Alien from another planet gives a speech at the Tory party conference
This comedian thinks he is at the Edinburgh Fringe instead of being on the fringe at the Tory Party conference. If he was an important player he would have been on the main stage. "The speech of the week so far has been from Nick Herbert (well, of the ones I have seen, anyway). Eloquent, passionate and delivered without notes or using an autocue, the speech explained Conservative prisons policy in a way that made me proud to be a Conservative. I hope this doesn't sound patronising, but in terms of being a top rank frontline politician, I felt Nick came of age today. It was a stellar performance".
I think it is telling that nobody else has rated what Nick Herbert had to say.
Perhaps, instead of Iain Dale's finger being on the political pulse rather it is up his arse along with his head?
Admittedly, the Telegraph online has referred to some of what Nick Herbert had to say. Tory party conference: Prisoners must pass 'good behaviour' test to earn early release.
A mixture of law, politics, autobiography and humour. Once described as "The Devilish Advocate" (Guardian), I do have the ability to provoke a response. Sometimes it comes from someone who uses a thought process, and sometimes from jerks usually associated with the knee.
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Gurkhas win High Court battle to stay in UK
Gurkhas win High Court battle to stay in UK
Gurkhas who fought alongside the British Army have won their battle to settle in the UK following a High Court test case.
"The result was welcomed by actress Joanna Lumley, whose late father served with the 6th Gurkha Rifles, as a chance to "right a great wrong and wipe out a national shame that has stained us all".
The six claimants who led the battle by 2,000 Gurkhas for the right to live in the UK included veterans of the Gulf War and Falklands conflicts who currently live in Nepal and Hong Kong.
They all applied to settle in the UK but were denied entry by immigration officials because of a policy that barred those who had not served since the Nepalese fighters' base moved from Hong Kong to Kent following the island nation's handover to China in 1997".
The irrational policy decision was made by the former Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon. What a Plonker!
UPDATE:
Read the High Court judgment here.
Hat-Tip to Head of Legal.
Gurkhas who fought alongside the British Army have won their battle to settle in the UK following a High Court test case.
"The result was welcomed by actress Joanna Lumley, whose late father served with the 6th Gurkha Rifles, as a chance to "right a great wrong and wipe out a national shame that has stained us all".
The six claimants who led the battle by 2,000 Gurkhas for the right to live in the UK included veterans of the Gulf War and Falklands conflicts who currently live in Nepal and Hong Kong.
They all applied to settle in the UK but were denied entry by immigration officials because of a policy that barred those who had not served since the Nepalese fighters' base moved from Hong Kong to Kent following the island nation's handover to China in 1997".
The irrational policy decision was made by the former Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon. What a Plonker!
UPDATE:
Read the High Court judgment here.
Hat-Tip to Head of Legal.
Gurkhas win High Court battle to stay in UK
Gurkhas win High Court battle to stay in UK
Gurkhas who fought alongside the British Army have won their battle to settle in the UK following a High Court test case.
"The result was welcomed by actress Joanna Lumley, whose late father served with the 6th Gurkha Rifles, as a chance to "right a great wrong and wipe out a national shame that has stained us all".
The six claimants who led the battle by 2,000 Gurkhas for the right to live in the UK included veterans of the Gulf War and Falklands conflicts who currently live in Nepal and Hong Kong.
They all applied to settle in the UK but were denied entry by immigration officials because of a policy that barred those who had not served since the Nepalese fighters' base moved from Hong Kong to Kent following the island nation's handover to China in 1997".
The irrational policy decision was made by the former Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon. What a Plonker!
Gurkhas who fought alongside the British Army have won their battle to settle in the UK following a High Court test case.
"The result was welcomed by actress Joanna Lumley, whose late father served with the 6th Gurkha Rifles, as a chance to "right a great wrong and wipe out a national shame that has stained us all".
The six claimants who led the battle by 2,000 Gurkhas for the right to live in the UK included veterans of the Gulf War and Falklands conflicts who currently live in Nepal and Hong Kong.
They all applied to settle in the UK but were denied entry by immigration officials because of a policy that barred those who had not served since the Nepalese fighters' base moved from Hong Kong to Kent following the island nation's handover to China in 1997".
The irrational policy decision was made by the former Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon. What a Plonker!
Call me Mister
Call me Mister
I'll not mince my words. Mr Linsay Hoyle MP is a Labour Tosser. I must admit that I had not heard of him. Until today, that is. Apparently, he has spat his dummy out over a newspaper report Prison staff are being made to address inmates, including sex offenders and violent criminals, as "Mr". "It is an absolute disgrace. It is as though the inmates have taken over the asylum. We ought to remember it is the prisoners that have done wrong, not the prison officers".
Mr Lindsay Hoyle is a Blairite loyalist. It is an absolute disgrace that he was in support of the illegal war in Iraq.
Comparing requiring prison officers in a Category "C" prison to call prisoners Mr and the Strangeways riot when prisoners took control for 23 days is absurd.
No doubt the prisoners will remember who has done wrong in the Iraq war, Cash for Honours and BAE/Saudi arms scandal?
Mr Lindsay Hoyle will do well to remember that prisons can only operate with the good will of prisoners. Being polite costs nothing.
I found this amusing in the Daily Telegraph "This latest example of prisoners' treatment comes a fortnight after it was revealed inmates across Lancashire, including Wymott, Preston, Lancaster, Garth and Kirkham jails, can buy privileges from a catalogue". I can reveal that prisoners have been doing this since the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Mr Lindsay Hoyle should stick to tossing pancakes, it would appear that it is all he is good at.
I'll not mince my words. Mr Linsay Hoyle MP is a Labour Tosser. I must admit that I had not heard of him. Until today, that is. Apparently, he has spat his dummy out over a newspaper report Prison staff are being made to address inmates, including sex offenders and violent criminals, as "Mr". "It is an absolute disgrace. It is as though the inmates have taken over the asylum. We ought to remember it is the prisoners that have done wrong, not the prison officers".
