Category Archives: Anne Milton
Iain Dale: crocodile tears for a fellow Tory
Iain Dale is currently very busy putting himself about in the mainstream media taking a ‘principled’ stand against the way Paul Staines (‘Guido Fawkes’) has been running his site like an open sewer. To cover his arse, on TV/radio he … Continue reading
Zac Goldsmith, Anne Milton and the 50:50 split
Let’s begin with this segment of the interview between Jon Snow and Zac ‘Comedy’ Goldsmith: Jon Snow: Why is a poster that has your face and your name on then paid for by local councillors who are fighting the council … Continue reading
Nadine Dorries has finally gone too far
Last night Nadine Dorries smeared me as a stalker in a room full of people, and went on to repeat that smear online via her Twitter feed (giving me no choice but to publish the following evidence and confront the … Continue reading
Holy cow! Have I been smeared as a criminal by local Conservatives?
Almost four years ago now, myself and some Guildford-based Liberal Democrats were smeared via a series of anonymous weblogs and anonymous comments on established weblogs (see latest post). Many of these smears were a direct response to my weblog about … Continue reading
Anne Milton suddenly decides it’s time for positive campaigning
Anne Milton, Conservative candidate for the marginal seat of Guildford, has decided that now a general election looms, there is no room for negative campaigning: Some people might see a clever smear against her opponents when they read the above, … Continue reading
Lotsa links for lunchtime
The character is fiction, but the horror is real; Sick Days – D-Notice on The Sun v the Criminal Justice System. – Paulie has a different opinion to mine on MPs and their expenses. I readily accept that my opinion … Continue reading
MPs and expenses
You may have slightly better prospects up or down your way, but I don’t think it’s unfair to say that writing my MP about this issue will be a waste of time. I’m pretty sure her mind is already made … Continue reading
Iain Dale’s refusal to combat homophobic harassment
Those of you who contribute regularly under comments will be aware of Scotch. Scotch lives in my constituency. We first encountered each other when Scotch was looking for more information on Anne Milton. We became friends, and one of the … Continue reading
Anne Milton, Parliamentary Liaison Services (PLS) and Palace Computing
Times – Tory MPs’ use of staff budgets to pay for PR advice ‘against rules’: MPs are paying up to £10,000 from their staffing budgets for services from public relations firms in an apparent breach of Parliamentary rules, The Times … Continue reading
Animals
Bloggerheads – “Answer my questions, or the puppy gets it.”: I’m as appalled as Justin is… but not quite as shocked. The death of an innocent puppy doesn’t involve any tricky politics, so it’s an easy win. – Short version … Continue reading