A decline in membership is something that affects all political parties. There are surges of interest, but the overall long-term trend is against belonging to any party. Even so, Dave’s Decline, the recent study by John Mann MP and Mike Joslin (available at Labourlist.org) should be worrying for the Tories, especially in Horsham and Crawley.
Entries Tagged as 'Tories'
Can’t Stand Losing You
September 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Politics
Tags: Crawley·Horsham·Labour Party·Tories
Say That Again
September 23rd, 2008 · 8 Comments · Politics
I’m very pleased with what Gordon Brown was saying today. Colletively we are very forgetful, and do need a reminder to those of us who are in the Labour party of why we joined in the first place. One of our problems down at the grassroots is that we are very demanding so it is […]
Tags: Class Warfare·Labour Party·Tories
Stacks O’Money
August 30th, 2008 · 9 Comments · Life, Politics
According to Snowflake 5’s analysis of the wealth of the Tory shadow cabinet (19 out of 29 being millionaires) Francis Maude is worth £3 million. It shows the scale of the challenge I have standing in Horsham because according to some rough calculations I have done that makes him worth about £3 million more than […]
Tags: Tories
State funeral planned for Thatcher
July 14th, 2008 · 43 Comments · Life, Politics
No prizes for guessing which newspaper headline got me most excited today… it was this one in the Guardian.  The excitement passed when I realised that it was untrue: in my book a plan is not a plan if it has no date attached to it.   I do not think it is deserved though. Surely […]
Tags: Tories
Standing down
June 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Politics
I don’t really understand this business about David Davis standing down. I know what they are all saying, but it just all seems so implausible.
Spot the mistakes….
May 7th, 2008 · Comments Off on Spot the mistakes…. · Politics
Can you spot the mistakes in this story from the Crawley News? Answers below…
Tags: Local Papers·Tories
That illegal Tory election material
May 5th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Politics
In the week before election day we received a newsletter through our door which was definitely illegal for one reason and possibly illegal for another. The question is whether anything will come of it.
Reasons not to go back to Basildon…
May 1st, 2008 · Comments Off on Reasons not to go back to Basildon… · Politics
I lived in Basildon for the first 18 years of my life. It looks like the place has taken a turn for the worse since then, judging by this website (as found by Mike Ion). I’ve got issues with some of our local Tories, but almost without exception they are better than this one.
Mayoral election
April 23rd, 2008 · 6 Comments · Politics
I half-watched the London election programme on ITV tonight; the one with Boris Johnson, Ken Livingstone and Brian Paddick on.  I’m not sure whether the audience had been packed with partisan supporters of all three candidates or that there is just a lot of genuine public interest in the election, or a bit of both, […]
Run the red light
April 16th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Politics
This game must be old news, but I only stumbled across it this evening. Great fun, but quite difficult, and nearly as good as the knife-throwing game. Basically, you have to control ‘Dangerous Dave’ Cameron on his bike.