Mr Lindsay Hoyle is a Blairite loyalist. It is an absolute disgrace that he was in support of the illegal war in Iraq.
Comparing requiring prison officers in a Category "C" prison to call prisoners Mr and the Strangeways riot when prisoners took control for 23 days is absurd.
No doubt the prisoners will remember who has done wrong in the Iraq war, Cash for Honours and BAE/Saudi arms scandal?
Mr Lindsay Hoyle will do well to remember that prisons can only operate with the good will of prisoners. Being polite costs nothing.
I found this amusing in the Daily Telegraph "This latest example of prisoners' treatment comes a fortnight after it was revealed inmates across Lancashire, including Wymott, Preston, Lancaster, Garth and Kirkham jails, can buy privileges from a catalogue". I can reveal that prisoners have been doing this since the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Mr Lindsay Hoyle should stick to tossing pancakes, it would appear that it is all he is good at.
Why Cameron is heading for a slip up
Why Cameron is heading for a slip up
I reported earlier that delegates attending the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham were given a banana...
Could one of them have been careless, or it being Bob Piper's neck of the woods has he been up to mischief?
I reported earlier that delegates attending the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham were given a banana...
Could one of them have been careless, or it being Bob Piper's neck of the woods has he been up to mischief?
Damages for parents in care case
Damages for parents in care case
A British couple whose two-month-old daughter was taken into care after a "misguided" suspicion of abuse have been awarded £8,000 in compensation.
The European Court of Human Rights ruled their rights had been infringed because they had no legal redress for the loss of their child.
The girl, from Oldham, was taken into care in 1998 after breaking her leg.
The family was reunited nine months later when another injury revealed that the girl had brittle bone disease.
In spite of the Human Rights Act 1998, and reforms of Judicial Review, this case shows that the UK still has a misguided sense of what British justice should mean.
Investigation into claims of abuse on asylum-seekers
Investigation into claims of abuse on asylum-seekers
Claims by hundreds of asylum-seekers that they have been beaten or abused by British guards during their detention and removal from this country are to be independently investigated for the first time, The Independent has learnt.
Related content...
How 'Independent' story was denied – then accepted
Russian jet flies within 90 seconds of Hull
Russian jet flies within 90 seconds of Hull
A Russian nuclear bomber managed to get within 90 seconds of Hull in a mock attack as RAF radars failed to pick it up.
"The supersonic Blackjack changed course 20 miles from UK airspace, it has been reported.
The jet was picked up on RAF radars but only after it had turned back.
Critics of the Government’s cuts in defence spending say that they have left the country at risk. Four years ago four squadrons of Jaguar and Tornado F3 fighters were slashed from the RAF’s books".
Photo of a Tu-160 Blackjack Strategic Bomber in-flight refuelling.
Monday, September 29, 2008
23 votes sinks the $700bn bail out
23 votes sinks the $700bn bail out
A White House spokesman said that President George W Bush was "very disappointed" by the vote's result.
As if reading from the same script...
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said the voting down of a $700bn (£380bn) bill in the US aimed at bailing out Wall Street was "very disappointing".
Tory Party delegates go ape over bananas
Tory Party delegates go ape over bananas
Bananas, with a sticker of Labour's foreign secretary David Miliband on them, are given away to delegates at the Conservative Party conference
Picture: GETTY
The delegates at the Conservative Party conference
Bananas, with a sticker of Labour's foreign secretary David Miliband on them, are given away to delegates at the Conservative Party conference
Picture: GETTY
The delegates at the Conservative Party conference
Arsenal Wenger sick as a parrot over Hull City victory
Arsenal Wenger sick as a parrot over Hull City victory
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger claims his team's Premier League defeat against Hull on Saturday left him feeling physically sick.
Gary Glitter banned from travelling to France and Spain
Gary Glitter banned from travelling to France and Spain
Gary Glitter has been banned from travelling to France and Spain, after police applied to the courts for a prevention order.
He is free to travel. They are free to refuse him entry into their countries.
"Stone walls do not a prison make,
Nor iron bars a cage". (Richard Lovelace (1618–1658), British poet).
Stolen Playstation games taken again from police depot
Stolen Playstation games taken again from police depot
Thieves launched a raid worthy of Grand Theft Auto when they reclaimed confiscated Playstation 3 games from a secure police depot just hours after they were seized.
Obviously it wasn't "secure"...
Sniper kills prisoner from outside jail
Sniper kills prisoner from outside jail
A sniper in France has shot dead a prisoner from a hill outside the compound, in the first such murder in French prison history.
I recall there was a helicopter escape from a prison in France, and then there was the helicopter escape from Gartree prison in Leicestershire. I have noticed the lay of the land around, for example, Long Lartin and Gartree and thought how easy it would be for an assassin to strike from outside prison at a prisoner inside.
Heron catches rabbit: Dramatic photos
Heron catches rabbit: Dramatic photos
"Enjoying a leisurely wade in the waters of the Dutch undergrowth this grey heron decided to go in search of lunch when he came across this unsuspecting black rabbit.
Undeterred by its size, the grey heron, the largest bird of its kind in Europe, swooped down and gobbled the rabbit up in one mouthful, as these pictures show".
"Enjoying a leisurely wade in the waters of the Dutch undergrowth this grey heron decided to go in search of lunch when he came across this unsuspecting black rabbit.
Undeterred by its size, the grey heron, the largest bird of its kind in Europe, swooped down and gobbled the rabbit up in one mouthful, as these pictures show".
Cadbury recalls Chinese chocolates over contamination fears
Cadbury recalls Chinese chocolates over contamination fears
Cadbury, the British sweet maker, has recalled all its China-made chocolates after tests "cast doubt" on their safety.
