As if things are not bad enough in our new Big Brother world, Kent police have started to issue some of its residents, in the larger towns, radar detection kits to check on the speed of passing motorists. If they are exceeding the limit, the speed flashes onto a large roadside sign and the vehicle’s […]
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Conservatives Win Round One!
Congratulations to the Conservatives, who were first to litter my letterbox with election recycling materials yesterday. Prospective MP, Gordon Henderson, is keen to replace Labour’s Derek Wyatt who has been a very active MP locally but who is standing down this time around following his parliamentary expenses revealing a penchant for pork pies and scotch […]
Feel The Lurve And Dream The Dream It’s Election Time In The UK!
The starter has finally fired the gun and the race is officially on to be first over the doorway of No10 Yep, there is going to be a ballot on May 6th Gordon Brown has been to see the Queen at Buckingham Palace, to ask her permission to disband parliament so campaigning can begin (I […]
No Room At The Inn For Gays – But Jesus Is OK!
While the political rumblings might not be as severe as the 7.2 on the Richter scale being experienced by those in Mexico, Shadow Home Secretary, Chris Grayling, must have felt more than a little quake in the pit of his stomach following publication of comments he made in private to the Centre For Policy Studies, […]
The ‘Irony’ In A Labour Poster!
Just as I feared, Labour have now swallowed the bait from the Conservatives and are following them into an election campaign based on personalities rather than politics. The party PR machine has launched the above poster depicting David Cameron in the role of a fictional TV detective based in the 1980’s. Detective Gene Hunt is […]
UK Politics And A Blank Billboard!
The above is reported to be one of a series of posters commissioned by the Conservative leadership as part of their election campaign. If it is to be an example of the standard of electioneering over the next few weeks then God help us all. It’s about time we banished the distraction of ‘personality politics’ […]
‘Terrorism’ ‘Liberty’ And The ‘Fear of Fear!’
Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights, comprised of peers and MPs from all parties, has reached a conclusion that many of us formed a long time ago – the government’s response to the threat of terrorism in the UK far exceeds the probability of an incident. The committee has questioned whether ministers could legitimately argue, […]
Gordon Brown, Iraq And The Ominous ‘World Order’
PM Gordon Brown’s appearance, today, in front of the Iraq Inquiry into the war was, as expected, forceful and confident. He told the panel the war had been “right” He said he had been convinced by his own intelligence briefings that Iraq “had to be dealt with” as it had become a threat. He thought […]
Three Cheers For ‘Brown The Bully’
Shock Horror! It is being implied that our prime minister, Gordon Brown, is a bully and has been intimidating his staff by his rants and physical abuse. An anti-bullying charity has stated it has received calls from No.10 personnel seeking comfort and advice about the upset they are suffering while at work. Predictably, No 10 […]
Dial ‘M’ For Mossad, Murder And Miliband
The killing of a Hamas commander in a Dubai hotel last month, is starting to cause an international outcry – officially at least. Mahmoud al-Mabhouh is thought to have been in Dubai negotiating a deal for armaments, when his life was ended by what is believed to have been members of an Israeli secret service […]