wooooh...Slow down some more

It all happened so fast…no wait it didn't! I must have nodded off!

One minute Brown was hanging out at No 10, and half an hour later, the staff was outside to welcome in Davo. For all the time it is taking for the ConDems to come to an agreement, we are now dizzy at their sudden stealth. Beware, we may be expecting this efficiency form the government at all times.

No sooner was he in, that he was out again, back to his home where he could spend one last night as a ‘normal’ man with his family, to awake in the morning with two new shiny police officers stationed outside his house and many more at the entrances to his road.

Most of the families near by slept like babies, except for the few that were up early with the gitters, eager to have their first glance at a Prime Minister, happy to snap a few photographs themselves of the media positions outside, before getting bored, and not to mention, late for work.

But Tories4Labour managed to get a snap of the Prime Ministers first journey to work in his trusty jag. Destination: Downy. Agenda? Who knows...

12-05-2010

The Week After the Week Before

If you happened to be in Westminster the week following the election, all you would have encountered was speculation, and most definitely, confusion! This was clearly illustrated by the media strolling around, relying on the habits they previously learnt of the political big-names, and trying to anticipate the route of all the lovely new pink faces through the historic streets. As they rushed from College Green, to St Stevens Gate, to Portcullis House, to Downing Street, and all the headquarters in between, little information was being passes between them. This was not out of competition for the rival news agency, but that it just was not available. All the playing cards, well certainly those of the Lib Dems and the Tories, were being kept to their chest.

This is from the voice of experience, as one Torie4Labour supporter spent the week in Westminster trying to get the scoup on what our future held. They learnt that the extent of chasing was not the standard case, and frustrations were running high. Crowds were forming at intermittent periods, most notable around College Green, where the television crews had their bases. If something was going on, shouldn't they be the ones to know it? Aren’t those people they are interviewing important? Even though I don't have a clue who they are? But they two did not have a clue. All the tourists were happy snapping away glad they they managed to get a photograph of someone important being interviewed. Little did they know that all the big-wigs were tightly tucked away behind closed doors.

Hours were spent camped out on a location that was yet to be confirmed and met with extensive delays. Playing with the media is not the best way to start of your new government. Unless the tactic is to exhaust them so much that they no longer care? These folks will never tire, their jobs depends on a single photograph.

Please, give us a hint!!! Be open and honest - a good start to a new government that does not have a majority. You may even win a few more over...

Hung Out to Dry

Apparently there was an election but, well, you wouldn’t know it. As yet we still don’t have a new government and everyone who's anyone is preoccupied with cutting deals. However, it appears that the man with all the power is the one we'd written off, Mr. Clegg. But Cleggster isn't rushing this one, it's not like there's a country that needs running or anything. He's going to play the field, flirting with both main parties before settling down. One thing is for certain though, if a ConDem coalition forms our new government, it will do nothing to abate the incessant left leaning of our once beloved Tories.

And what of a LabDem coalition?, Labour might endure a leadership crisis now that Mr. Brown is bowing out and they are left with an absence of a strong willed leader who didn’t get suckered into popularity contests. It is a shame to see the end of Bully Brown and will difficult to say whether Tories4Labour will survive without his commanding position. All that remains for the true Tory is to hold onto our grassroots believe and push for someone up top to recognize that what the people want isn't found in the middle.

Spread the Word

Some keen campaigners have been spreading the T4L message.

Things are hotting up now in the election race, but lets not forget that we've left the 'green' Tory behind in favour of a red Tory. Cameron is doing all he can to please everyone but is failing in all directions. However, let's not get complacent, there's this Clegg fellow to worry about now. He may be able to play the other parties like puppets in a TV studio but is there anything under that media savvy image? Nothing but a blank space with {inset policy here}.

We need a strong leader in tough times and they don't come stronger than Brown.

T4L.

P.S. Don't forget to vote in our poll, who would win in a fight? Brown, Cameron or Clegg? Who knows? Might even happen next debate...

Tories4Labour Posters

The True Voice of Tory Voters Has Been Revealed

Are we finally getting through to people?

It is clear now, more than ever, that there is a need for Tories4Labour. We have a true cause, and a true audience. This has been illustrated today in an article that was posted on The Guardian website, concerning what the Tory voters really think about the Conservative Party, its manifesto, and their leader David Cameron. It highlights their support, but also their reservations.

Their doubt in their leader is evident, as one 57 year old businesswoman states, that she is considering “voting for the Thunderbird puppets...you know, Brown with his big head, and Darling with his stick-on eyebrows. We've always voted Tory. But we're just not convinced by Cameron. I mean, he's lovely. His wife is gorgeous. But there's too much of the salesman about him." The voter won’t be fooled anymore by your persuasive tactics.

She is truly one of us, a Tory4Labour. Don't worry, you are not alone.

Unfortunately, we clearly have a lot more work to do, as one interviewee remarked, “I will vote Conservative because there's no way I could vote Labour. They make my blood boil."