If Cadbury is a British sweet maker how come it is making them in China for the British market? Profiting out of poisoning kids? It's a scandal.
Sweet and sour.
Cadbury, the British sweet maker, has recalled all its China-made chocolates after tests "cast doubt" on their safety.
If Cadbury is a British sweet maker how come it is making them in China for the British market? Profiting out of poisoning kids? It's a scandal.
Sweet and sour.
Court jester
Court jester
Freedom & the Internet
2pm-3.30pm
Austin Court Hotel
Freedom Zone
Chair: Iain Dale. Speakers: Guido Fawkes, Phil Hendren, Chris Mounsey, Nadine Dorries
Some of these comments are amusing and Iain Dale, he of the freedom of the internet fame, has graciously left comment moderation off. I suspect the censors pencil will be out shortly to delete some comments.
Anonymous Phil C said...
We need more capacity, but I can't understand why everyone is wedded to Heathrow, other than certain people with vested interests. Yes a feasibility study does have to be done on a new hub airport such as Boris Island. Heathrow is a lousy place for an airport - too close to a major population centre, too cramped to be easily expandable. Both Gatwick and Stansted are more pleasant to use. Heathrow also has poor public transport connections from anywhere other than London, which is no good for the major "national" airport, and the road connections are via the over capacity M3 and M25. Yes of course we need to start thinking out of the box. And think how much housing could be built on Heathrow if and when it can be closed.
September 29, 2008 9:59 AM
Anonymous Phil C said...
Dammit, I posted that on the wrong thread. Can it be deleted? I'll copy it to the right one.
September 29, 2008 10:01 AM
Anonymous dick the prick said...
Oh nooooo - freedom and the internet in the graveyard slot - at least you can talk without notes and it's an interesting subject. Count the number of slumberers - one hopes there's a few - nay one demands!!
September 29, 2008 10:01 AM
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Another tough day at the "coal Face" but if you get a minute can you make enquiries in the area to see if there are any plans to bring back "Crossroads" many thanks.
freedom to prosper
PS Why not ban aeroplanes as this would help the ship building industry?
September 29, 2008 10:34 AM
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Loved the defence debate.
When the Tories roll out Simon Weston you know that you are in trouble - scrapping the bottom of the barrel.
Get Thatcher's cannon fodder on the podium to spout a load of c**p. Funny how Thatcher's favoured cannon fodder didn’t fire a single shoot in combat - but is some how a hero.
Further more he was ranting on about military funding. Didn’t all the Brit troops in the Falklands arrived on hastily commissioned white cunnard liners, because we had no proper transport ships.
September 29, 2008 10:44 AM
Anonymous no longer anonymous said...
Dorries and the Devil?
Could be interesting!
September 29, 2008 10:49 AM
Anonymous Zeddy said...
Iain, your lack of self-awareness is staggering. You stick that photo of yourself at the top of your blog and then have the nerve to say "I have a fringe today".
September 29, 2008 11:02 AM
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Good to see Guido at Conference, even speaking at a Tory event.
That will be Gudio the Irish citizen, who doesn't live in the UK, or pays any tax in the UK, but makes his living in the UK via his Irish operation ...
Good job his skin is white or you lot would be going mental.
All true. Typical Tory Guido contributes nothing but complains about everything.
September 29, 2008 11:03 AM
Anonymous Anonymous said...
anon September 29, 2008 11:03 AM
He lives in London! He recently got done for Drunk Driving again in London! Rather deminishes your crap about him.
September 29, 2008 11:12 AM
Anonymous Anonymous said...
I'm awaiting your summary of the fringe meeting with David Davis with interest.
Overall a good man, whose absence from the Shadow Cabinet weakens Cameron's stance against the novice charge.
P.S. I don't think the Conservative's BofE plan stands up to scrutiny, but then again neither does Bush's (not enough money to do its stated aim). As for Gordon's plan - there are not enough expletives on the keyboard to describe it.
September 29, 2008 11:14 AM
Anonymous Garrawench said...
anon 11:03
Derek,
Could you bring home some lanolin? The goat was a bti rough when I fed it this morning.
September 29, 2008 11:24 AM
Anonymous John Bull said...
This is the final straw for this pathetuc, morally bankrupt Labour so-called "government", you mark my words.
The British public are thirsting for a Conservative government - one which will give them their country back.
September 29, 2008 11:24 AM
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Anonymous said...
anon September 29, 2008 11:03 AM
He lives in London! He recently got done for Drunk Driving again in London! Rather diminishes your crap about him.
September 29, 2008 11:12 AM
*****************
I'M AFRAID NOT.
Guido fawkes aka Paul Staines is an Irish Citizen, with an Irish passport, whose home address and business address are listed in the Irish republic. He may have another London address, like many foreign business people, but that does not make him a UK citizen. FACT
September 29, 2008 11:26 AM
Anonymous David from Ealing said...
Iain, I'm not a Tory, but when will the Tories give you a safe seat?
September 29, 2008 11:31 AM
Anonymous John Bull said...
"Iain, I'm not a Tory, but when will the Tories give you a safe seat?"
Such is the level of thirst for a Conservative government across Britain, EVERY seat will be a safe Tory seat at the next election as this corrupt, laughable Labour so-called "government"is wiped out entirely.
September 29, 2008 11:33 AM
Blogger jailhouselawyer said...
"Freedom & the Internet
2pm-3.30pm
Austin Court Hotel
Freedom Zone
Chair: Iain Dale. Speakers: Guido Fawkes, Phil Hendren, Chris Mounsey, Nadine Dorries".
Obviously, the court jester...
September 29, 2008 11:50 AM
Delete
Anonymous Anonymous said...
David from Ealing said...
Iain, I'm not a Tory, but when will the Tories give you a safe seat?
September 29, 2008 11:31 AM
It would need to be a safe one. Gay boy with links to that arse Guido ( Drink drive, no insurance etx etc ). Judge a man by his friends
September 29, 2008 11:50 AM
Anonymous dick the prick said...
