

+++Debate live+++

McCain: "the worst thing we can do is raise tax on anyone"

Sound!!!

UPDATE: Obama is stuttering..."health errrrrrr credit" 

UPDATE: 02:25: 

McCain isn't the most articulate of chaps but is jumping through the hoops, hitting the mark.

nObama is talking about all "the good stuff" he is kind of doing.

New question... on the economy... ohhhhh.

+++The Debate+++

TB should really be in bed but is watching the Presidential debate live from the University of Mississippi..

It's been interesting so far... Obama hit, McCain stumped... 

Obama hit and then suddenly Johnny Mac got off the ropes... hit the humour and now Obama is muttering about numbers. McCain is going for the jugular on the pork barrel politics...

Stand up, Stand up, Stand up and fight....

BO looks pretty pissed.

Conference

TB is packing his bag and setting his alarm... early flight tomorrow. 

TBtv is ready to go and will be filming all through the week. 

Don't miss the party of conference - guest speaker Guido Fawkes Esq.

Last chance!

CF players feature in new Conservatives website...

The new

conservatives.com

website has launched and includes the comedy

video wall

... 

All the cool kids are there...

Health and Safety halts democracy...

As Guido

reported earlier

Parliament was evacuated. 

TB's Parliamentary mole can reveal the reason for this emergency action...

A dodgy light fitting considered to be a risk.

No thank you...

This morning Jacqui Smith

unveiled

the new billion dollar biometric, big-brother , were big - you're small, we're right - you're wrong, "Achtung! vhere are your papers !" ID Cards.

TB will let Boris take it from here...



What will you do with yours?

How to run a bath....

It seems Team Gordo has cocked up again in it's handling of the Ruth Kelly resignation... If he can't even run his press operation, how is he meant to run the country?

TB is beginning to pity their ineptness

, so in a rare flash of generosity here is a simple instruction video...



Start with the basics shall we...

Poster banter continues...

Click the image to enlarge and read the the Edinburgh University's Student report of the "ruckus" at the Freshers Fair...

TB urges all student tories to cause trouble this year...

Ahhh lefty-baiting....

Last chance to get your party tickets...

Less than a week to go till TB's conference party... Make sure you take this chance to get your hands on the last few tickets if you haven't already. Use the paypal link on the right to secure your place on the list. Tickets are strictly limited and only available before the night...

Click to enlarge

(More infomation here)

Wrong city, wrong party, wrong year...

Now TB is a big fan of SkyNews and isn't one to talk about blogging pissed - some of his finest moments have come after the best part of a crate, but did Adam Boulton had a couple of glasses too many at lunch before Gordo's speech?

He seems to be a

little confused

to where he is...

Manchester mate.


UPDATE: Having spotted this story on the SkyNews website TB then went on Guido and seems he beat TB to it. Is there a word like hat-tip where you acknowledge the fact that you got a similar story unintentionally?

Peter Lyburn PPC

A TB exclusive:

Peter Lyburn of Tatler Top Ten Tory

Fame

has given an exclusive chat with TB. This weekend Pete was selected to fight the massively winnable Perth and North Perthshire seat, his home patch.

Speaking to TB last night, Pete, 24, said:

“Tory Bear mate, I’m bloody delighted. The chance to represent the area that I have grown up in, the people that I’ve grown up with is the most enormous privilege and responsibility. It’s going to be a phenomenal campaign and I want it to be fun as well.”

Win a Tory Bear T-Shirt by coming up with Pete’s slogan… Check out Perth and North Perthshire’s

website here

for inspiration.

The

voting data

from the last election can be found here… This is a very very winnable seat. DC has to win this constituency to be seen to be bouncing back in Scotland.

Pete will be setting up a blog in the next few weeks… watch this space…

He will offer a small insight into Scottish politics and the campaign at Tory Bear’s conference party – a week today.

Hurry up and buy your tickets and get involved…

Who's been sleeping in TB's bed...

TB is beginning to thinking this bear thing is going a little far...

On returning to his flat this morning after a weekend away, he walked into his bedroom to find not one, but two semi-naked Goldilocks in his bed. And they were twins...

Jackpot.

Caption Contest #45

Balls.