Not the BBC reporting...

Tip of the manky bandage to Plato.


I particularly enjoyed the part that mentioned India wanting more cash...

I just found out...

The other day that the digs I'm staying in has Wi-Fi.

I'm still away from home and I'm not sure if I have the frame of mind, (or the time), for blogging. There is much to blog about though, that's for sure.

Is it still okay to call Scottish politicians front bottoms? I've been away that long, just wondering...

Just one more post....(lettergate)

Gordon rubs hands and thinks to himself, 'Tee Hee, this'll work...'

Right, I have an hour or so before I need to go. I wasn't going to bother writing but I simply must.

I've had a perusal around the blogosphere and as expected the main topic today is Gordon's sloppy letter and the backlash.

Now, I am well aware that I'm known as an occasional 'tin foil hat' wearer. Some of my views can be wildly different from others and I like to throw in a curve ball to the debate now and again. And today is no different.

The differing opinions of the 'letter-gate' incident range from the 'he's disabled, you know. It's not his fault' to the 'he's a hopless twat and ot should have been checked first'. All fairly valid points.

But, (pulls on tin foil hat), here is my take on the whole thing.

It was a set up.

Think about it. Do you seriously think that the PM would just send out a letter off the cuff without any of his 'advisors' knowing about it or checking it? He has his own copy, no one copies a 'personal' letter!

An increasingly desperate man at the head of an increasingly desperate government will do anything, absolutely anything, to cling on to power.

I'm pretty sure that he knew the letter would end up in the press. And I'm pretty sure the reaction he was looking for was slightly different than the one he got.

The reaction he was looking for was more along the lines of 'that poor man must be so tired trying to save the world. Look, he has made so many mistakes in his letter. He must be a brave soul to battle on, with his bad eye and that. And it must be from the heart because he wrote this himself and no one checked it before it went out. What a good caring, hard working PM we have. He's got my vote...'

If I am widly wrong, just ask yourself this. Would you put it past the bastards to try it?

Right, now I must go. Ta ta for now!!

Goodbye for now...

Do not adjust your set...

Well folks, I'll be disappearing from the blogosphere for a while.

I may pop in now and again if I am able. I can't see me posting anything for a few weeks though. So, keep me on your blog rolls!

And before anyone asks, no, I'm not going to jail!

As Big Arnie says, I'll be back....

Glasgow North East - Labour campaign headquarters

Yes, I know it's a re-post but it's too good not to use again.

An amazing coincidence!

'Those nice people from Labour said I can vote like this and post it in too...'

With the Glasgow North East by election just around the corner, I'm sure it is just coincidence that the following has happened recently...

Postal vote applications granted - 6,065 (2005 figure 2419).

Constituency voters roll total on the 1st October 2009 = 60,037. Voters roll at the end of October = 62,475. A huge increase of 2,438.

The massive increase in postal votes mirror those in the Glenrothes by election last year. 80% of the postal votes granted in Glenrothes were used.

Labour controlled Glasgow City Council have this to say,

“It's worth mentioning that we have been carrying out a lot of publicity recently to encourage people to register to vote.”

“We have increased the number of full time canvassers working in the city and most of these have been prioritising the Glasgow North East constituency. We are using our canvassers to capture the increased interest given a by-election is being held.”

“There were also adverts in national newspapers (Record, Sun, Metro) and Evening Times, Radio Clyde, plus advertising in outdoor locations, on the Glasgow Subway and elsewhere.”

“In addition, the Electoral Commission carried out some PR last week to encourage people to register etc.”

Interesting...

source

For today...

For English, Welsh, Irish and Empire/Commonwealth armed forces too.

A Prime Ministers favourite card...

From Monopoly, EU edition

The leader of Blue Labour, David Cameron, has fooled no one. Not even himself.

All his words the other day mean nothing. I know it, you know it and the Tory grass roots know it.

Barring a miracle, he will be the next Prime Minister.

But he is not a 'prime minister in waiting', he is a traitor in waiting. Another Gordon Brown, except with two good eyes. That's the only difference I can see. A career politician with the top job nearly his. As dangerous to this country as Gordon and his cronies have proven to be.

The 'grudged acceptance' of the Lisbon Treaty he acted out the other day, along with the referendum U turn actually suits him down to the ground.

Think about it. It suits Gordon as well.

It takes the heat off of them. They can wash their hands of any issues the the EU have a say in. They can shrug their shoulders and point at Brussels. 'Not my fault', will be the cry, 'a big boy did it and ran away'.

Why would the big political boys here in the UK try to rock the boat when it has the potential to make their political lives easier?

They spout speeches, give press conferences, write newspaper articles. Saying this and that. Then the crunch comes and they back track. Talking the talk but not walking the walk. 'It's too late, that ship has already sailed'.

Nonsense. All they have to say is no. Stuff their 'treaties' and rules. Just a no would be enough, after a referendum. (A proper referendum, not the version the Irish were shafted with).

But it will never happen. Because being tied up in knots by the EU suits them down to the ground.