Anon 10.44. You're quite a horrible individual.
September 29, 2008 11:52 AM
Anonymous Zeddy said...
***Further more he was ranting on about military funding. Didn’t all the Brit troops in the Falklands arrived on hastily commissioned white cunnard liners, because we had no proper transport ships.***
Doesn't it, therefore, logically follow that he must know what he's talking about?
September 29, 2008 11:55 AM
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Guido... Oh dear
Do the Tories really need to associate with this twat.
He whines about freedoms and restrictions, his pet hate; but try and post an anti guido or none Tory post on his Moderated blogg. Fucking hypocrite
He claims to have uncovered many political scoops, but it then later transpired that the press knew before him, he just was quicker to post. He is also a convicted DD no insurance, and a self confessed Acid head.
And previous posts are correct , he isn't even a British citizen
September 29, 2008 12:09 PM
Anonymous Anonymous said...
dick the prick said...
Anon 10.44. You're quite a horrible individual.
September 29, 2008 11:52 AM
No No Dick...all facts. Weston didnt fire a single shot. In fact he hadnt even landed on the island.
September 29, 2008 12:12 PM
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Sunday evening defense dedate at Conference. Simon Weston, the US special relationship, the fall of the berlin wall; these were the big talking points... How so 1980's is that. The Falklands was 26 years ago, cannon fodder simon was injured 26 years ago, for this to spearhead your dedate shows that you are living in your typical vitiolic past
September 29, 2008 12:15 PM
Anonymous Anonymous said...
dick the prick said...
Anon 10.44. You're quite a horrible individual.
September 29, 2008 11:52 AM
If you want horrible nasty posts, I suggest you go to Guido, that bloke who is giving a talk at your confernce
September 29, 2008 12:20 PM
Blogger BrianSJ said...
anon 11:50
No, I think we will judge Iain by his enemies, and from the way that Dolly's trolls are spewing bile here, I'd say Iain was just fine.
September 29, 2008 12:23 PM
Freedom & the Internet
2pm-3.30pm
Austin Court Hotel
Freedom Zone
Chair: Iain Dale. Speakers: Guido Fawkes, Phil Hendren, Chris Mounsey, Nadine Dorries
Some of these comments are amusing and Iain Dale, he of the freedom of the internet fame, has graciously left comment moderation off. I suspect the censors pencil will be out shortly to delete some comments.
Anonymous Phil C said...
We need more capacity, but I can't understand why everyone is wedded to Heathrow, other than certain people with vested interests. Yes a feasibility study does have to be done on a new hub airport such as Boris Island. Heathrow is a lousy place for an airport - too close to a major population centre, too cramped to be easily expandable. Both Gatwick and Stansted are more pleasant to use. Heathrow also has poor public transport connections from anywhere other than London, which is no good for the major "national" airport, and the road connections are via the over capacity M3 and M25. Yes of course we need to start thinking out of the box. And think how much housing could be built on Heathrow if and when it can be closed.
September 29, 2008 9:59 AM
Anonymous Phil C said...
Dammit, I posted that on the wrong thread. Can it be deleted? I'll copy it to the right one.
September 29, 2008 10:01 AM
Anonymous dick the prick said...
Oh nooooo - freedom and the internet in the graveyard slot - at least you can talk without notes and it's an interesting subject. Count the number of slumberers - one hopes there's a few - nay one demands!!
September 29, 2008 10:01 AM
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Another tough day at the "coal Face" but if you get a minute can you make enquiries in the area to see if there are any plans to bring back "Crossroads" many thanks.
freedom to prosper
PS Why not ban aeroplanes as this would help the ship building industry?
September 29, 2008 10:34 AM
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Loved the defence debate.
When the Tories roll out Simon Weston you know that you are in trouble - scrapping the bottom of the barrel.
Get Thatcher's cannon fodder on the podium to spout a load of c**p. Funny how Thatcher's favoured cannon fodder didn’t fire a single shoot in combat - but is some how a hero.
Further more he was ranting on about military funding. Didn’t all the Brit troops in the Falklands arrived on hastily commissioned white cunnard liners, because we had no proper transport ships.
September 29, 2008 10:44 AM
Anonymous no longer anonymous said...
Dorries and the Devil?
Could be interesting!
September 29, 2008 10:49 AM
Anonymous Zeddy said...
Iain, your lack of self-awareness is staggering. You stick that photo of yourself at the top of your blog and then have the nerve to say "I have a fringe today".
September 29, 2008 11:02 AM
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Good to see Guido at Conference, even speaking at a Tory event.
That will be Gudio the Irish citizen, who doesn't live in the UK, or pays any tax in the UK, but makes his living in the UK via his Irish operation ...
Good job his skin is white or you lot would be going mental.
All true. Typical Tory Guido contributes nothing but complains about everything.
September 29, 2008 11:03 AM
Anonymous Anonymous said...
anon September 29, 2008 11:03 AM
He lives in London! He recently got done for Drunk Driving again in London! Rather deminishes your crap about him.
September 29, 2008 11:12 AM
Anonymous Anonymous said...
I'm awaiting your summary of the fringe meeting with David Davis with interest.
Overall a good man, whose absence from the Shadow Cabinet weakens Cameron's stance against the novice charge.
P.S. I don't think the Conservative's BofE plan stands up to scrutiny, but then again neither does Bush's (not enough money to do its stated aim). As for Gordon's plan - there are not enough expletives on the keyboard to describe it.
September 29, 2008 11:14 AM
Anonymous Garrawench said...
anon 11:03
Derek,
Could you bring home some lanolin? The goat was a bti rough when I fed it this morning.
September 29, 2008 11:24 AM
Anonymous John Bull said...
This is the final straw for this pathetuc, morally bankrupt Labour so-called "government", you mark my words.