We need to watch out folks, we may have some competition soon which may possibly save her blue blood….Tories4LibDems. She may be saved yet!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/apr/18/general-election-2010-conservative-heartlands

RED TORY

'Philosopher King' Philip Blond actually works for David Cameron, but he is one of the few real thinkers within this new breed of Conservatism. Add to that Blond's earlier studies of theology and you have a decent man with a good degree and a god fearing upbringing. His political views - even though he works for Cameron - follow suit. In his new book Red Tory, Blond sets out to describe how both the Right and the Left has Broken Britain, not just Labour, as the Tories claim.

According to Blond there has been "a wholesale collapse of British culture, virtue and belief", which has led to an "increasing fear, lack of trust and abundance of suspicion, long-term increase in violent crime, loneliness, recession, depression, private and public debt, family break-up, divorce, infidelity, bureaucratic and unresponsive public services, dirty hospitals, powerlessness, the rise of racism, excessive paperwork, longer and longer working hours, children who have no parents... seemingly immovable poverty, the permanence of inequality, teenagers with knives, teenagers being knifed, the decline of politeness, aggressive youths, the erosion of our civil liberties and the increase of obsessive surveillance, public authoritarianism, private libertarianism, general pointlessness, political cynicism and a pervading lack of daily joy".

It is not pretty but it is true. This has to be changed, and even though Blond will be voting for Cameron on the 6th of May, he is on to something very T4L when he says that there is no other way forward than for Britain to subscribe to the idea of a "religious ideas of a transcendent God".

Let's get ready to rumble!

So they're all limbering up now, gum-shields are in and the coaches are giving the a last minute pep talks.

That's right, it's the battle of the Chancellors live on Channel 4 at 8pm tonight. Mr. Osborne will no doubt be ready for an out attack on Mr. Darling, well stocked with a long list of 'economic turbulence' to draw on but don't think Darling will go down that easily. Just like a fiscal Rocky he'll be holding back till the final round to stage bring out the big guns. Osborne's freshly announced plan on how he's going to bungle the economy will do just the trick. Some well timed questions on the plans should be all it takes to thwart the cutting vital services to knock a few quid of National Insurance. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for a good tax cut but not at the expense of the the economy.

Darling has dealt with a lot recently and dealt well. Osborne, however seems more concerned with grand gestures and short term gains rather than what is best for business and the country.

So my prediction for the big fight is Osborne goes out fighting, gets a few low blows in but Darling will stick and move till the end, he knows it's all about the long term not winning the first round...

Darling versus Osborne

Just a few days after Gordon Brown launched his five campaign pledges, the Labour party has sunk its teeth into the would-be Chancellor George Osborne, who they call “immature, shrill and the weak link” of the Tory party. With the economic recovery high up on the list of issues that matter for the British public, this is a welcome move from the Labour side. Osborne has been getting a free ride for far too long, and has been able to go on yacht holidays in the Greek archipelago with his rich friends without the right questions being asked. At the same time Alistair Darling has steered the British economy in to a safe harbour after a very windy and rocky few years.

All a Tory spokesman would say was that "Gordon Brown is the person who has got questions to answer”. And that just isn’t true. Osborne might be our next chancellor, so don’t we have the right to question his suitability and financial credibility?

What were the five pledges you ask? 1) Secure the economic recovery, 2) Raise family living standards, 3) Build a "high-tech" economy, 4) Protect frontline investment in policing, schools, childcare and the NHS, and 5) Strengthen fairness in communities through an Australian-style points-based system to control immigration, guarantees of education. Hear Hear.

Catch it, Kill it & Bin it

Dirty politics is far from necessary. We're all grown up and should be able to deal with our business without publicly embarrassing each other. The latest online venture by the Tories - the already defunct www.cash-gordon.com - was a nasty attempt to smear PM Brown. No doubt that the financial dealings of PMs and MPs are important in light of recent events, but made-up sleaze campaigns on the internet should be above popularly elected politicians.

The website was meant to link the PM with the Unite Union and basically claimed that the union workers are in Mr Brown's pocket. Of late, Ex Brownite and current Unite man Charles Wheelan have done the media rounds and been ostracised by the Conservatives . What happened with the Cash-Gordon site was an alleged hacker attack where its Twitter feed, which was hooked up to the website, was showing pornography, swearwords, Rick Astley videos and malware links. Whoever was behind the website and the attacks seriously underestimate the wish of the British people - supported by T4L - to fight a fair and square election campaign.

Nick 'n Vince versus Dave 'n George

Unexpected T4L support has emerged in the form of Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg and his financial guru Vince Cable. At the party's Spring Conference, the two leaders declared war on the Tory plan for economical recuperation. Clegg warned David Cameron and his would-be Chancellor George Osborne that it would be unwise to cut too deep into public spending early on in the next parliament.

