You think Daniel “scrap the NHS” Hannan is unhinged? It has emerged that David Cameron may be more or less obligated to entertain a divisive foreign figure aligned with the nutjob right of his own party. That’s right, Sarah Palin is lining up a trip to the UK! Her Facebook note entitiled “Concerning a possible trip to the [...]
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Leaked TaxPayers' Alliance guest list is a Who's Who of the conservative right
The document below underscores the central role of the TaxPayers’ Alliance within the Conservative/libertarian right in the UK. The pressure group not only provides tediously repetitive quotes to lazy journalists (“this is a slap in the face for taxpayers blah blah” ) but organises regular off-the-record round table discussions for its right-wing friends. Much of [...]
Every ash cloud has a silver lining for Cameron
With Messrs Hannan, Helmer and their friends preaching the “collective flight from reality” of climate change, the “60 year mistake” of the NHS and equivocating on gay rights, David Cameron may be praying the volcanic ash cloud remains – over Aéroport de Strasbourg and Bruxelles-National, at least: Cameron’s MEPs are his political equivalent of the [...]
Brave Sir Donal ran away!
Ladies and gentlemen, Donal Blaney has left the building! The credentials of the UK’s #11 Conservative blogger as a freedom-to-offend commentator in the Rush Limbaugh mould were left in tatters yesterday after he pulled his blog at the behest of CCHQ. Visitors craving for the stylings of this p*** poor Richard Littlejohn are now greeted with the following: So, [...]
The political dictionary: "cast iron guarantee"
Some say he is the love child of Trinny and Susannah. Others that he was sired by the forbidden coupling of a minotaur and a unicorn. All we know is he’s a all for ancient Greek democracy… Yes, Gav Trait is back with another cartooney thing!
David Cameron's Militant Tendency? ConservativeHome threatens civil war over Europe
UPDATE 13:22 Paul Waugh reports Cameron has just issued a non-denial denial on the “manifesto mandate” for EU renegotiation. When Tim Montgomerie told a conference fringe event that ConservetiveHome would be “more disciplined” in the run up to the next general election, what he actually mean was that he’d be threatening civil war if he [...]
(Selective) quote of the day: Conservative conference edition
Scrapbook apparently has one thing in common with Daniel Hannan: Daniel Hannan “seems as though he’s programmed from birth to make life difficult for Conservative leaders” – Gary Gibbon Ring, ring! Bring out your gaffes!
Daniel Hannan: arrives in Manchester, goes off message
Daniel Hannan on why an MP’s status as a millionaire has no relevance to the character of their expense claims: “If we are going to pay people according to their needs this was a system practised in certain states between 1918 and 1989.” Give this man a keynote speech! Hat tip: Manchester blogger Grace Fletcher-Hackwood