The British public are thirsting for a Conservative government - one which will give them their country back.
September 29, 2008 11:24 AM
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Anonymous said...
anon September 29, 2008 11:03 AM
He lives in London! He recently got done for Drunk Driving again in London! Rather diminishes your crap about him.
September 29, 2008 11:12 AM
*****************
I'M AFRAID NOT.
Guido fawkes aka Paul Staines is an Irish Citizen, with an Irish passport, whose home address and business address are listed in the Irish republic. He may have another London address, like many foreign business people, but that does not make him a UK citizen. FACT
September 29, 2008 11:26 AM
Anonymous David from Ealing said...
Iain, I'm not a Tory, but when will the Tories give you a safe seat?
September 29, 2008 11:31 AM
Anonymous John Bull said...
"Iain, I'm not a Tory, but when will the Tories give you a safe seat?"
Such is the level of thirst for a Conservative government across Britain, EVERY seat will be a safe Tory seat at the next election as this corrupt, laughable Labour so-called "government"is wiped out entirely.
September 29, 2008 11:33 AM
Blogger jailhouselawyer said...
"Freedom & the Internet
2pm-3.30pm
Austin Court Hotel
Freedom Zone
Chair: Iain Dale. Speakers: Guido Fawkes, Phil Hendren, Chris Mounsey, Nadine Dorries".
Obviously, the court jester...
September 29, 2008 11:50 AM
Delete
Anonymous Anonymous said...
David from Ealing said...
Iain, I'm not a Tory, but when will the Tories give you a safe seat?
September 29, 2008 11:31 AM
It would need to be a safe one. Gay boy with links to that arse Guido ( Drink drive, no insurance etx etc ). Judge a man by his friends
September 29, 2008 11:50 AM
Anonymous dick the prick said...
Anon 10.44. You're quite a horrible individual.
September 29, 2008 11:52 AM
Anonymous Zeddy said...
***Further more he was ranting on about military funding. Didn’t all the Brit troops in the Falklands arrived on hastily commissioned white cunnard liners, because we had no proper transport ships.***
Doesn't it, therefore, logically follow that he must know what he's talking about?
September 29, 2008 11:55 AM
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Guido... Oh dear
Do the Tories really need to associate with this twat.
He whines about freedoms and restrictions, his pet hate; but try and post an anti guido or none Tory post on his Moderated blogg. Fucking hypocrite
He claims to have uncovered many political scoops, but it then later transpired that the press knew before him, he just was quicker to post. He is also a convicted DD no insurance, and a self confessed Acid head.
And previous posts are correct , he isn't even a British citizen
September 29, 2008 12:09 PM
Anonymous Anonymous said...
dick the prick said...
Anon 10.44. You're quite a horrible individual.
September 29, 2008 11:52 AM
No No Dick...all facts. Weston didnt fire a single shot. In fact he hadnt even landed on the island.
September 29, 2008 12:12 PM
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Sunday evening defense dedate at Conference. Simon Weston, the US special relationship, the fall of the berlin wall; these were the big talking points... How so 1980's is that. The Falklands was 26 years ago, cannon fodder simon was injured 26 years ago, for this to spearhead your dedate shows that you are living in your typical vitiolic past
September 29, 2008 12:15 PM
Anonymous Anonymous said...
dick the prick said...
Anon 10.44. You're quite a horrible individual.
September 29, 2008 11:52 AM
If you want horrible nasty posts, I suggest you go to Guido, that bloke who is giving a talk at your confernce
September 29, 2008 12:20 PM
Blogger BrianSJ said...
anon 11:50
No, I think we will judge Iain by his enemies, and from the way that Dolly's trolls are spewing bile here, I'd say Iain was just fine.
September 29, 2008 12:23 PM
Let them eat cake
Let them eat cake
Bradford
Bingley
Gordon Brown's had his boom, now he's bust says David Cameron
"David Cameron pinned the blame for Britain's economic crisis on Gordon Brown yesterday as his party countered Labour's claims about who was best placed to guide the country through troubled times".
However, another picture emerges which suggests that David Cameron and the Tory Party are in someway to blame for the present financial crisis. "The Tory party conference got off to an embarrassing start today after it emerged that the Conservatives have taken large donations from hedge-fund managers whose firms made vast sums of money from taking bets in some of Britain’s crisis-hit banks.
David Cameron, the Tory leader, has accepted almost £2m from hedge-fund managers who took bets on banks such as Halifax Bank of Scotland, which was forced into an emergency rescue by Lloyds TSB, and Bradford & Bingley, which is itself on the brink of collapse".
David Cameron is famous for trashing restaurants in Oxford when he was a student and a member of the infamous Bullingdon Club. Now he runs a very exclusive Dining Club. A place at his table costs a minimum of £50,000. The diners are managers of hedge funds. Their companies are domiciled offshore for tax reasons. According to David Cameron: "They don't have any influence on my policy at all". However, these people do not invest money on a no return basis. They are not in it for charity. In my view, David Cameron should come right out and declare exactly what he has promised to give these diners.
The government has announced it is to nationalise Bradford and Bingley at a cost of £40.3 billion to the taxpayers. I predict that at least another £100 billion more of taxpayers money will be used to bail out other financial institutions very shortly. It is all very well these capitalists stating that there should be no state interference in their business interests when they are profitable, and yet when they get into financial difficulties they are quick to put out their begging bowls and ask the government to tax the public to bail them out. The public lose out to business and then lose out to the government.
I don't have £50,000 to buy a place at Dave Cameron's Toff Restaurant. Whilst they eat cake, the rest of us end up with the crumbs off the table. If this is democracy at work, the very least we can do is not vote to allow these Tory Pigs to get their snouts into the trough.
Cartoon stolen from Guido's blog
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Pearson Park up for sale?
Pearson Park up for sale?
I can reveal that the cash strapped LibDem controlled Hull City Council are secretly planning to sell off Pearson Park...