Cable hit out at the Tories for not producing any hard evidence of a credible tax plan by accusing them of engaging in a "phoney war over cuts". With an apparent talent for understated sound bites, he went on to say: "I'd love to attempt a critique of the Tories' budget plans, but I have no idea what they are. I think the present line on the budget is: 'Trust us and we'll tell you after the election'," Cable told cheering delegates. Also Clegg buried the axe deep into Cameron by calling his financial policies "economic masochism".

There is no doubt that Cameron and his economic advisers need to take a good look at how they propose to get this country out of the current down turn. Cutting your way down through the public sector will only leave you with a bare minimum of the basic services a society - our society! - needs to function. Cameron claims to value 'society' over 'state' - so why is his proposals equally hurtful to both, T4L asks....

Death Duties

I have been a life long conservative voter and passionate about reform for a sensible rate of taxation. As much as this pains me to say, the proposals of the novice Cameron have gone to far!

To many taxes in this life must stop and we have have burdened by taxes to fill the coffers only to be misused by irresponsible MPs, however the inheritance tax is one of the fair taxes and an importance tool for the country. Warren Buffet, George Soros and the father of Bill Gates support the inheritance tax. Why do the richest men in the world support this levy?

Preciously because it is a means to innovate and level the playing field. What good is picking the 2012 Olympic team from sons and daughters of the 1988 squad, talent and innovation is not genetic. The estate tax helps to break up a monopoly on wealth and takes our money when we need it least. I have been life long conservative but these uninformed policies from an inexperienced leader like Cameron should not be enacted. Until the Tories get back on track I'm on the side of Labour!

David the Trojan Horse

Seems like our pal Ed Vaizey is at it again. Not only has he suggested that Mr. Cameron's better half might be a closet Labour voter, he is now hinting that Dave is far more right than he's letting on.

Now if this is the case, then why hide it? The argument in favour of reinventing Mr. Cameron, as a champion of the left all centres on burying his innate (and undeniable) torieness, so that he may appeal to a broader audience. That’s all well and good but what of true conservative supporters?

This movement is comprised of loyal conservatives who are against Cameron's left leaning, so much so that it is the opposition appeals more to our ideals than Cameron and his Trojan horse. Being Tory isn’t something to be ashamed of; we should and must fight for our ideals, flying the flag of the right from the highest tower!!! However, if we cannot follow the example of our then the integrity of our party is lost.

If Mr Cameron just had the courage to be a true to his party and its supporters, we would back him all the way. Alas, with the election nearly upon us we feel that this is a conservative leader who does not truly embody the ideals of the right, so I say we look to the opposition, who understand that a good conservative can serve their community and prosper.

Tories4Labour

P.s. We're busy spreading the T4L word so why not come and find us on Facebook and Twitter?

Labour is Tough on Crime and the Causes of Crime

Today the Home Secratary Alan Johnson launched a new election clip on the Tory view on crime and punishment. The Labour minister argued that David Cameron earlier has voted against measurements to keep us safe and secure. “While crime has been cut by over a third since 1997 and Labour is protecting front line policing the Conservatives have refused to say if they would protect the police budget", Johnson said.

He went on to say: “Labour is clear about what we will do to keep people safe –the Tories’ refusal to reveal their own plans should not go unchallenged. Nor should their election candidates be able to continually mislead the public with dodgy crime statistics".

Cameron doesn't like the police to save DNA samples in order to catch criminals, neither is he in favour of CCTV cameras to ensure the British public can feel protected. Tories4Labour wants to know our children ARE safe and sound, that's why we support Gordon Brown and Alan Johnson on this issue.

Samantha 4 Labour

It seems that the Tories 4 Labour movement has got its first high profile supporter. Samantha Cameron, wife of Tory leader David, has been ousted as a possible Labour voter by Ed Vaizey, the Conservative arts spokesman. Interviewed by Observer columnist Andrew Rawnsley, the author of the book claiming Gordon Brown is a bully, Vaizey said that Samantha Cameron possibly voted for Tony Blair. Vaizey said: "She would be going into this poll thinking 'Is Cameron the real deal or should I stick with Brown?'"

Good Show, Gordo!

...So the media might be having a field day with all the playground snitching that’s been going on about ‘big bad bully Brown’ but here at T4L we want to show our support of Mr Brown and say bravo!

All these bully claims are a load of hot air and just go to show how political correctness has gone mad! Politics is all about the hard way, either get with the program or get out the way. There's no use crying to mummy when you don't get your way. In any case, if we understand that this whole affair has been completely blown out of proportion in the first place then it's fair to say that these kind of strong arm tactics get the job done and certainly aren’t something new to Westminster. In fact, these kind of tactics are vital to the smooth workings of any group endeavor. What all this grassing up the PM does tell us is that Mr. Brown takes matters into his own hands when it is necessary and that Labour haven’t yet succumbed to the softly softy approach so beloved by Tories these days (isn't that right Davey?). Let’s be honest, if anyone was to do the bullying in a Tory government, you can be sure that Mr. Cameron is going to be on the receiving end…