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Jeremy Hunt’s views on false allegations of child rape in the name of Conservative activism
Jeremy Hunt sees himself as a leadership material: he has already been tested and found wanting. Recently, I had cause to stop using Twitter. The main problem is a user who persists in targeting me month after month, year after year, with account after account. Twitter will sometimes address this behaviour, but even when they do, they allow this same user to continue with exactly the same behaviour on other accounts, and never appear to… Continue reading
Jonathan Lord and the Conservatives’ Code of Conduct
In 2006/7, when managing campaigns for Anne Milton and the Tories in Guildford, Jonathan Lord was made aware of two of his own candidates (Mike Chambers and Dennis Paul) involving themselves in false allegations of paedophilia and child rape against another candidate (more/latest). This was a crime under the Representation of the People Act, as Lord would have known at the time, being a campaign manager. The event also involved a series of… Continue reading
Theresa May, the ‘nasty party’, and a path to kinder, gentler politics
“You know what some people call us: the nasty party.” – Theresa May, speech to the Conservative Conference, 2002 For more than a decade I’ve been publishing warnings about the dark places social media will take us when politicians do not take threatening behaviour seriously, deliberately turn a blind eye to it from their own supporters when it suits them, and/or even engage in it themselves. On that last point, I’m… Continue reading
Tweet archive of @toryeducation, the abusive sock-puppet of Michael Gove and/or his SPADs
[TL:DR – Tories running the Department of Education sought to harangue and taunt their critics anonymously like playground bullies. Here is the evidence they tried to bury.] For over two years, an anonymous Twitter account endorsed by the Conservatives sought to denigrate, discredit and abuse critics and opponents of the former Education Secretary Michael Gove. Given that the Conservative Party Chairman (and shyster) Grant Shapps is… Continue reading
Sir Douglas Morpeth & the corruption of Shamley Green Conservatives
…Andrew I’m glad that someone has the nerve and dedication to stand up to these bullies and liars. That they get away with it is shameful and disappointing, but it makes me happy knowing that they have a very sharp thorn constantly in their side :) Massive respect to you (and your family) for putting up with the hassle you get, and thanks…. Continue reading
About those ‘secret fire ceremonies’…
Well, I managed to keep that secret for over two years, but the jig was up this morning after one of the lads started tweeting at me last night. [No harm done, mate. It was bound to happen sooner or later, and I should have been clearer about the need for discretion.] Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, for many, many years in my youth I was active in the Scout movement in Australia, and for the past couple of years I have been volunteering… Continue reading
News of the World: a wake-up call for certain Conservatives
Some people in politics can be really funny about evidence… Westminster/media groupies especially so. It is not unknown for some ‘commentators’ to be so far into the role of propagandist that they will accuse personal/political enemies of criminality on nothing more than hearsay while refusing to even acknowledge solid evidence against those they support personally/politically. (I’m sure I don’t need to name names,… Continue reading
Anne Milton, Nadine Dorries, LIFE, bpas and fiction
georgewpotter1066 Well, Anne Milton‘s my MP so I think I might pop down to her constituency office and ask her about this one. Martin Milan Dorries latest blog post includes a quote from the Department for Health (she doesn’t provide the whole thing though…) What she does provide does not support her contention that BPAS decided to take their bat and ball home with them… maria I watched her on Newsnight with Anne Furedi. Thought… Continue reading
Nadine Dorries: meeeeow
Just before the recent holiday break, Nadine Dorries posted the following statement* in reaction to these questions about her expenses claims: “For anyone who cares to know, blogger, Tim Ireland, who chooses to write blogs which are malicious, un-founded and for the most part totally untrue, has been warned by Police not to enter Bedfordshire.” – Nadine Dorries (source) Just in case you’re new here, I should explain that… Continue reading