Either that or some drunken revellers decided to play a prank last night.
I can reveal that the cash strapped LibDem controlled Hull City Council are secretly planning to sell off Pearson Park...
Either that or some drunken revellers decided to play a prank last night.
Revealed: the Conservatives' secret millions
Revealed: the Conservatives' secret millions
All credit to the BBC cameraman on the Andrew Marr Show who gave us a shot from Birmingham showing a sign saying Conservatives and beneath this it said phony Hall. I think it sums it up
As Andrew Marr announced he would be speaking live to David Cameron, I realised I had more important things to do. Such as, taking the dog for a walk, buying toilet rolls (my answer to Tory bullshit) and getting breakfast. I did manage to catch Marr putting Cameron under pressure over his plan for 5,000 private schools. And, Marr did get an admission out of Cameron that George Osborne had played the race card badly over immigration.
Revealed: the Conservatives' secret millions
Loophole lets donors whose identities are 'hidden' swell the party coffers
Same old Nasty Party. Transparency clouded by opacity.
All credit to the BBC cameraman on the Andrew Marr Show who gave us a shot from Birmingham showing a sign saying Conservatives and beneath this it said phony Hall. I think it sums it up
As Andrew Marr announced he would be speaking live to David Cameron, I realised I had more important things to do. Such as, taking the dog for a walk, buying toilet rolls (my answer to Tory bullshit) and getting breakfast. I did manage to catch Marr putting Cameron under pressure over his plan for 5,000 private schools. And, Marr did get an admission out of Cameron that George Osborne had played the race card badly over immigration.
Revealed: the Conservatives' secret millions
Loophole lets donors whose identities are 'hidden' swell the party coffers
Same old Nasty Party. Transparency clouded by opacity.
New mental health powers threaten rights, claim lawyers
New mental health powers threaten rights, claim lawyers
Lawyers are lining up to challenge the legality of the new Mental Health Act as fears about the imminent new powers grow among patients.
"People in England and Wales deserve a mental health law based on civil liberties rather than one based on 1950s principles of locking people up".
Lawyers are lining up to challenge the legality of the new Mental Health Act as fears about the imminent new powers grow among patients.
"People in England and Wales deserve a mental health law based on civil liberties rather than one based on 1950s principles of locking people up".
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Hull City kicks them up the Arsenal
Hull City kicks them up the Arsenal
Arsenal relinquished top spot in the Premier League as Hull came from behind to pull off a sensational 2-1 win at the Emirates Stadium.
A Paul McShane own goal, five minutes after the break, gave the hosts the lead but Geovanni equalised 12 minutes later with a stunning strike before Daniel Cousin headed home the winner after 66 minutes.
Arsene Wenger celebrates 12 years at the helm on Sunday but had little to cheer as a late William Gallas header hit the crossbar and his side slumped to their first home League defeat since West Ham won at Ashburton Grove in April 2007.
The Gunners were rather mooted for much of the first-half and broke the deadlock in scrappy fashion.
Theo Walcott's pull back was deflected by Emmanuel Adebayor and the ball came off the shin of McShane and into the net.
Adebayor should really have made it two within as many minutes but he scooped his effort over the top and that proved costly as Brazilian Geovanni unleashed a fierce 25-yard diagonal shot past a helpless Manuel Almunia.
And the newly promoted side were ahead as Arsenal conceded their third goal from a corner this season.
Cousin nipped in ahead of French compatriot Gallas and flicked a superb header into the top corner.
Arsenal then had a hatful of chances to level with Myhill twice turning away long-range strikes from Fabregas and Van Persie failing to hit the target on a number of occasions.
Gallas almost made amends for his earlier lapse by planting a header against the woodwork six minutes from time with sub Carlos Vela unable to react to the rebound.
And Kolo Toure had a great chance in injury-time to salvage a point when he found himself in acres of space at the back post from the corner but he shanked his shot horribly wide as the Gunners suffered just their second defeat at the Emirates.
The first-half gave little indication of the excitement to come although Adebayor did have a goal disallowed after he headed home powerfully at the far post only to be adjudged to have pushed McShane.
Walcott was denied when Andy Dawson made a great tackle just as the teenager was about to pull the trigger following a lightning counter-attack and later found himself unmarked eight yards out but a heavy first touch saw the ball harmlessly run through to Myhill.
Emmanuel Eboue was guilty of over elaborating when he opted to pass to Van Persie inside the penalty goal when offered a clear sight at goal just before half-time and their wastefulness was a key factor in Hull's first victory over Arsenal since 1915.
Lee Walker / Eurosport
Who's this bloke we've given a lift down to?
Arsenal relinquished top spot in the Premier League as Hull came from behind to pull off a sensational 2-1 win at the Emirates Stadium.
A Paul McShane own goal, five minutes after the break, gave the hosts the lead but Geovanni equalised 12 minutes later with a stunning strike before Daniel Cousin headed home the winner after 66 minutes.
Arsene Wenger celebrates 12 years at the helm on Sunday but had little to cheer as a late William Gallas header hit the crossbar and his side slumped to their first home League defeat since West Ham won at Ashburton Grove in April 2007.
The Gunners were rather mooted for much of the first-half and broke the deadlock in scrappy fashion.
Theo Walcott's pull back was deflected by Emmanuel Adebayor and the ball came off the shin of McShane and into the net.
Adebayor should really have made it two within as many minutes but he scooped his effort over the top and that proved costly as Brazilian Geovanni unleashed a fierce 25-yard diagonal shot past a helpless Manuel Almunia.
And the newly promoted side were ahead as Arsenal conceded their third goal from a corner this season.
Cousin nipped in ahead of French compatriot Gallas and flicked a superb header into the top corner.
Arsenal then had a hatful of chances to level with Myhill twice turning away long-range strikes from Fabregas and Van Persie failing to hit the target on a number of occasions.
Gallas almost made amends for his earlier lapse by planting a header against the woodwork six minutes from time with sub Carlos Vela unable to react to the rebound.
And Kolo Toure had a great chance in injury-time to salvage a point when he found himself in acres of space at the back post from the corner but he shanked his shot horribly wide as the Gunners suffered just their second defeat at the Emirates.
The first-half gave little indication of the excitement to come although Adebayor did have a goal disallowed after he headed home powerfully at the far post only to be adjudged to have pushed McShane.
Walcott was denied when Andy Dawson made a great tackle just as the teenager was about to pull the trigger following a lightning counter-attack and later found himself unmarked eight yards out but a heavy first touch saw the ball harmlessly run through to Myhill.
Emmanuel Eboue was guilty of over elaborating when he opted to pass to Van Persie inside the penalty goal when offered a clear sight at goal just before half-time and their wastefulness was a key factor in Hull's first victory over Arsenal since 1915.
Lee Walker / Eurosport
Who's this bloke we've given a lift down to?
How to cut your energy bills
How to cut your energy bills
"Householders will have to economise on lighting and heating as fuel bills soar this winter - and the Government's new package will do little to help".
Gordon Brown unveiled plans to help households with rising energy bills but many experts warn people not to put their trust in politicians and to act now to beat the winter blues.
I haven't put my trust in politicians, rather I spoke to a friend of mine this morning and he offered to pay my gas bills to get me through the Winter. Whilst financial institutions can get bailed out by governments using taxpayers money, if I had to wait for Gordon Brown to rescue me hell would have frozen over first.
Bloggers given new Ten Commandments by church leaders
Bloggers given new Ten Commandments by church leaders
Ten commandments for bloggers:
1 You shall not put your blog before your integrity
2 You shall not make an idol of your blog
3 You shall not misuse your screen name by using your anonymity to sin
4 Remember the Sabbath day by taking one day off a week from your blog
5 Honour your fellow-bloggers above yourselves and do not give undue significance to their mistakes
6 You shall not murder someone else's honour, reputation or feelings
7 You shall not use the web to commit or permit adultery in your mind
8 You shall not steal another person's content
9 You shall not give false testimony against your fellow-blogger
10 You shall not covet your neighbour's blog ranking. Be content with your own content
Prison for 'crime show' burglar
Prison for 'crime show' burglar
A prolific burglar who admitted committing nearly 400 robberies in Nottinghamshire has been given a 12-year jail sentence.
More here.
"Police said they first spotted a pattern to a series of burglaries at well-secured houses more than four years ago...Nottinghamshire Police only caught Brookes after he dropped a torch during a raid, allowing officers to arrest him in February having gleaned his DNA".
I think this is what is called a one man crime wave. The crime rate should go down in this area now, and the crime solving stats will look good. However, once again it is not great detective work but an error on the part of the criminal which led to his capture.
Asbo OAP 'will appeal home ban'
Asbo OAP 'will appeal home ban'
An 82-year-old pensioner banned from her home after being handed a second antisocial behaviour order is set to appeal, her daughter has insisted.
I find it hard to accept that the only remedy is an either or solution "The judge said the only alternative to the order would be a lengthy prison sentence".
Council 'quacks down' over prison threat letter
Council 'quacks down' over prison threat letter
Apology for duck feed jail threat
A council has apologised after threatening elderly residents with eviction and even prison for feeding ducks outside their homes.
More here.
I should imagine that the council letter had the effect of terrorising OAPs more effectively than Osama Bin Laden...
'It's better that 10 guilty men go free than one innocent man be wrongly convicted'
'It's better that 10 guilty men go free than one innocent man be wrongly convicted'
Judges should order more retrials over unsafe convictions, says criminal review chief
The country's top appeal judges are failing to correct miscarriages of justice where they suspect the jury has come to a wrong verdict, the head of the body charged with investigating wrongful convictions has warned.
Professor Graham Zellick, the outgoing chairman of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), said the Court of Appeal should order retrials in cases that have a "lurking doubt" about the safety of the conviction.
More here.
Judges should order more retrials over unsafe convictions, says criminal review chief
The country's top appeal judges are failing to correct miscarriages of justice where they suspect the jury has come to a wrong verdict, the head of the body charged with investigating wrongful convictions has warned.
Professor Graham Zellick, the outgoing chairman of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), said the Court of Appeal should order retrials in cases that have a "lurking doubt" about the safety of the conviction.
More here.
Kiefer Sutherland: how prison changed me
Kiefer Sutherland: how prison changed me
Kiefer Sutherland found stardom as 24’s Jack Bauer, but years of hellraising culminated in him spending last Christmas in an LA prison
It is, perhaps, to Kiefer Sutherland’s great credit (and also rather ironic) that even though his latest film is called Mirrors, he isn’t a fan of them. Unlike some Hollywood narcissists, he’s uncomfortable, for example, in restaurants with mirrored walls. “They bother the sh** out of me,” he says. In his house, a vast converted ironworks in LA’s unfashionable Silver Lake district, he has just one mirror that he keeps in his bathroom for essential maintenance checks. “I mean, you have to be ready for work and stuff. But I’ve never been thrilled by my own reflection. To be honest, I try to avoid it.”
More here.
Kiefer Sutherland found stardom as 24’s Jack Bauer, but years of hellraising culminated in him spending last Christmas in an LA prison
It is, perhaps, to Kiefer Sutherland’s great credit (and also rather ironic) that even though his latest film is called Mirrors, he isn’t a fan of them. Unlike some Hollywood narcissists, he’s uncomfortable, for example, in restaurants with mirrored walls. “They bother the sh** out of me,” he says. In his house, a vast converted ironworks in LA’s unfashionable Silver Lake district, he has just one mirror that he keeps in his bathroom for essential maintenance checks. “I mean, you have to be ready for work and stuff. But I’ve never been thrilled by my own reflection. To be honest, I try to avoid it.”
More here.
Friday, September 26, 2008
Tories form a knitting circle
Tories form a knitting circle
I could not but help notice from some of the Tory blogs that the Tory Party has launched a new website and has also launched a new blog. Apparently, The Blue Blog name was chosen following a competition. Full marks go for originality.
I did hear a rumour that Iain Dale has been spotted sticking knitting needles into Voodoo dolls bearing the images of Unity and Chris Paul...
I could not but help notice from some of the Tory blogs that the Tory Party has launched a new website and has also launched a new blog. Apparently, The Blue Blog name was chosen following a competition. Full marks go for originality.
I did hear a rumour that Iain Dale has been spotted sticking knitting needles into Voodoo dolls bearing the images of Unity and Chris Paul...
Thank heaven for little girls?
Thank heaven for little girls?
It is not surprising that the Evangelist Tony Alamo has caused the authorities in America to be concerned. It would appear that no young girl is safe in his company when he expresses this view "Consent is puberty".
In spite of the seriousness of the story, I allowed myself a little laugh when I discovered that Tony Alamo's organisation the Christian Ministries has its HQ in a place called tiny Fouke, Arkansas.
It is not surprising that the Evangelist Tony Alamo has caused the authorities in America to be concerned. It would appear that no young girl is safe in his company when he expresses this view "Consent is puberty".
In spite of the seriousness of the story, I allowed myself a little laugh when I discovered that Tony Alamo's organisation the Christian Ministries has its HQ in a place called tiny Fouke, Arkansas.
So fucking what?
So fucking what?
Cleric Omar Bakri’s daughter is a pole dancer
I would question this story's newsworthiness for The Sun. Even more questionable that The Daily Telegraph has been raking in the gutter to find and print this story.
Exclusive: Next week, radical cleric's daughter's great aunt has a wart on her bum.
Cleric Omar Bakri’s daughter is a pole dancer
I would question this story's newsworthiness for The Sun. Even more questionable that The Daily Telegraph has been raking in the gutter to find and print this story.
Exclusive: Next week, radical cleric's daughter's great aunt has a wart on her bum.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
20 best animal photos
20 best animal photos
Lions, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. By Matt Copin of Maidstone, Kent
Galapagos Sea Lion. By Jim MacDonald of Andover, Hants
Butterfly in Borneo. By June Hindley of Northwich, Cheshire
Dusky Dolphin off coast of Kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand. By Geoff Goodson of Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
Marshall Eagle enjoys lunch, Masai Mara. By Gary Summers of New Malden, Surrey
Elephants in Botswana. By Andrew Jones of Newbury, Berkshire
Lioness with cub, Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania. By Martin Schaefer of Portsmouth
Yawning lion, Botswana. By Honour Schram de Jong of Cuddington, Bucks
Dogon region of Mali. By Nick Hawkins of Ryde, Isle of Wight
Portuguese Man o' War washed up on Trinidad's Atlantic coast. By Alan Geere of Blakedown, Kidderminster
Seal pup, Pembrokeshire. The pup sat in the sun next to the photographer for over an hour. By Geoff Shoults of Buxton, Derbyshire
Snake consuming a frog in Kuala Lumpur. By Sarah Hunter-Choat of Hereford
Stampeding buffalo, Selou National Park, Tanzania. By Philip Knight of West Molesey, Surrey
Hippo in lake in Masai Mara. By Anna Dewhurst of Ely, Cambridgeshire
Leopard dining in Moremi, Botswana. By David Rooke of Taunton
Cheetah, Masai Mara, Kenya. By Jeanette Moore of Brent Knoll, Somerset
Lone penguin, Antarctica. By Phyl Gulliver-Crane of Harlow, Essex
Donkeys, Alma Park Zoo, Brisbane. By Nick Craven of York
Trio of giraffes in Amakhala Game Reserve, South Africa. By Don Bowman of Chester le Street, County Durham
Amazonian Treefrog, Amazon Rainforest, Orellana, Ecuador. By Dieter Turk of Glasgow
Lions, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. By Matt Copin of Maidstone, Kent
Galapagos Sea Lion. By Jim MacDonald of Andover, Hants
Butterfly in Borneo. By June Hindley of Northwich, Cheshire
Dusky Dolphin off coast of Kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand. By Geoff Goodson of Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
Marshall Eagle enjoys lunch, Masai Mara. By Gary Summers of New Malden, Surrey
Elephants in Botswana. By Andrew Jones of Newbury, Berkshire
Lioness with cub, Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania. By Martin Schaefer of Portsmouth
Yawning lion, Botswana. By Honour Schram de Jong of Cuddington, Bucks
Dogon region of Mali. By Nick Hawkins of Ryde, Isle of Wight
Portuguese Man o' War washed up on Trinidad's Atlantic coast. By Alan Geere of Blakedown, Kidderminster
Seal pup, Pembrokeshire. The pup sat in the sun next to the photographer for over an hour. By Geoff Shoults of Buxton, Derbyshire
Snake consuming a frog in Kuala Lumpur. By Sarah Hunter-Choat of Hereford
Stampeding buffalo, Selou National Park, Tanzania. By Philip Knight of West Molesey, Surrey
Hippo in lake in Masai Mara. By Anna Dewhurst of Ely, Cambridgeshire
Leopard dining in Moremi, Botswana. By David Rooke of Taunton
Cheetah, Masai Mara, Kenya. By Jeanette Moore of Brent Knoll, Somerset
Lone penguin, Antarctica. By Phyl Gulliver-Crane of Harlow, Essex
Donkeys, Alma Park Zoo, Brisbane. By Nick Craven of York
Trio of giraffes in Amakhala Game Reserve, South Africa. By Don Bowman of Chester le Street, County Durham
Amazonian Treefrog, Amazon Rainforest, Orellana, Ecuador. By Dieter Turk of Glasgow
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